Railways
0 km
Highways
total:
2,693 km
paved:
1,546 km
unpaved:
1,147 km (1997)
Waterways
none
Ports and harbors
Freeport, Matthew Town, Nassau
Merchant marine
total:
1,076 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 31,309,187 GRT/45,859,485 DWT
ships by type:
bulk 159, cargo 246, chemical tanker 41, combination bulk 13, combination ore/oil 22, container 80, liquefied gas 28, livestock carrier 2, multi-functional large-load carrier 8, passenger 88, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 178, railcar carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 120, roll on/roll off 49, short-sea passenger 16, specialized tanker 2, vehicle carrier 22
note:
includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Angola 1, Argentina 1, Australia 4, Belgium 18, Bermuda 1, Canada 5, Chile 1, China 3, Croatia 2, Cuba 3, Cyprus 2, Denmark 27, Ecuador 1, Estonia 2, Finland 9, France 15, Germany 26, Greece 173, Hong Kong 6, India 2, Indonesia 2, Ireland 1, Israel 3, Italy 9, Jamaica 1, Japan 32, Kenya 3, Malaysia 10, Malta 2, Monaco 67, Netherlands 32, New Zealand 2, Norway 237, Panama 2, Philippines 3, Poland 13, Reunion 1, Russia 6, Saudi Arabia 9, Singapore 13, Slovenia 1, South Korea 2, Spain 7, Sweden 12, Switzerland 8, Thailand 1, Trinidad and Tobago 2, Turkey 2, Ukraine 2, United Arab Emirates 10, United Kingdom 107, United States 159, Uruguay 1 (2002 est.)
Airports
67 (2001)
Airports - with paved runways
total:
32
over 3,047 m:
3
2,438 to 3,047 m:
4
914 to 1,523 m:
10
under 914 m:
3 (2001)
1,524 to 2,437 m:
12
Airports - with unpaved runways
total:
35
1,524 to 2,437 m:
3
914 to 1,523 m:
9
under 914 m:
23 (2001)
Heliports
1 (2001)
NOTE: The information regarding Bahamas, The 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 Bahamas, The Transportation 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bahamas, The Transportation 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.