Lebanese Transportation, Lebanon Transportation
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Railways: Total: 401 km standard gauge: 319 km 1.435-m narrow gauge: 82 km 1.050-m note: rail system became unusable because of damage during the civil war in the 1980s; short sections are operable (2004)
Highways: Total: 7,300 km paved: 6,198 km unpaved: 1,102 km (1999 est.)
Waterways:
Pipelines: Oil 209 km (2004)
Ports and harbors: Beirut, Chekka, Jounie, Tripoli
Merchant marine: Total: 44 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 198,602 GRT/248,313 DWT by type: bulk carrier 4, cargo 26, livestock carrier 8, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 2, vehicle carrier 3 foreign-owned: 6 (Austria 1, Greece 5) registered in other countries: 40 (2005)
Airports: 8 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways: Total: 5 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways: Total: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)
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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