|
|
|
|
|
Transportation In The BahamasRailways: 0 km Highways:
total: 2,693 km
paved: 1,546 km
unpaved: 1,147 km (1997 est.) Ports and harbors: Freeport, Matthew Town, Nassau Merchant marine:
total: 1,075 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 28,630,674 GRT/44,111,353 DWT
ships by type: bulk 201, cargo 233, chemical tanker 41, combination bulk 15, combination ore/oil 25, container 59, liquified gas 35, livestock carrier 1, passenger 68, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 177, rail car carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 129, roll-on/roll-off 51, short-sea passenger 12, specialized tanker 3, vehicle carrier 23 (1999 est.)
note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 49 countries among which are Norway 177, Greece 141, UK 113, US 61, Denmark 39, Finland 27, Japan 25, Sweden 24, France 22, and Italy 22 (1998 est.) Airports: 62 (1999 est.) Airports - with paved runways:
total: 33
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 15
914 to 1,523 m: 12
under 914 m: 2 (1999 est.) Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 29
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 21 (1999 est.) National airline: Heliports: 1 (1999 est.) Reference Much of the material in this article comes from the CIA World Factbook 2000. - See also : Bahamas
Bahamas
|
 |
|
| Copyright 2005-2009 OnPedia.com. All Rights Reserved |
|
|