hones - main lines in use: 6,700 (2000)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 0 (1998)

Telephone system: general assessment: telephone and telegraph service
via microwave radio
NA international:
Radio broadcast stations: AM 0, FM 7, shortwave 2 (2001)

Radios: 790,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations: 1 (plus four low-power repeaters) (2001)

Televisions: 70,000 (1997)

Internet country code: .lr

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 2 (2001)

Internet users: 500 (2000)

Transportation Liberia

Railways: total: 490 km (328 km single-track) standard gauge: 345 km
1.435-m gauge note: in 1989, Liberia had three rail systems owned and
operated by foreign steel and financial interests in conjunction with
the Liberian Government; one of these, the Lamco Railroad, closed in
1989 after iron ore production ceased; the other two were shut down by
the civil war; large sections of the rail lines have been dismantled;
approximately 60 km of railroad track was exported for scrap (2001)
narrow gauge: Highways: total: 10,600 km paved: 657 km unpaved: 9,943
km note: there is major deterioration on all highways due to heavy rains
and lack of maintenance (1996 est.)

Waterways: none

Ports and harbors: Buchanan, Greenville, Harper, Monrovia

Merchant marine: total: 1,513 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling
51,912,244 GRT/79,297,046 DWT note: includes some foreign-owned ships
registered here as a flag of convenience: Argentina 9, Australia 2,
Austria 15, Belgium 9, Brazil 5, Canada 4, Cayman Islands 1, Chile 7,
China 39, Croatia 11, Denmark 4, Ecuador 1, Estonia 1, Germany 437,
Greece 154, Hong Kong 69, India 5, Indonesia 1, Israel 1, Italy 5,
Japan 90, Latvia 20, Man, Isle of 5, Monaco 56, Netherlands 12, New
Zealand 1, Nigeria 1, Norway 103, Pakistan 1, Portugal 5, Russia 66,
Saudi Arabia 21, Singapore 20, Slovenia 1, South Africa 1, South Korea
10, Spain 2, Sweden 9, Switzerland 17, Taiwan 29, Turkey 3, Ukraine 4,
United Arab Emirates 12, United Kingdom 39, United States 113, Uruguay 3,
Vietnam 1 (2002 est.) ships by type: bulk 16, combination ore/oil 32,
container 318, liquefied gas 99, multi-functional large-load carrier 4,
passenger 23, petroleum tanker 302, refrigerated cargo 69, roll on/roll
off 20, short-sea passenger 3, specialized tanker 13, vehicle carrier 42

Airports: 47 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways: total: 2 over 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m:
1 (2001)

Airports - with unpaved run