Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands Transportation

Highways
total: 463 km
paved: 454 km
unpaved: 9 km (1999)

Waterways
general assessment: good international communications; good domestic facilities
domestic: digitalization was completed in 1998; both NMT (analog) and GSM (digital) mobile telephone systems are installed
international: country code - 298; satellite earth stations - 1 Orion; 1 fiber-optic submarine cable to the Shetland Islands, linking the Faroe Islands with Denmark and Iceland; fiber-optic submarine cable connection to Canada-Europe cable

Ports and harbors
Torshavn, Klaksvik, Tvoroyri, Runavik, Fuglafjordhur

Merchant marine
total: 7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 24,051 GRT/11,998 DWT
by type: cargo 3, container 1, petroleum tanker 1, roll on/roll off 1, short-sea/passenger 1
foreign-owned: Denmark 2, Norway 1, United Kingdom 1
registered in other countries: 1 (2004 est.)

Airports
1 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2004 est.)



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