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- Railroads: 36 km electric track, 24 km steam track.
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- Highways: 640 km motorable roads.
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- Ports: Douglas, Ramsey, Peel.
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- Merchant marine: 77 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,656,216
- GRT/2,984,047 DWT; includes 1 short-sea passenger, 8 cargo,
- 5 container, 6 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 32 petroleum, oils,
- and lubricants (POL) tanker, 5 chemical tanker, 2 combination
- ore/oil, 6 liquefied gas, 12 bulk; note--a captive register
- of the United Kingdom, although not all ships on the register
- are British-owned.
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- Airports: 2 total; 1 usable with permanent-surface runways
- 1,220-2,439 m.
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- Telecommunications: 24,435 telephones; stations--1 AM, 4 FM, 4 TV.
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