Netherlands Transportation - 2024

National air transport system

number of registered air carriers: 8 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 238

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 43,996,044 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 5,886,510,000 (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

PH

Airports

45 (2024)

note: Includes 3 airports in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba

Heliports

184 (2024)

Pipelines

14,000 km gas, 2,500 km oil and refined products, 3,000 km chemicals (2017)

Railways

total: 3,055 km (2020) 2,310 km electrified

Roadways

total: 139,027 km (2022)

Waterways

6,237 km (2012) (navigable by ships up to 50 tons)

Merchant marine

total: 1,187 (2023)

by type: bulk carrier 11, container ship 36, general cargo 521, oil tanker 27, other 592

Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): IJmuiden, Vlissingen

container port(s) (TEUs): Rotterdam (15,300,000) (2021)

LNG terminal(s) (import): Gate (Rotterdam)

river port(s): Amsterdam (Nordsee Kanaal); Moerdijk (Hollands Diep River); Rotterdam (Rhine River); Terneuzen (Western Scheldt River)