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Papua New Guinea |
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Railways:
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0 km
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Highways:
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total: 19,600 km
paved: 686 km
unpaved: 18,914 km (1999 est.)
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Waterways:
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10,940 km
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Pipelines:
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oil 264 km (2003)
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Ports and harbors:
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Kieta, Lae, Madang, Port Moresby, Rabaul
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Merchant marine:
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total: 23 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 45,203 GRT/63,238 DWT
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Singapore 2, UK 7
(2002 est.)
ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 12, chemical tanker 1, combination ore/oil 2, container 1, petroleum tanker 3, roll on/roll off 3
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Airports:
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491 (2002)
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 21
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 14
under 914 m: 1 (2002)
914 to 1,523 m: 4
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 470
1,524 to 2,437 m: 11
914 to 1,523 m: 56
under 914 m: 403 (2002)
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Heliports:
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2 (2002)
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