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Pipelines

Gas 27,105 km; liquid petroleum gas 240 km; oil 3,258 km; oil/gas/water 1 km (2009)

Railways

Total: 37,855 km

Broad gauge: 142 km 1.600-m gauge

Standard gauge: 24,409 km 1.435-m gauge (1,094 km electrified)

Narrow gauge: 13,304 km 1.067-m gauge (1,193 km electrified) (2008)

Roadways

Total: 812,972 km

Paved: 341,448 km

Unpaved: 471,524 km (2004)

Merchant Marine

Total: 45

By type: bulk carrier 10, cargo 8, liquefied gas 4, passenger 6, passenger/cargo 6, petroleum tanker 6, roll on/roll off 5

Foreign-owned: 20 (Canada 7, Germany 2, Netherlands 1, Norway 1, Singapore 2, UK 5, US 2)

Registered in other countries: 29 (Dominica 1, Fiji 2, Liberia 2, Marshall Islands 1, Netherlands 1, NZ 1, Panama 5, Singapore 11, Tonga 1, UK 1, US 1, Vanuatu 2) (2010)

Ports and Terminals

Brisbane, Cairns, Dampier, Darwin, Fremantle, Gladstone, Geelong, Hay Point, Hobart, Jervis Bay, Melbourne, Newcastle, Port Adelaide, Port Dalrymple, Port Hedland, Port Kembla, Port Lincoln, Port Walcott, Sydney
Year

Airports

  • 465 (2010)

Heliports

  • 1 (2010)

Waterways

  • 2,000 km (mainly used for recreation on Murray and Murray-Darling river systems) (2006)

Airports with Paved Runways

  • Total
    326
  • Over 3,047 m
    11
  • 2,438 to 3,047 m
    13
  • 1,524 to 2,437 m
    148
  • 914 to 1,523 m
    140
  • Under 914 m
    14 (2010)

Airports with Unpaved Runways

  • Total
    139
  • 1,524 to 2,437 m
    17
  • 914 to 1,523 m
    110
  • Under 914 m
    12 (2010)