Short facts about transportation in Lebanon
| Railways: |
total: 399 km (mostly unusable because of damage in civil
war)
standard gauge: 317 km 1.435-m
narrow gauge:
82 km (1999) |
| Highways: |
total: 7,300 km
paved: 6,350 km
unpaved: 950 km
(1999 est.) |
| Pipelines: |
crude oil 72 km (none in
operation) |
| Ports and
harbors: |
Antilyas, Batroun, Beirut, Chekka, El
Mina, Ez Zahrani, Jbail, Jounie, Naqoura, Sidon, Tripoli,
Tyre |
| Merchant
marine: |
total: 71 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 379,705 GRT/592,672
DWT
ships by type: bulk 10, cargo 42, chemical tanker 1,
combination bulk 1, combination ore/oil 1, container 4, liquefied gas 1,
livestock carrier 5, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 2, vehicle carrier
3
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a
flag of convenience: Netherlands 1, Syria 1 (2000
est.) |
| Airports -
with paved runways: |
total: 5
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m:
2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2000
est.) |
| Airports -
with unpaved runways: |
total: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 1 (2000
est.) | Source: World Factbook |
