Spain has many km of waterways but they do serve a high importance to economics.
The most important port and harbours are Algeciras, Barcelona, Valencia and Bilbao and many other minor ports.
Spain has a fleet of merchant marines that run 169 ships deep.
Bulk carrier: 9
Cargo: 13
Chemical tanker: 14
Container: 27
Liquefied gas: 9
Passenger: 1
Passenger/cargo: 49
Petroleum tanker: 15
Refrigerated cargo: 5
Roll on/roll off: 20
Specialized tanker: 2
Vehicle carrier: 5
Spain has full service ferrys that run to ports in China, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Cueta, and Melila.
Land Transportation:
The spanish railroads date all the way back to 1848. Many guages and high speed rail lines that total 14,791km (2004).
Iberian Guage11,829 km
Standard Guage 998 km
Narrow Guage,926 km
Narrow Guage 28 km
High speed transportation departing from Madrid to: Seville, Lledia, Barcelona, Valladolid.
Air Transportation:
Spain had both paved and unpaved airports. The paved airports are the main airports used for travel and transportation.
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