Transportation in South Africa

Railways:
total: 20,384 km (2000)
narrow gauge: 20,070 km 1.067-m gauge (9,090 km electrified); 314 km 0.610-m gauge (2000)

Highways:
total: 358,596 km (1996)
paved: 59,753 km (including 1,927 km of expressways) (1996)
unpaved: 298,843 km (1996)
national speed limit: 120 km/h (National Roads/Freeway)
100 km/h (Motorways)
60 km/h | 50km/h (Residential areas)

Pipelines: crude oil 931 km; petroleum products 1,748 km; natural gas 322 km

Ports and harbours: Cape Town, Durban, East London, Mossel Bay, Port Elizabeth, Richards Bay, Saldanha

Merchant marine:
total: 8 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 271,650 GRT/268,604 DWT
ships by type: container 6, petroleum tanker 2 (2002 est.) (includes foreign-owned ships registered as a flag of convenience: Denmark 3, Netherlands 1

Airports: 740 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 143
over 3,047 m: 10
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 50
914 to 1,523 m: 67
under 914 m: 11 (2002 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 584
1,524 to 2,437 m: 34
914 to 1,523 m: 298
under 914 m: 252 (2002 est.)

See also : South Africa

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