Short facts about transportation in Liberia
| Railways: |
total: 490 km (328 km single track); note - three rail systems owned and
operated by foreign steel and financial interests in conjunction with the
Liberian Government; one of these, the Lamco Railroad, closed in 1989 after iron
ore production ceased; the other two were shut down by the civil war; large
sections of the rail lines have been dismantled; approximately 60 km of railroad
track was exported for scrap
standard gauge: 345 km 1.435-m
gauge
narrow gauge: 145 km 1.067-m
gauge |
| Highways: |
total: 10,600 km
paved: 657 km
unpaved: 9,943
km
note: (there is major deterioration on all highways due to
heavy rains and lack of maintenance) (1996
est.) |
| Ports and
harbors: |
Buchanan, Greenville, Harper,
Monrovia |
| Merchant
marine: |
total: 1,478 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 49,456,361 GRT/76,620,648
DWT
ships by type: barge carrier 3, bulk 324, cargo 97, chemical
tanker 163, combination bulk 20, combination ore/oil 38, container 245,
liquefied gas 97, multi-functional large-load carrier 4, passenger 24, petroleum
tanker 310, refrigerated cargo 74, roll on/roll off 19, short-sea passenger 3,
specialized tanker 12, vehicle carrier 45
note: includes some
foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Argentina 8,
Australia 1, Ashmore and Cartier Islands 1, Austria 5, Bermuda 5, Belgium 5,
Burma 1, Brazil 8, Canada 1, China 28, Chile 7, Costa Rica 8, Cyprus 27, Denmark
4, Ecuador 1, Germany 117, Greece 83, Hong Kong 54, Croatia 9, Indonesia 2,
India 8, Israel 1, Italy 8, Japan 85, South Korea 8, Latvia 15, Monaco 28,
Mexico 6, Malaysia 1, Nigeria 1, Netherlands 7, Norway 86, Netherlands Antilles
1, NZ 1, Poland 2, Portugal 2, Philippines 1, Russia 22, Saudi Arabia 20, South
Africa 1, Slovenia 1, Singapore 30, Spain 1, Sweden 8, Switzerland 23, UAE 5,
Taiwan 10, UK 15, US 85, Uruguay 1, Vietnam 1 (2000
est.) |
| Airports -
with paved runways: |
total: 2
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2000
est.) |
| Airports -
with unpaved runways: |
total: 44
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m:
5
under 914 m: 36 (2000 est.) | Source: World Factbook |
