Gibraltar Transportation, Gibraltar Transportation
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Railways:
Highways: Total: 29 km paved: 29 km unpaved: 0 km (2002)
Waterways:
Pipelines:
Ports and harbors: Gibraltar
Merchant marine: Total: 161 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 980,636 GRT/1,254,661 DWT by type: barge carrier 3, bulk carrier 2, cargo 96, chemical tanker 21, container 22, passenger 3, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 11, roll on/roll off 2 foreign-owned: 142 (Belgium 1, Cyprus 1, Finland 1, France 1, Germany 105, Greece 12, Iceland 1, Ireland 1, Italy 1, Latvia 1, Norway 8, Sweden 2, Switzerland 1, Taiwan 1, United Kingdom 3, United States 2) (2005)
Airports: 1 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways: Total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
Heliports:
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The information here has been derived from Public Domain Sources such as the CIA World Factbook. No liability can be taken for any inaccuracies.
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Strategically important, Gibraltar was ceded to Great Britain by Spain in the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht; the British garrison was formally declared a colony in 1830. In referendums held in 1967 and 2002, Gibraltarians ignored Spanish pressure and voted ...