Philippines Transportation 1997

Railways
total : 499 km
narrow gauge: 499 km 1.067-m gauge (1993)

Highways
total: 182,000 km (1994 est.)
paved: NA km
unpaved: NA km
note : probably less than 30,000 km are designated arterial roads and not allof these are all-weather roads

Waterways 3,219 km; limited to shallow-draft (less than 1.5 m) vessels

Pipelines petroleum products 357 km

Ports and harbors Batangas, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Guimaras Island, Iligan, Iloilo,Jolo, Legaspi, Manila, Masao, Puerto Princesa, San Fernando, Subic Bay, Zamboanga

Merchant marine
total: 523 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 7,614,831 GRT/12,246,321 DWT
ships by type : bulk 223, cargo 124, chemical tanker 3, combination bulk 9, container8, liquefied gas tanker 9, livestock carrier 11, oil tanker 45, passenger3, passenger-cargo 13, refrigerated cargo 18, roll-on/roll-off cargo 14, short-seapassenger 23, vehicle carrier 20
note: a flag of convenience registry; Japan owns 24 ships, Hong Kong 4, UK2, Denmark 1, Netherlands 1, Norway 1, Singapore 1, and Taiwan 1 (1996 est.)

Airports 234 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 168
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m : 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 26
914 to 1,523 m: 30
under 914 m: 103 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total : 66
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 63 (1996 est.)

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