Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
52 (2000)
Internet users:
8.5 million (2003)
Transportation Netherlands
Railways: total: 2,808 km standard gauge: 2,808 km 1.435-m gauge (2,061 km electrified) (2004)
Highways:
total: 116,500 km
paved: 104,850 km (including 2,235 km of expressways)
unpaved: 11,650 km (1999)
Waterways:
5,046 km (navigable for ships of 50 tons) (2004)
Pipelines:
condensate 325 km; gas 6,998 km; oil 590 km; refined products 716
km (2004)
Ports and harbors:
Amsterdam, Groningen, Ijmuiden, Rotterdam, Terneuzen, Vlissingen,
Zaanstad
Merchant marine:
total: 558 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 4,796,460 GRT/5,212,557 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 14, cargo 361, chemical tanker 32, container
48, liquefied gas 13, passenger 11, passenger/cargo 14, petroleum
tanker 14, refrigerated cargo 32, roll on/roll off 15, specialized
tanker 4
foreign-owned: 139 (Bahamas 5, Belgium 2, Canada 1, Denmark 4,
Finland 7, Germany 62, Ireland 13, Norway 9, Sweden 19, United
Kingdom 6, United States 11)
registered in other countries: 223 (2005)
Airports:
27 (2004 est.)