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Transportation:

Airports: 549 (2008)

Airports - with paved runways: 
total: 331
over 3,047 m: 13
2,438 to 3,047 m: 52
1,524 to 2,437 m: 59
914 to 1,523 m: 73
under 914 m: 134 (2008)

Airports - with unpaved runways: 
total: 218
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 34
under 914 m: 181 (2008)

Heliports: 28 (2007)

Pipelines: gas 24,364 km; oil 3,379 km; refined products 3,843 km (2008)

Railways:
total: 48,215 km
standard gauge: 47,962 km 1.435-m gauge (20,278 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 229 km 1.000-m gauge (16 km electrified); 24 km 0.750-m gauge (2006)

Waterways: 7,467 km
note: Rhine River carries most goods; Main-Danube Canal links North Sea and Black Sea (2008)

Roadways:
total: 644,480 km
paved: 644,480 km (includes 12,400 km of expressways)
note: includes local roads (2006)

Merchant marine: 
total: 393
by type: bulk carrier 2, cargo 43, chemical tanker 13, container 284, liquefied gas 5, passenger 5, passenger/cargo 27, petroleum tanker 11, roll on/roll off 3
foreign-owned: 11 (China 2, Cyprus 2, Denmark 1, Finland 4, Netherlands 1, Sweden 1)
registered in other countries: 2,998 (Antigua and Barbuda 941, Australia 2, Bahamas 44, Bermuda 22, Brazil 6, Bulgaria 63, Burma 1, Canada 3, Cayman Islands 15, Cyprus 189, Denmark 9, Denmark 1, Estonia 1, Finland 1, France 1, Georgia 2, Gibraltar 129, Hong Kong 6, India 2, Indonesia 1, Isle of Man 56, Jamaica 4, Liberia 849, Luxembourg 5, Malaysia 1, Malta 91, Marshall Islands 235, Mongolia 4, Morocco 2, Netherlands 75, Netherlands Antilles 43, Norway 1, NZ 1, Panama 44, Portugal 20, Russia 1, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3, Singapore 24, Slovakia 3, Spain 5, Sri Lanka 5, Sweden 5, Turkey 1, UK 76, US 5) (2008)

Ports and terminals: Bremen, Bremerhaven, Duisburg, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Lubeck, Rostock, Wilhemshaven

This information comes from the CIA World Factbook June 2009.

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