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Philippines Transports :

 

Railways:
total: 897 km
narrow gauge: 897 km 1.067-m gauge (492 km are in operation) (2004)

 

Highways:
total: 202,124 km
paved: 19,202 km
unpaved: 182,922 km (2002)

 

Waterways:
3,219 km
note: limited to vessels with draft less than 1.5 m (2004)

 

Pipelines:
gas 565 km; oil 135 km; refined products 100 km (2004)

 

Ports and harbors:
Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iligan, Iloilo, Manila, Surigao

 

Merchant marine:
total: 419 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 4,524,259 GRT/6,437,171 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 85, cargo 109, chemical tanker 13, container 5, liquefied gas 7, livestock carrier 15, passenger 11, passenger/cargo 73, petroleum tanker 47, refrigerated cargo 23, roll on/roll off 17, vehicle carrier 14
foreign-owned: 69 (Canada 1, China 2, Germany 2, Greece 5, Hong Kong 2, Japan 31, Malaysia 2, Netherlands 20, Norway 1, UAE 1, United States 2)
registered in other countries: 40 (2005)

 

Airports:

55 (2004 est.)

 

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 82
over 3,047 m: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 6
1,524 to 2,437 m: 26
914 to 1,523 m: 35
under 914 m: 11 (2004 est.)

 

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 173
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 68
under 914 m: 100 (2004 est.)

 

Heliports:
2 (2004 est.)