Railways:
total:
23,350 km
broad gauge:
23,350 km 1.524-m gauge (8,600 km electrified)
Highways:
total:
172,565 km
paved:
163,937 km (including 1,875 km of expressways); notethese roads are said
to be hard-surfaced, meaning that some are paved and some are all-weather
gravel surfaced
unpaved:
8,628 km (1996 est.)
Waterways:
4,400 km navigable waterways, of which 1,672 km were on the Pryp''yat' and
Dnistr (1990)
Pipelines:
crude oil 4,000 km (1995); petroleum products 4,500 km (1995); natural gas
34,400 km (1998)
Ports and harbors:
Berdyans'k, Illichivs'k, Izmayil, Kerch, Kherson, Kiev (Kyyiv), Mariupol',
Mykolayiv, Odesa, Reni
Merchant marine:
total:
181 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,022,047 GRT/1,101,278 DWT
ships by type:
bulk 9, cargo 117, liquefied gas tanker 1, container 4, multifunction
large-load carrier 2, oil tanker 16, passenger 12, passenger-cargo 3,
railcar carrier 2, refrigerated cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 10,
short-sea passenger 3 (1998 est.)
Airports:
706 (1994 est.)
Airportswith paved runways:
total:
163
over 3,047 m:
14
2,438 to 3,047 m:
55
1,524 to 2,437 m:
34
914 to 1,523 m:
3
under 914 m:
57 (1994 est.)
Airportswith unpaved runways:
total:
543
over 3,047 m:
7
2,438 to 3,047 m:
7
1,524 to 2,437 m:
16
914 to 1,523 m:
37
under 914 m:
476 (1994 est.)