Transportation of Taiwan
Airports: | 42 (2006) |
Airports - with paved runways: | total: 38 over 3,047 m: 8 2,438 to 3,047 m: 9 1,524 to 2,437 m: 11 914 to 1,523 m: 8 under 914 m: 2 (2006) |
Airports - with unpaved runways: | total: 4 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 under 914 m: 3 (2006) |
Heliports: | 3 (2006) |
Pipelines: | condensate 25 km; gas 661 km (2006) |
Railways: | total: 2,502 km narrow gauge: 1,102 km 1.067-m gauge (685 km electrified) note: 1,400 km .762-m gauge (belonging to the Taiwan Sugar Corporation and to the Taiwan Forestry Bureau) used to carry products and limited numbers of passengers (2006) |
Roadways: | total: 37,299 km paved: 35,621 km (includes 789 km of expressways) unpaved: 1,678 km (2002) |
Merchant marine: | total: 112 ships (1000 GRT or over) 2,798,992 GRT/4,652,921 DWT by type: bulk carrier 35, cargo 22, chemical tanker 2, container 25, passenger/cargo 3, petroleum tanker 16, refrigerated cargo 7, roll on/roll off 2 foreign-owned: 3 (Hong Kong 3) registered in other countries: 463 (Bolivia 1, Cambodia 2, Honduras 2, Hong Kong 6, Italy 10, Liberia 69, Malta 2, Panama 308, Singapore 59, UK 1, US 1, unknown 2) (2006) |
Ports and terminals: | Chi-lung (Keelung), Hua-lien, Kao-hsiung, Su-ao, T'ai-chung |