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Railways: total: 46,142 km (20,100 km electrified)
standard gauge: 45,928 km 1.435-m gauge (20,084 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 214 km 1.000-m gauge (16 km electrified); 24 km 0.750-m gauge (2004) Highways: total: 230,735 km
paved: 230,735 km (including 11,515 km of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km (1999) Waterways: 7,300 km
note: Rhine River carries most goods; Main-Danube Canal links North Sea and Black Sea (2004) Pipelines: condensate 325 km; gas 25,293 km; oil 3,540 km; refined products 3,827 km (2004) Ports and harbors: Bremen, Bremerhaven, Brunsbuttel, Duisburg, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Mainz, Rostock, Wilhemshaven Merchant marine: total: 332 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 5,721,495 GRT/6,810,631 DWT
by type: cargo 69, chemical tanker 13, container 208, liquefied gas 3, passenger 7, passenger/cargo 25, petroleum tanker 3, roll on/roll off 4
foreign-owned: 5 (Finland 2, Netherlands 1, Switzerland 1, UAE 1)
registered in other countries: 2,289 (2005) Airports: 550 (2004 est.) Airports - with paved runways: total: 331
over 3,047 m: 13
2,438 to 3,047 m: 51
1,524 to 2,437 m: 62
914 to 1,523 m: 71
under 914 m: 134 (2004 est.) Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 219
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 31
under 914 m: 185 (2004 est.) Heliports: 34 (2004 est.) More about Germany: Introduction Geography People Government Economy Communications Military Transnational Issues