total: 317 km
narrow gauge: 317 km 0.950-m gauge (1999)
note: links Ak'ordat and Asmara with the port of Massawa;
nonoperational since 1978 except for about a 5 km stretch that was
reopened in Massawa in 1994; rehabilitation of the remainder and of
the rolling stock is under way

total: 4,010 km
paved: 874 km
unpaved: 3,136 km (1996 est.)

Assab (Aseb), Massawa (Mits'iwa)

total: 5 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 16,069 GRT/19,549 DWT
ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 1, liquified gas 1, petroleum tanker 1,
roll-on/roll-off 1 (1999 est.)

21 (1999 est.)

total: 3
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (1999 est.)

total: 18
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 2 (1999 est.)