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Belgium Transportation 1999

    Railways:
    total: 3,380 km (2,459 km electrified; 2,563 km double track)
    standard gauge: 3,380 km 1.435-m gauge (1996)

    Highways:
    total: 143,175 km
    paved: 143,175 km (including 1,674 km of expressways)
    unpaved: 0 km (1996 est.)

    Waterways: 2,043 km (1,528 km in regular commercial use)

    Pipelines: crude oil 161 km; petroleum products 1,167 km; natural gas 3,300 km

    Ports and harbors: Antwerp (one of the world's busiest ports), Brugge, Gent, Hasselt, Liege, Mons, Namur, Oostende, Zeebrugge

    Merchant marine:
    total: 23 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 35,668 GRT/56,412 DWT
    ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 8, chemical tanker 8, oil tanker 6 (1998 est.)

    Airports: 42 (1998 est.)

    Airports—with paved runways:
    total: 24
    over 3,047 m: 6
    2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
    1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
    914 to 1,523 m: 1
    under 914 m: 6 (1998 est.)

    Airports—with unpaved runways:
    total: 18
    914 to 1,523 m: 2
    under 914 m: 16 (1998 est.)

    Heliports: 1 (1998 est.)

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