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    Italy Transportation - 2003
    http://www.theodora.com/wfb2003/italy/italy_transportation.html
    SOURCE: 2003 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Railways: total: 19,493 km
      standard gauge: 18,090 km 1.435-m gauge (11,375 km electrified)
      narrow gauge: 88 km 1.000-m gauge (88 km electrified); 1,315 km 0.950-m gauge (189 km electrified) (2002)


      Highways: total: 668,669 km
      paved: 668,669 km (including 6,460 km of expressways)
      unpaved: 0 km (2001)


      Waterways: 2,400 km
      note: serves various types of commercial traffic, although of limited overall value (2002)


      Pipelines: crude oil 1,703 km; petroleum products 2,148 km; natural gas 19,400 km


      Ports and harbors: Augusta (Sicily), Bagnoli, Bari, Brindisi, Gela, Genoa, La Spezia, Livorno, Milazzo, Naples, Porto Foxi, Porto Torres (Sardinia), Salerno, Savona, Taranto, Trieste, Venice (2001)


      Merchant marine: total: 462 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 8,518,900 GRT/9,963,040 DWT
      note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Croatia 1, Denmark 4, France 1, Greece 3, Man, Isle of 1, Monaco 7, Netherlands 6, Norway 1, Panama 2, Spain 1, Switzerland 1, Taiwan 15, Turkey 1, UK 6, US 12 (2002 est.)
      ships by type: bulk 43, cargo 39, chemical tanker 98, combination ore/oil 5, container 28, liquefied gas 39, multi-functional large-load carrier 1, passenger 14, petroleum tanker 67, refrigerated cargo 3, roll on/roll off 60, short-sea passenger 32, specialized tanker 11, vehicle carrier 22


      Airports: 134 (2002)


      Airports - with paved runways: total: 96
      over 3,047 m: 5
      2,438 to 3,047 m: 34
      914 to 1,523 m: 30
      under 914 m: 12 (2002)
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 15


      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 38
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
      914 to 1,523 m: 18
      under 914 m: 18 (2002)


      Heliports: 4 (2002)


      NOTE: The information regarding Italy on this page is re-published from the 2003 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Guinea Geography 2003 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Italy Transportation 2003 should be addressed to the CIA.

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