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Transportation
425 (2010)
country comparison to the world: 
19
total: 189
over 3,047 m: 12
2,438 to 3,047 m: 51
1,524 to 2,437 m: 24
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 97 (2010)
total: 236
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 12
under 914 m: 214 (2010)
7 (2010)
gas 33,327 km; oil 4,514 km; refined products 4,211 km (2009)
total: 21,658 km
country comparison to the world: 13
broad gauge: 21,658 km 1.524-m gauge (9,729 km electrified) (2009)
total: 169,495 km
country comparison to the world: 30
paved: 165,820 km (includes 15 km of expressways)
unpaved: 3,675 km (2009)
2,150 km (most on Dnieper River) (2009)
country comparison to the world: 42
total: 160
country comparison to the world: 41
by type: bulk carrier 4, cargo 123, chemical tanker 1, passenger 5, passenger/cargo 5, petroleum tanker 9, refrigerated cargo 11, specialized tanker 2
foreign-owned: 1 (Iran 1)
registered in other countries: 197 (Belize 6, Cambodia 37, Comoros 10, Cyprus 2, Dominica 2, Georgia 15, Liberia 16, Malta 30, Marshall Islands 1, Moldova 12, Mongolia 1, Panama 11, Russia 12, Saint Kitts and Nevis 10, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12, Sierra Leone 5, Slovakia 7, Tuvalu 1, Vanuatu 3, unknown 4) (2010)
Feodosiya (Theodosia), Illichivsk, Mariupol’, Mykolayiv, Odesa, Yuzhnyy
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