Railways
total:
38.6 km
narrow gauge:
38.6 km 1.000-m gauge
note:
there is a 67 km mass transit system with 42 stations
Highways
total:
2,972 km
paved:
2,892 km (including 132 km of expressways)
unpaved :
80 km (1995 est.)
Ports and harbors
Singapore
Merchant marine
total :
737 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 15,420,046 GRT/24,508,019 DWT
ships by type:
bulk 122, cargo 123, chemical tanker 24, combination bulk 8, combinationore/oil 6, container 115, liquefied gas tanker 23, livestock carrier 1, multifunctionlarge-load carrier 6, oil tanker 259, refrigerated cargo 7, roll-on/roll-offcargo 14, short-sea passenger 1, specialized tanker 4, vehicle carrier 24
note:
a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 24 countries amongwhich are Japan 42, Denmark 33, Hong Kong 26, Germany 22, Thailand 17, Sweden15, Belgium 11, China 10, US 10, and Indonesia 8; Singapore also owns an additional220 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 10,289,213 DWT that operate under theregistries of The Bahamas, Cyprus, Hong Kong, Honduras, Liberia, Malta, Malaysia,Panama, Thailand, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Vanuatu (1996 est.)
Airports
8 (1996 est.)
Airports - with paved runways
total:
8
over 3,047 m:
2
2,438 to 3,047 m:
1
1,524 to 2,437 m :
3
914 to 1,523 m:
1
under 914 m:
1 (1996 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Singapore 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 Singapore Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Singapore Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.
