Liberia - Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

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Airports:

53 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 2
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 51
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 8
under 914 m: 38 (2007)

Railways:

total: 490 km
standard gauge: 345 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 145 km 1.067-m gauge
note: sections of railway are inoperable because of damage suffered during the civil war (2008)

Roadways:

total: 10,600 km
paved: 657 km
unpaved: 9,943 km (2000)

Merchant marine:

total: 2,162 ships (1000 GRT or over) 77,840,860 GRT/118,667,789 DWT
by type: barge carrier 3, bulk carrier 369, cargo 101, chemical tanker 230, combination ore/oil 8, container 736, liquefied gas 80, passenger 1, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 471, refrigerated cargo 104, roll on/roll off 9, specialized tanker 13, vehicle carrier 35
foreign-owned: 2,064 (Argentina 3, Belgium 4, Brazil 3, Canada 4, China 11, Croatia 2, Cyprus 7, Denmark 14, Estonia 1, France 4, Germany 826, Gibraltar 7, Greece 362, Hong Kong 45, India 2, Indonesia 2, Isle of Man 5, Israel 21, Italy 44, Japan 114, Latvia 23, Lebanon 2, Mexico 1, Monaco 8, Netherlands 35, Nigeria 2, Norway 40, Poland 13, Qatar 3, Romania 1, Russia 92, Saudi Arabia 26, Singapore 35, Slovenia 3, South Korea 3, Sweden 10, Switzerland 12, Taiwan 83, Turkey 8, UAE 24, UK 22, Ukraine 24, Uruguay 3, US 105, Vietnam 5) (2008)

Ports and terminals:

Buchanan, Monrovia

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