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- <text id=93CT1550>
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- World--Communications
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- <article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: World
- Communications</hdr><body>
- <p>Railroads: 239,430 km of narrow gauge track; 710,754 km of
- standard gauge track; 251,153 km of broad gauge track; includes
- about 190,000 to 195,000 km of electrified routes of which
- 147,760 km are in Europe, 24,509 km in the Far East, 11,050 km
- in Africa, 4,223 km in South America, and only 4,160 km in North
- America; fastest speed in daily service is 300 km/hr attained by
- France's SNCF TGV-Atlantique line
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- <p>Ports: Mina al Ahmadi (Kuwait), Chiba, Houston, Kawasaki,
- Kobe, Marseille, New Orleans, New York, Rotterdam, Yokohama
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- <p>Merchant marine: 23,943 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling
- 397,225,000 GRT/652,025,000 DWT; includes 347 passenger-cargo,
- 12,581 freighters, 5,473 bulk carriers, and 5,542 tankers
- (January 1992)
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