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Railwaystotal: 3,058 km (2016)

standard gauge: 3,058 km 1.435-m gauge (2,314 km electrified) (2016)
Roadwaystotal: 139,124 km (includes 3,654 km of expressways) (2016)
Waterways6,237 km (navigable by ships up to 50 tons) (2012)
Pipelines14000 km gas, 2500 km oil and refined products, 3000 km chemicals (2016)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): IJmuiden, Vlissingen

container port(s) (TEUs): Rotterdam (14,810,804) (2019)

LNG terminal(s) (import): Rotterdam

river port(s): Amsterdam (Nordsee Kanaal); Moerdijk (Hollands Diep River); Rotterdam (Rhine River); Terneuzen (Western Scheldt River)
Merchant marinetotal: 1,200

by type: bulk carrier 10, container ship 45, general cargo 557, oil tanker 23, other 565 (2020)
Airportstotal: 29 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 23 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 3 (2017)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 11 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2017)

914 to 1,523 m: 6 (2017)

under 914 m: 2 (2017)
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 6 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 4 (2013)

under 914 m: 2 (2013)
Heliports1 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 8 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 238

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 43,996,044 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 5,886,510,000 mt-km (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefixPH

Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021

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