Railways
total: 2,808 km
standard gauge: 2,808 km 1.435-m gauge (2,061 km electrified) (2001)

Highways
total: 116,500 km
paved: 104,850 km (including 2,235 km of expressways)
unpaved: 11,650 km (1999)

Waterways 5,046 km (of which 3,745 km are canals)
note: 47% of total route length is usable by craft of 1,000-metric-ton capacity or larger

Pipelines crude oil 418 km; petroleum products 965 km; natural gas 10,230 km

Ports and harbors Amsterdam, Delfzijl, Dordrecht, Eemshaven, Groningen, Haarlem, Ijmuiden, Maastricht, Rotterdam, Terneuzen, Utrecht, Vlissingen

Merchant marine
total: 622 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,587,662 GRT/5,251,529 DWT
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Belgium 1, Canada 1, Denmark 5, Finland 5, Germany 55, Ireland 12, Norway 12, Sweden 17, United Kingdom 33, United States 12 (2002 est.)
ships by type: bulk 3, cargo 380, chemical tanker 46, container 64, liquefied gas 16, livestock carrier 2, multi-functional large-load carrier 15, passenger 9, petroleum tanker 28, refrigerated cargo 34, roll on/roll off 18, short-sea passenger 2, specialized tanker 5

Airports 28 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 20
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 1 (2001)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 8
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 6 (2001)

Heliports 1 (2001)

NOTE: The information regarding Netherlands on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Netherlands Transportation 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Netherlands Transportation 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.