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Transportation in Bermuda

Bermuda has 150 miles of private paved roads; 130 miles of public paved roads; 25 miles of historic, unpaved railroad trail, used as scenic trails; three ports, including the former U.S. Naval Air Station and Naval Air Station Annex; and one airport, located at the former U.S. Naval Air Station.

Railways: 0 km in use

Highways:
total: 225 km
paved: 225 km
unpaved: 0 km (1997 est.)
note: in addition, there are 232 km of paved and unpaved roads that are privately owned

Ports and harbors: Hamilton, Saint George

Merchant marine:
total: 115 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,536,975 GRT/11,337,483 DWT
ships by type: bulk 27, cargo 4, chemical tanker 2, container 17, liquified gas 7, petroleum tanker 33, refrigerated cargo 14, roll-on/roll-off 8, short-sea passenger 3 (1999 est.)
note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 11 countries among which are UK 24, Canada 12, Hong Kong 11, US 11, Nigeria 4, Sweden 4, Norway 3, and Switzerland 2 (1998 est.)

Airports: 1 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (1999 est.)

Reference Much of the material in this article is adapted from the CIA World Factbook 2000.



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