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==Transportation of Belgium==
==Transportation of Belgium==
*Airports: 41 (2013)
:country comparison to the world: 102
*Airports - with paved runways:
:total: 26
:over 3,047 m: 6
:2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
:1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
:914 to 1,523 m: 1
:under 914 m: 8 (2013)
*Airports - with unpaved runways:
:total: 15
:under 914 m:
:15 (2013)
*Heliports: 1 (2013)
*Pipelines: gas 3,139 km; oil 154 km; refined products 535 km (2013)
*Railways:
:total: 3,233 km
:country comparison to the world: 55
:standard gauge: 3,233 km 1.435-m gauge (2,950 km electrified) (2008)
*Roadways:
:total: 154,012 km
:country comparison to the world: 31
:paved: 120,514 km (includes 1,756 km of expressways)
:unpaved: 33,498 km (2010)
*Waterways: 2,043 km (1,528 km in regular commercial use) (2012)
:country comparison to the world: 42
*Merchant marine:
:total: 87
:country comparison to the world: 56
:by type: bulk carrier 23, cargo 15, chemical tanker 5, container 4, liquefied gas 23, passenger 2, petroleum tanker 8, roll on/roll off 7;
:foreign-owned: 15 (Denmark 4, France 7, Russia 1, UK 2, US 1)
:registered in other countries: 107 (Bahamas 6, Cambodia 1, Cyprus 3, France 7, Gibraltar 1, Greece 17, Hong Kong 26, Liberia 1, Luxembourg 11, Malta 7, Marshall Islands 1, Mozambique 2, North Korea 1, Panama 1, Portugal 8, Russia 4, Saint Kitts and Nevis 1, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7, Singapore 1, Vanuatu 1) (2010)
*Ports and terminals:
:major seaport(s): Oostende, Zeebrugge
:river port(s): Antwerp, Gent (Schelde River); Brussels (Senne River); Liege (Meuse River)
:container port(s) (TEUs): Antwerp (8,664,243), Zeebrugge (2,207,257) (2011)
:LNG terminal(s) (import): Zeebrugge
==Military of Belgium==
==Military of Belgium==
==Transnational Issues of Belgium==
==Transnational Issues of Belgium==

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