Straits linking Baltic and North Pacific Ocean, 1,600 km Ports: Cagliari (Sardinia), Genoa, La Spezia, Livorno, Naples, Palermo (Sicily), Taranto, Trieste, Venice Merchant marine: 72 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 678,584 GRT/785,220 DWT; includes 25 passenger, 6 bulk, 1 liquefied gas, 3 bulk Airports: total: 396 usable: 351 with permanent-surface runways: 5 with permanent-surface runways: 39 with permanent-surface runways: 243 with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 0 with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 0 with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 22 with runways over 3,659 m: 0
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