BelgiumTransportation
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Railways:
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total: 3,521 km
standard gauge: 3,521 km 1.435-m gauge (2,927 km electrified) (2004) | |
Highways:
| total: 149,028 km
paved: 116,540 km (including 1,729 km of expressways)
unpaved: 32,488 km (2002) | |
Waterways:
| 2,043 km (1,528 km in regular commercial use) (2003) | |
Pipelines:
| gas 1,485 km; oil 158 km; refined products 535 km (2004) | |
Ports and harbors:
| Antwerp, Brussels, Gent, Liege, Oostende, Zeebrugge | |
Merchant marine:
| total: 53 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,146,301 GRT/1,588,184 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 15, cargo 2, chemical tanker 2, container 8, liquefied gas 17, petroleum tanker 9
foreign-owned: 12 (Denmark 4, France 4, Greece 4)
registered in other countries: 101 (2005) | |
Airports:
| 43 (2004 est.) | |
Airports - with paved runways:
| total: 25
over 3,047 m: 6
2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 7 (2004 est.) | |
Airports - with unpaved runways:
| total: 18
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 16 (2004 est.) | |
Heliports:
| 1 (2004 est.) |
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