total: 40,826 km including at least 14,253 km electrified and 14,768
km double- or multiple-tracked (1998)
note: since privatization in 1994, Deutsche Bahn AG (DBAG) no longer
publishes details of the tracks it owns; in addition to the DBAG
system there are 102 privately owned railway companies which own an
approximate 3,000 km to 4,000 km of the total tracks

total: 656,140 km
paved: 650,891 km (including 11,400 km of expressways)
unpaved: 5,249 km (all-weather) (1998 est.)

7,500 km (1999); major rivers include the Rhine and Elbe;
Kiel Canal is an important connection between the Baltic Sea and North
Sea

crude oil 2,500 km (1998)

Berlin, Bonn, Brake, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Cologne,
Dresden, Duisburg, Emden, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Kiel, Lubeck, Magdeburg,
Mannheim, Rostock, Stuttgart

total: 475 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,395,990 GRT/8,014,132
DWT
ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 181, chemical tanker 12, container 239,
liquified gas 2, multi-functional large load carrier 5, passenger 2,
petroleum tanker 8, rail car carrier 2, refrigerated cargo 2,
roll-on/roll-off 13, short-sea passenger 7 (1999 est.)

615 (1999 est.)

total: 320
over 3,047 m: 14
2,438 to 3,047 m: 61
1,524 to 2,437 m: 67
914 to 1,523 m: 56
under 914 m: 122 (1999 est.)

total: 295
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 6
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 55
under 914 m: 226 (1999 est.)

59 (1999 est.)