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Germany

 
     
    • Railroads: 
     
        total: 
        43,457 km 
     
        standard gauge: 
        43,190 km (electrified 16,694 km) 
     
        narrow gauge: 
        267 km (1994) 
     
    • Highways: 
     
        total: 
        636,282 km 
     
        paved: 
        501,282 km (10,955 km of autobahn) 
     
        unpaved: 
        135,000 km (1991) 
     
    • Inland waterways: 
     
        western: 
        5,222 km, of which almost 70% are usable by craft of 1,000-metric-ton capacity or larger; major rivers include the Rhine and Elbe; Kiel Canal is an important connection between the Baltic Sea and North Sea 
     
        eastern: 
        2,319 km (1988) 
     
    • Pipelines: 
      crude oil 3,644 km; petroleum products 3,946 km; natural gas 97,564 km (1988) 
     
    • Ports: 
      Berlin, Bonn, Brake, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Cologne, Dresden, Duisburg, Emden, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Kiel, Lubeck, Magdeburg, Mannheim, Rostock, Stuttgart 
     
    • Merchant marine: 
     
        total: 
        481 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,065,074 GRT/6,409,198 DWT 
     
        ships by type: 
        barge carrier 6, bulk 8, cargo 224, chemical tanker 16, combination bulk 4, combination ore/oil 5, container 158, liquefied gas tanker 13, oil tanker 10, passenger 3, railcar carrier 4, refrigerated cargo 7, roll-on/roll-off cargo 18, short-sea passenger 5 
     
        note: 
        the German register includes ships of the former East and West Germany 
     
    • Airports: 
     
        total: 
        660 
     
        with paved runways over 3,047 m: 
        13 
     
        with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 
        64 
     
        with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 
        68 
     
        with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 
        53 
     
        with paved runways under 914 m: 
        381 
     
        with unpaved runways over 3,047 m: 
     
        with unpaved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 
     
        with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 
     
        with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 
        62