Railways
total: 34 km
standard gauge: 34 km 1.435-m gauge (1996 est.)
note: also has 43 km of metro with 38 stations

Highways
total: 1,760 km
paved: 1,760 km
unpaved: 0 km (1996 est.)

Ports and harbors Hong Kong

Merchant marine
total: 182 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,644,279 GRT/9,287,704 DWT
ships by type: bulk 104, cargo 23, combination bulk 2, container 42, liquefied gas tanker 1, multifunction large load carrier 2, oil tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1, short-sea passenger 1, vehicle carrier 3
note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 13 countries among which are UK 26, South Africa 9, China 9, Japan 8, Bermuda 3, Germany 3, Israel 2, Canada 2, Belgium 1, and Norway 1; Hong Kong owns an additional 459 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 17,179,262 DWT that operate under the registries of The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cyprus, Hong Kong, Liberia, Malta, Panama, Philippines, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Singapore, and Vanuatu (1997 est.)

Airports 3 (1998)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 3
over 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (1998)

Heliports 1 (1997 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Hong Kong on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Hong Kong Transportation 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Hong Kong Transportation 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.