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Communications
Highways: 19,200 km total; 640 km paved, 10,960 km gravel,
crushed stone, or stabilized-soil surface, 7,600 km unimproved
earth.
Inland waterways: 10,940 km.
Ports: Anewa Bay, Lae, Madang, Port Moresby, Rabaul.
Merchant marine: 11 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 18,675
GRT/27,954 DWT; includes 6 cargo, 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo,
1 combination ore/oil, 2 bulk.
Civil air: about 15 major transport aircraft.
Airports: 575 total, 455 usable; 19 with permanent-surface
runways; none with runways over 3,659 m; 1 with runways
2,440-3,659 m; 38 with runways 1,220-2,439 m.
Telecommunications: services are adequate and being improved;
facilities provide radiobroadcast, radiotelephone and telegraph,
coastal radio, aeronautical radio, and international
radiocommunication services; submarine cables extend to Australia
and Guam; 51,700 telephones (1985); stations--31 AM, 2 FM,
2 TV (1987); 1 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT earth station.