Communications (Kuwait)
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     Railroads:
         6,456 km total track length (1990); over 700 km double track; government
         owned
     Highways:
         3,900 km total; 3,000 km bituminous; 900 km earth, sand, light gravel
     Pipelines:
         crude oil 877 km; petroleum products 40 km; natural gas 165 km
     Ports:
         Ash Shu`aybah, Ash Shuwaykh, Mina' al 'Ahmadi
     Merchant marine:
         29 ships (1,000 GRT or over), totaling 1,196,435 GRT/1,957,216 DWT; includes
         2 cargo, 4 livestock carrier, 18 oil tanker, 4 liquefied gas; note - all
         Kuwaiti ships greater than 1,000 GRT were outside Kuwaiti waters at the time
         of the Iraqi invasion; many of these ships transferred to the Liberian flag
         or to the flags of other Persian Gulf states; only 1 has returned to Kuwaiti
         flag since the liberation of Kuwait
     Civil air:
         9 major transport aircraft
     Airports:
         7 total, 4 usable; 4 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways over
         3,659 m; 4 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; none with runways 1,220-2,439 m
     Telecommunications:
         civil network suffered extensive damage as a result of Desert Storm;
         reconstruction is under way with some restored international and domestic
         capabilities; broadcast stations - 3 AM, 0 FM, 3 TV; satellite earth
         stations - destroyed during Persian Gulf war; temporary mobile satellite
         ground stations provide international telecommunications; coaxial cable and
         radio relay to Saudi Arabia; service to Iraq is nonoperational