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@Greece:Transportation Railways: total: 2,474 km standard gauge: 1,565 km 1.435-m gauge (36 km electrified; 100 km double track) narrow gauge: 887 km 1.000-m gauge; 22 km 0.750-m gauge (a rack type railway for steep grades) Highways: total: 117,000 km paved: 107,406 km (including 470 km of expressways) unpaved: 9,594 km (1996 est.) Waterways: 80 km; system consists of three coastal canals; including the Corinth Canal (6 km) which crosses the Isthmus of Corinth connecting the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf and shortens the sea voyage from the Adriatic to Peiraiefs (Piraeus) by 325 km; and three unconnected rivers Pipelines: crude oil 26 km; petroleum products 547 km Ports and harbors: Alexandroupolis, Elefsis, Irakleion (Crete), Kavala, Kerkyira, Chalkis, Igoumenitsa, Lavrion, Patrai, Peiraiefs (Piraeus), Thessaloniki, Volos Merchant marine: total: 875 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 25,264,916 GRT/45,188,813 DWT ships by type: bulk 354, cargo 74, chemical tanker 22, combination bulk 13, combination ore/oil 15, container 43, liquefied gas tanker 4, multi-function large load carrier 1, oil tanker 229, passenger 14, passenger-cargo 2, refrigerated cargo 4, roll-on/roll-off cargo 18, short-sea passenger 79, specialized tanker 3 note: Greece owns an additional 1,898 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 69,697,820 DWT operating under the registries of The Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Liberia, Malta, Panama, Philippines, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Singapore, Syria, Vanuatu (1997 est.) Airports: 78 (1997 est.) Airports-with paved runways: total: 63 over 3,047 m: 5 2,438 to 3,047 m: 16 1,524 to 2,437 m: 16 914 to 1,523 m: 17 under 914 m: 9 (1997 est.) Airports-with unpaved runways: total: 15 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 11 (1997 est.) Heliports: 2 (1997 est.) @Greece:Military Military branches: Hellenic Army, Hellenic Navy, Hellenic Air Force, National Guard, Police Military manpower-military age: 21 years of age Military manpower-availability: males age 15-49: 2,693,116 (1998 est.) Military manpower-fit for military service: males: 2,062,117 (1998 est.) Military manpower-reaching military age annually: males: 78,894 (1998 est.) Military expenditures-dollar figure: $4.04 billion (1998 est.) Military expenditures-percent of GDP: NA% @Greece:Transnational Issues Disputes-international: complex maritime, air, and terr
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