Waterways: 3,200 km
Pipelines: crude oil (almost all insignificant) 933 km; petroleum
products 2,993 km; natural gas 12,800 km
Ports and harbors: Aberdeen, Belfast, Bristol, Cardiff, Dover,
Falmouth, Felixstowe, Glasgow, Grangemouth, Hull, Leith, Liverpool,
London, Manchester, Peterhead, Plymouth, Scapa Flow, Sullom Voe,
Tees, Tyne
Merchant marine:
total: 155 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,460,361
GRT/2,517,875 DWT
ships by type: bulk 3, cargo 29, chemical tanker 6, combination
ore/oil 1, container 25, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 51,
passenger 8, passenger-cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 17, short-sea
passenger 12, specialized tanker 1 (1998 est.)
Airports: 497 (1998 est.)
Airports—with paved runways: total: 356 over 3,047 m: 10 2,438 to 3,047 m: 32 1,524 to 2,437 m: 169 914 to 1,523 m: 91 under 914 m: 54 (1998 est.)
Airports—with unpaved runways: total: 141 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 23 under 914 m: 117 (1998 est.)
Heliports: 12 (1998 est.)
Military
Military branches: Army, Royal Navy (includes Royal Marines),
Royal Air Force