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Transportation Malaysia


Railways:

Total: 1,890 km (207 km electrified)
Standard gauge: 57 km 1.435-m gauge (57 km electrified)
Narrow gauge: 1,833 km 1.000-m gauge (150 km electrified) (2004)

Highways:

Total: 65,877 km
Paved: 51,318 km
Unpaved: 14,559 km (2001)

Waterways:

7,200 km
Note: Peninsular Malaysia 3,200 km, Sabah 1,500 km, Sarawak 2,500 km (2004)

Pipelines:

Condensate 279 km; gas 5,047 km; oil 1,841 km; refined products 114 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:

Bintulu, Kota Kinabalu, Kuantan, Kuching, Kudat, Labuan, Lahad Datu, Lumut, Miri, Pasir Gudang, George Town (Penang), Port Dickson, Port Kelang, Sandakan, Sibu, Tanjung Berhala, Tanjung Kidurong, Tawau

Merchant marine:

Total: 346 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 5,389,397 GRT/7,539,178 DWT
By type: bulk carrier 45, cargo 109, chemical tanker 38, container 47, liquefied gas 26, livestock carrier 1, passenger 1, passenger/cargo 6, petroleum tanker 62, roll on/roll off 6, vehicle carrier 5
Foreign-owned: 77 (China 1, Hong Kong 12, Japan 3, Singapore 61)
Registered in other countries: 59 (2005)

Airports:

117 (2004 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:

Total: 38
Over 3,047 m: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 10
914 to 1,523 m: 9
Under 914 m: 7 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

Total: 79
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 6
Under 914 m: 72 (2004 est.)

Heliports:

1 (2004 est.)


Information from: The World Fact Book (Central Intelligence Agency)



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