Railways:
total:
480 km (328 km single track); notethree rail systems owned and operated
by foreign steel and financial interests in conjunction with the Liberian
Government; one of these, the Lamco Railroad, closed in 1989 after iron ore
production ceased; the other two were shut down by the civil war; large
sections of the rail lines have been dismantled; approximately 60 km of
railroad track was exported for scrap
standard gauge:
NA km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge:
NA km 1.067-m gauge
Highways:
total:
10,037 km (there is major deterioration on all highways due to lack of
maintenance since the civil war began)
paved:
603 km
unpaved:
9,434 km (1996 est.)
Ports and harbors:
Buchanan, Greenville, Harper, Monrovia
Merchant marine:
total:
1,651 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 59,804,012 GRT/96,650,752 DWT
ships by type:
barge carrier 4, bulk 408, cargo 106, chemical tanker 176, combination bulk
25, combination ore/oil 50, container 193, liquefied gas tanker 89,
multifunction large-load carrier 2, oil tanker 413, passenger 37,
refrigerated cargo 69, roll-on/roll-off cargo 19, short-sea passenger 3,
specialized tanker 12, vehicle carrier 45
note:
a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 54 countries among
which are Germany 186, US 161, Norway 142, Greece 144, Japan 124, Hong Kong
100, China 53, UK 32, Singapore 39, and Monaco 38 (1998 est.)
Airports:
45 (1998 est.)
Airportswith paved runways:
total:
2
over 3,047 m:
1
1,524 to 2,437 m:
1 (1998 est.)
Airportswith unpaved runways:
total:
43
1,524 to 2,437 m:
3
914 to 1,523 m:
5
under 914 m:
35 (1998 est.)