Transportation Korea, South
Railways: total: 3,472 km standard gauge: 3,472 km 1.435-m gauge (1,342 km electrified) (2004)
Highways:
total: 86,990 km
paved: 66,721 km (including 1,996 km of expressways)
unpaved: 20,269 km (2001)
Waterways: 1,608 km note: most navigable only by small craft (2004)
Pipelines:
gas 1,433 km; refined products 827 km (2004)
Ports and harbors:
Inch'on, Masan, P'ohang, Pusan, Ulsan
Merchant marine:
total: 601 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 6,992,656 GRT/11,081,142 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 125, cargo 196, chemical tanker 88, container
71, liquefied gas 20, passenger 5, passenger/cargo 22, petroleum
tanker 51, refrigerated cargo 15, roll on/roll off 5, vehicle
carrier 3
foreign-owned: 2 (Germany 1, United Kingdom 1)
registered in other countries: 366 (2005)
Airports:
179 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways: total: 88 over 3,047 m: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 21 1,524 to 2,437 m: 14 914 to 1,523 m: 12 under 914 m: 38 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 91 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 88 (2004 est.)