Netherlands Transportation 1997

Railways
total: 2,791 km
standard gauge: 2,791 km 1.435-m gauge; 2,757 km are in common carrier service (1,991km electrified) and 34 km serve tourists

Highways
total: 120,800 km
paved: 108,720 km (including 2,300 km of expressways)
unpaved : 12,080 km (1995 est.)

Waterways 6,340 km, of which 35% is usable by craft of 1,000 metric ton capacityor larger

Pipelines crude oil 418 km; petroleum products 965 km; natural gas 10,230 km

Ports and harbors Amsterdam, Delfzijl, Dordrecht, Eemshaven, Groningen, Haarlem, IJmuiden,Maastricht, Rotterdam, Terneuzen, Utrecht

Merchant marine
total: 406 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,333,353 GRT/3,880,155 DWT
ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 237, chemical tanker 32, combination bulk 3, container40, liquefied gas tanker 15, livestock carrier 1, multifunction large-loadcarrier 4, oil tanker 34, passenger 7, refrigerated cargo 16, roll-on/roll-offcargo 11, short-sea passenger 3, specialized tanker 2
note: many Dutch-owned ships are operating under the registry of NetherlandsAntilles (1996 est.)

Airports 28 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 25
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m : 9
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 6 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total : 3
914 to 1,523 m: 3 (1996 est.)

Heliports 1 (1996 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Netherlands 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 Netherlands Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Netherlands Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.