Tuvaluan Transportation, Tuvalu Transportation
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Railways:
Highways: Total: 8 km paved: 0 km unpaved: 8 km (1999 est.)
Waterways:
Pipelines:
Ports and harbors: Funafuti
Merchant marine: Total: 23 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 54,993 GRT/86,048 DWT by type: cargo 20, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 2 foreign-owned: 16 (China 9, Germany 2, Hong Kong 4, Thailand 1) (2005)
Airports: 1 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
Airports - with unpaved runways: Total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 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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