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Norway

Transportation

National Air Transport System

number of registered air carriers: 8 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 125 Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

total: 95 (2021)

country comparison to the world: 61 Airports - with paved runways

2,438 to 3,047 m: 14

1,524 to 2,437 m: 10

914 to 1,523 m: 22

under 914 m: 21 (2021) Airports - with unpaved runways

914 to 1,523 m: 6

under 914 m: 22 (2021) Heliports

1 (2021) Pipelines

8,520 km gas, 1,304 km oil/condensate (2017) Railways

total: 3,848 km (2020) 2,482 km electrified

country comparison to the world: 50 Roadways

total: 94,902 km (2018) (includes 455 km of expressways)

country comparison to the world: 51 Waterways

1,577 km (2010)

country comparison to the world: 54 Merchant marine

by type: bulk carrier 109, container ship 1, general cargo 242, oil tanker 96, other 1,196 (2021)

country comparison to the world: 18 Ports and terminals

major seaport(s): Bergen, Haugesund, Maaloy, Mongstad, Narvik, Sture

LNG terminal(s) (export): Kamoy, Kollsnes, Melkoya Island, Tjeldbergodden

LNG terminal(s) (import): Fredrikstad, Mosjoen Transportation - note

Norway operates one PC 3 or 4 class icebreaker and one PC 5 or 6 class icebreaker in the Arctic Ocean note - PC indicates a Polar Class vessel: PC 3 - year-round operation in second-year ice which may include multi-year ice inclusions (ice thickness up to 2.5 m); PC 4 - year-round operation in thick first-year ice which may include old ice inclusions (ice thickness up to 120 cm); PC 5 - year-round operation in medium first-year ice which may include old ice inclusions (ice thickness up to 70-120 cm); PC 6 - summer/autumn operation in medium first-year ice which may include old ice inclusions (ice thickness up to 30-70 cm)

LNG terminal(s) (export): Bonny Island

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