Transportation Jamaica

Railways:

total: 272 km

standard gauge: 272 km 1.435-m gauge; note - 207 km, belonging to

the Jamaica Railway Corporation, were in common carrier service but

are no longer operational; the remaining track is privately owned

and used to transport bauxite (2002)

Highways:

total: 18,700 km

paved: 13,109 km

unpaved: 5,591 km (1999 est.)

Waterways:

none

Pipelines:

petroleum products 10 km

Ports and harbors:

Alligator Pond, Discovery Bay, Kingston, Montego Bay, Ocho Rios,

Port Antonio, Rocky Point, Port Esquivel (Longswharf)

Merchant marine:

total: 5 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 50,536 GRT/62,868 DWT

ships by type: bulk 1, petroleum tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 2,

short-sea passenger 1

note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of

convenience: Latvia 2, US 2 (2002 est.)

Airports:

35 (2002)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 11

2,438 to 3,047 m: 2

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 3

under 914 m: 5 (2002)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 24

914 to 1,523 m: 2

under 914 m: 22 (2002)

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