aterways:
3,219 km
note: limited to vessels with draft less than 1.5 m (2004)

Pipelines:
gas 565 km; oil 135 km; refined products 100 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Batangas, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Guimaras Island, Iligan,
Iloilo, Jolo, Legaspi, Manila, Masao, Puerto Princesa, San Fernando,
Subic Bay, Zamboanga

Merchant marine:
total: 385 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 4,524,259 GRT/6,437,171 DWT
foreign-owned: Australia 2, Canada 1, Germany 2, Greece 11, Hong
Kong 15, Japan 50, Malaysia 5, Netherlands 15, Norway 6, Panama 1,
United Kingdom 2, United States 4
registered in other countries: 87 (2004 est.)
by type: bulk 99, cargo 103, chemical tanker 7, combination bulk 7,
container 8, liquefied gas 9, livestock carrier 10, passenger 4,
passenger/cargo 10, petroleum tanker 45, refrigerated cargo 21, roll
on/roll off 16, short-sea/passenger 26, specialized tanker 1,
vehicle carrier 19

Airports:
253 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 82
over 3,047 m: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 35
under 914 m: 11 (2004 est.)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 26

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 173
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 68
under 914 m: 100 (2004 est.)

Heliports:
2 (2003 est.)

Military Philippines

Military branches:
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP): Army, Navy (includes Coast
Guard and Marine Corps), Air Force

Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service (2001)

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 22,435,982 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 15,780,602 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 851,009 (2004 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$995 million (FY98)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.5% (FY98)

Transnational Issues Philippines

Disputes - international:
involved in complex dispute with China, Malaysia, Taiwan, Vietnam
and possibly Brunei over the Spratly Islands, known locally as the
Kalayaan (Freedom) Islands, the 2002 "Declaration on the Conduct of
Parties in the South China Sea," has eased tensions but falls short
of a legally binding "code of conduct" desired by several of the
disputants; Philippines retains a dormant claim to Malaysia's Sabah
State in northern Borneo based on the Sultan