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Transportation In NorwayRailways: See Rail transport in Norway City with metro system: Oslo (T-banen, the "tunnel-track"). Cities with a tram system: Oslo, Trondheim City with a funicular: Bergen Highways: total: 90,741 km paved: 67,602 km (including 128 km of expressways) unpaved: 23,139 km (1998 est.) Waterways: 1,577 km along west coast; navigable by 2.4 m draft vessels maximum Pipelines: refined petroleum products 53 km Ports and harbors: Arendal, Bergen, Bod, Drammen, Flekkefjord, Fredrikstad, Flor, Grimstad, Halden, Hammerfest, Harstad, Haugesund, Horten, Krager, Kristiansand, Kristiansund, Larvik, Mongstad, Moss, Narvik, Oslo, Porsgrunn, Sandefjord, Sandnes, Skien, Sortland, Stavanger, Troms, Trondheim, Tnsberg, Vads, Vard, lesund Merchant marine: total: 788 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 21,460,260 GRT/34,178,125 DWT ships by type: bulk 100, cargo 142, chemical tanker 111, combination bulk 9, combination ore/oil 35, container 18, liquified gas 86, multi-functional large load carrier 1, passenger 11, petroleum tanker 157, refrigerated cargo 11, roll-on/roll-off 48, short-sea passenger 22, vehicle carrier 37 (1999 est.) note: The government has created an internal register, the Norwegian International Ship register (NIS), as a subset of the Norwegian register; ships on the NIS enjoy many benefits of flags of convenience and do not have to be crewed by Norwegians (1998 est.) Airports: 103 (1999 est.) Airports - with paved runways: total: 67 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 12 1,524 to 2,437 m: 13 914 to 1,523 m: 12 under 914 m: 29 (1999 est.) Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 36 914 to 1,523 m: 5 under 914 m: 31 (1999 est.) Heliports: 1 (1999 est.) See also: Norway
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