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The Federal Republic of Germany
is a modern industrial society, heavily dependent on foreign trade
and needs
an advanced transport system. Therefore, Germany has introduced the
‘German Unity’ transport scheme,
requiring huge investment.
Roads
The network of trunk roads has a total length of nearly 229,000 km.
In size, it is second to the United States.
Shipping
As a major exporting and importing country, the FRG has a merchant
fleet of its own. It is one of the safest and most modern fleets in
the world and in 1995 comprised 774 vessels with a gross registered
tonnage of 5.28 million.
The county’s seaports are Hamburg (the largest) Bremen/Bremerhaven,
Wilhelmshven, Lubeck and
Rostock.
Inland Shipping
Germany has an efficient inland shipping waterway network in the western
part of the country. Duisburg has the largest inland port in the world.
The main artery is the Rhine, which accounts for about 83.5% of goods
transported by inland waterway. About 3,300 German cargo vessels ply
the county’s rivers and canals, which have a total length of
7000 km.
Air Transport
The largest airport in Frankfurt is Main and it is one of the principal
airports in Europe. Other German airports include Berlin-Tegel, Berlin-Schonefeld,
Bremen, Colonge/Bonn, Dresden, Dusseldorf, Erfurt, Hamburg, Hannover,
Leipzig, Munich, Nuremburg, Saarbrucken and Stuttgart.
In 1995, 108.3 mn passengers were registered at Germany’s airports
and just under two million tons of airfreight.
Communication
Germany has a modern, highly developed and efficient telecommunication
and data communication system. |
