Highways: 1,291 km total; 1,179 km paved (asphalt), 77 km crushed stone or gravel, 35 km improved and unimproved earth

Ports: Valletta, Marsaxlokk

Merchant marine: 261 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,078,387 GRT/5,267,810 DWT; includes 2 passenger, 4 short-sea passenger, 104 cargo, 2 container, 2 passenger-cargo, 3 container, 13 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 5 refrigerated cargo, 2 chemical tanker, 2 combination ore/oil, 51 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 60 bulk, 11 combination bulk; note--a flag of convenience registry

Civil air: 8 major transport aircraft

Airports: 1 with permanent-surface runways 2,440-3,659 m

Telecommunications: modern automatic system centered in Valletta; 153,000 telephones; stations--9 AM, 3 FM, 2 TV; 1 submarine cable; 1 communication satellite ground station operating in the INTELSAT system

NOTE: The information regarding Malta on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Malta Communications 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Malta Communications 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.