My World Factbook
(Learn more about the new, improved World Factbook)
Note: Most information adapted from the popular World Factbook is distributed between the websites GeoWorld (geography, people, communications & transportation), Politix (government) and Great Depression II (economy).
Transportation
27 (2010)
country comparison to the world: 
125
total: 20
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 1 (2010)
total: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 4 (2010)
1 (2010)
gas 3,816 km; oil 365 km; refined products 716 km (2009)
total: 2,896 km
country comparison to the world: 58
standard gauge: 2,896 km 1.435-m gauge (2,064 km electrified) (2009)
total: 136,827 km (includes 2,582 km of expressways) (2008)
country comparison to the world: 36
6,215 km (navigable for ships of 50 tons) (2007)
country comparison to the world: 22
total: 706
country comparison to the world: 15
by type: bulk carrier 1, cargo 464, carrier 21, chemical tanker 57, container 73, liquefied gas 19, passenger 17, passenger/cargo 15, petroleum tanker 5, refrigerated cargo 10, roll on/roll off 21, specialized tanker 3
foreign-owned: 217 (Australia 1, Denmark 36, Finland 14, France 2, Germany 92, Ireland 7, Italy 9, Japan 1, Norway 18, Sweden 18, UAE 4, US 15)
registered in other countries: 240 (Antigua and Barbuda 18, Australia 1, Bahamas 22, Belize 1, Cambodia 1, Canada 1, Cyprus 24, Gibraltar 33, Liberia 35, Luxembourg 2, Malta 2, Marshall Islands 16, former Netherlands Antilles 52, Panama 8, Paraguay 1, Philippines 18, Portugal 1, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2, Singapore 1, unknown 1) (2010)
Amsterdam, IJmuiden, Moerdijk, Rotterdam, Terneuzen, Vlissingen
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism - 
