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    Jamaica Transportation - 2006
    http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/jamaica/jamaica_transportation.html
    SOURCE: 2006 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Airports:
      35 (2005)

      Airports - with paved runways:
      total: 11
      2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
      914 to 1,523 m: 4
      under 914 m: 5 (2005)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:
      total: 24
      914 to 1,523 m: 2
      under 914 m: 22 (2005)

      Railways:
      total: 272 km
      standard gauge: 272 km 1.435-m gauge
      note: 207 of these km belonging to the Jamaica Railway Corporation had been in common carrier service until 1992 but are no longer operational; 57 km of the remaining track is privately owned and used by ALCAN to transport bauxite (2003)

      Roadways:
      total: 18,700 km
      paved: 13,009 km
      unpaved: 5,610 km (1999)

      Merchant marine:
      total: 10 ships (1000 GRT or over) 117,805 GRT/166,922 DWT
      by type: bulk carrier 4, cargo 1, chemical tanker 1, petroleum tanker 1, roll on/roll off 3
      foreign-owned: 10 (Germany 2, Greece 5, UAE 3) (2005)

      Ports and terminals:
      Kingston, Port Esquivel, Port Kaiser, Port Rhoades, Rocky Point


      NOTE: The information regarding Jamaica on this page is re-published from the 2006 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Jamaica Transportation 2006 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Jamaica Transportation 2006 should be addressed to the CIA.

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