Railways
total:
490 km (single track); note - three rail systems owned and operatedby foreign steel and financial interests in conjunction with Liberian Government;one of these, the Lamco Railroad, closed in 1989 after iron ore productionceased; the other two have been shut down by the civil war
standard gauge :
345 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge:
145 km 1.067-m gauge
Highways
total:
10,300 km
paved:
628 km
unpaved :
9,672 km (1995 est.)
Ports and harbors
Buchanan, Greenville, Harper, Monrovia
Merchant marine
total :
1,616 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 60,081,452 GRT/99,395,792 DWT
ships by type:
barge carrier 3, bulk 418, cargo 121, chemical tanker 117, combinationbulk 29, combination ore/oil 58, container 151, liquefied gas tanker 83, multifunctionlarge-load carrier 1, oil tanker 450, passenger 36, refrigerated cargo 68,roll-on/roll-off cargo 29, short-sea passenger 1, specialized tanker 11, vehiclecarrier 40
note:
a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 56 countries amongwhich are Germany 179, US 176, Norway 166, Japan 154, Greece 147, Hong Kong120, China 45, UK 40, Monaco 39, and Cyprus 33 (1996 est.)
Airports
36 (1996 est.)
Airports - with paved runways
total:
30
over 3,047 m:
1
1,524 to 2,437 m :
1
under 914 m:
28 (1996 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways
total :
6
1,524 to 2,437 m:
2
914 to 1,523 m:
4 (1996 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Liberia on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Liberia Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Liberia Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.
