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Communications
Highways: 1,291 km total; 1,179 km paved (asphalt), 77 km
crushed stone or gravel, 35 km improved and unimproved earth.
Ports: Valletta, Marsaxlokk.
Merchant marine: 314 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling
3,677,797 GRT/6,357,733 DWT; includes 3 passenger, 4 short-sea
passenger, 127 cargo, 2 container, 1 passenger-cargo, 13
roll-on/roll-off cargo, 2 vehicle carrier, 6 refrigerated
cargo, 7 chemical tanker, 4 combination ore/oil, 1 specialized
tanker, 61 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker,
72 bulk, 11 combination bulk; note--a flag of convenience
registry; China owns 1 ship, Cuba owns 8, and Vietnam owns 1.
Civil air: 8 major transport aircraft.
Airports: 1 with permanent-surface runways 2,440-3,659 m.
Telecommunications: modern automatic system centered in
Valletta; 153,000 telephones; stations--9 AM, 3 FM, 2 TV;
1 submarine cable; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station.