Yemen Transportation Profile 2013

Roadways

total: 71,300 km
paved: 6,200 km
unpaved: 65,100 km (2005)

Pipelines

gas 423 km; liquid petroleum gas 22 km; oil 1,367 km (2010)

Ports and terminals

Aden, Al Hudaydah, Al Mukalla

Merchant marine

total: 5
by type: chemical tanker 2, petroleum tanker 2, roll on/roll off 1
registered in other countries: 14 (Moldova 4, Panama 4, Sierra Leone 2, Togo 1, unknown 3) (2010)

Airports

57 (2012)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 17
over 3,047 m: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2012)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 40
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 16
under 914 m: 9 (2012)

Transportation - note

the International Maritime Bureau reports offshore waters in the Gulf of Aden are high risk for piracy; numerous vessels, including commercial shipping and pleasure craft, have been attacked and hijacked both at anchor and while underway; crew, passengers, and cargo are held for ransom; the presence of several naval task forces in the Gulf of Aden and additional anti-piracy measures on the part of ship operators reduced the incidence of piracy in that body of water by more than half in 2010