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    Belgium Transportation 2000

      Railways:
      total: 3,437 km (2,446 km electrified; 2,563 km double track)
      standard gauge: 3,437 km 1.435-m gauge (1998)

      Highways:
      total: 145,850 km
      paved: 117,701 km (including 1,682 km of expressways)
      unpaved: 28,149 km (1998)

      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: 22 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 35,075 GRT/57,347 DWT
      ships by type: cargo 7, chemical tanker 8, petroleum tanker 7 (1999 est.)

      Airports: 42 (1999 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 (1999 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:
      total: 18
      914 to 1,523 m: 2
      under 914 m: 16 (1999 est.)

      Heliports: 1 (1999 est.)

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