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Communications
Railroads: 378 km total; 296 km 1.435-meter standard gauge,
82 km 1.050-meter gauge; all single track; system almost
entirely inoperable.
Highways: 7,370 km total; 6,270 km paved, 450 km gravel
and crushed stone, 650 km improved earth.
Pipelines: crude oil, 72 km (none in operation).
Ports: Beirut, Tripoli, Ras Silata, Juniyah, Sidon, Az Zahrani,
Tyre, Shikka (none are under the direct control of the Lebanese
Government); northern ports are occupied by Syrian forces
and southern ports are occupied or partially quarantined
by Israeli forces; illegal ports scattered along the central
coast are owned and operated by various Christian, Druze,
and Shia militias.
Merchant marine: 67 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 325,361
GRT/494,319 DWT; includes 43 cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo,
2 vehicle carrier, 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 2 container,
7 livestock carrier, 1 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL)
tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 1 specialized tanker, 6 bulk,
1 combination bulk.
Civil air: 15 major transport aircraft.
Airports: 9 total, 8 usable; 5 with permanent-surface runways;
none with runways over 3,659 m; 3 with runways 2,440-3,659
m; 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m; none under the direct control
of the Lebanese Government.
Telecommunications: rebuilding program disrupted; had fair
system of radio relay, cable; 325,000 telephones; stations--
5 AM, 3 FM, 15 TV; 1 inactive Indian Ocean INTELSAT satellite
earth station; 3 submarine coaxial cables; radio relay to
Jordan and Syria, inoperable.