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@Greece:Transportation
Railroads:
total: 2,503 km
standard gauge: 1,565 km 1.435-m gauge (36 km electrified; 100 km
double track)
narrow gauge: 887 km 1,000-m gauge; 22 km 0.750-m gauge; 29 km 0.600-m
gauge
Highways:
total: 130,000 km
paved: 119,210 km (116 km expressways)
unpaved: 10,790 km (1990)
Inland waterways: 80 km; system consists of three coastal canals; including the Corinth Canal (6 km) which crosses the Isthmus of Corinth connecting the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf and shortens the sea voyage from the Adriatic to Piraievs (Piraeus) by 325 km; and three unconnected rivers
Pipelines: crude oil 26 km; petroleum products 547 km
Ports: Alexandroupolis, Elevsis, Iraklion (Crete), Kavala, Kerkira,
Khalkis, Igoumenitsa, Lavrion, Patrai, Piraievs (Piraeus),
Thessaloniki, Volos
Merchant marine:
total: 1,046 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 29,076,911
GRT/53,618,024 DWT
ships by type: bulk 469, cargo 105, chemical tanker 22, combination
bulk 21, combination ore/oil 31, container 40, liquefied gas tanker 5,
oil tanker 239, passenger 14, passenger-cargo 3, refrigerated cargo
10, roll-on/roll-off cargo 16, short-sea passenger 67, specialized
tanker 3, vehicle carrier 1
note: ethnic Greeks also own 125 ships under Liberian registry, 323
under Panamanian, 705 under Cypriot, 351 under Maltese, and 100 under
Bahamian
Airports:
total: 79
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 5
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 15
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 16
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 17
with paved runways under 914 m: 22
with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 1
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 3
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