Railways
0 km
Highways
total:
2,450 km
paved:
1,406 km
unpaved:
1,044 km (1995 est.)
Ports and harbors
Freeport, Matthew Town, Nassau
Merchant marine
total:
988 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 23,690,478 GRT/37,428,826 DWT
ships by type:
bulk 176, cargo 205, chemical tanker 41, combination bulk 7, combinationore/oil 23, container 56, liquefied gas tanker 21, oil tanker 184, passenger47, refrigerated cargo 150, roll-on/roll-off cargo 53, short-sea passenger11, vehicle carrier 14
note:
a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 46 countries amongwhich are Norway 157, Greece 146, UK 128, US 69, Denmark 51, Sweden 34, Finland32, Belgium 29, Japan 27, and Monaco 27; Bahamas owns 10 additional ships(1,000 GRT or over) totaling 256,379 DWT that operate under Panamanian andCypriot registry (1996 est.)
Airports
54 (1996 est.)
Airports - with paved runways
total :
47
over 3,047 m:
2
2,438 to 3,047 m:
1
1,524 to 2,437 m:
15
914 to 1,523 m:
12
under 914 m:
17 (1996 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways
total:
7
914 to 1,523 m:
7 (1996 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding The Bahamas 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 The Bahamas Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about The Bahamas Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.
