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Transportation in Kuwait

Railways: 0 km

Highways:
total: 4,450 km
paved: 3,590 km
unpaved: 860 km (1999 est.)

Waterways: none

Pipelines: crude oil 877 km; petroleum products 40 km; natural gas 165 km

Ports and harbors: Ash Shu'aybah, Ash Shuwaykh, Kuwait, Mina' 'Abd Allah, Mina' al Ahmadi, Mina' Su'ud

Merchant marine:
total: 38 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,274,515 GRT/3,627,835 DWT
ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 9, container 6, liquified gas 6, livestock carrier 5, petroleum tanker 19 (1999 est.) note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Monaco 1, Saudi Arabia 1 (2002 est.)

Airports: 7 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 3
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 (2002)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 3
under 914 m: 2 (2002
1,524 to 2,437 m m: 1

Heliports: 3 (2002)

National Airline:

See also : Kuwait