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Italy

 
     
    • Railroads: 
     
        total: 
        19,503 km 
     
        standard gauge: 
        18,230 km 1.435-m gauge (10,499 km electrified; 2,112 km privately owned) 
     
        narrow gauge: 
        1,273 km 0.950-m to 1.000-m gauge (224 km electrified; 1,273 km privately owned) 
     
    • Highways: 
     
        total: 
        305,388 km 
     
        paved: 
        277,388 km (6,940 km of expressways) 
     
        unpaved: 
        gravel, crushed stone 23,000 km; earth 5,000 km (1992) 
     
    • Inland waterways: 
      2,400 km for various types of commercial traffic, although of limited overall value 
     
    • Pipelines: 
      crude oil 1,703 km; petroleum products 2,148 km; natural gas 19,400 km 
     
    • Ports: 
      Ancona, Augusta, Bari, Cagliari (Sardinia), Catania, Gaeta, Genoa, La Spezia, Livorno, Naples, Oristano (Sardinia), Palermo (Sicily), Piombino, Porto Torres (Sardinia), Ravenna, Savona, Trieste, Venice 
     
    • Merchant marine: 
     
        total: 
        441 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,767,969 GRT/8,547,221 DWT 
     
        ships by type: 
        bulk 40, cargo 62, chemical tanker 34, combination ore/oil 3, container 18, liquefied gas tanker 37, multifunction large-load carrier 1, oil tanker 136, passenger 7, roll-on/roll-off cargo 54, short-sea passenger 30, specialized tanker 11, vehicle carrier 8 
     
    • Airports: 
     
        total: 
        138 
     
        with paved runways over 3,047 m: 
        5 
     
        with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 
        34 
     
        with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 
        15 
     
        with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 
        26 
     
        with paved runways under 914 m: 
        34 
     
        with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 
        2 
     
        with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 
        22