2008

A international mainline railway the Gulf Railway

Gulf Railway

Gulf Railway is a railway project proposed to connect the six Arab Gulf Co-operation Council -member states of the Persian Gulf. It is supposed to be a 1940 route-km regional network which is aimed to be operational by 2017. 200 km/h diesel trains are planned to travel across borded to boost...

 and a four line metro network is proposed.

Ports and harbors

Kuwait lies on the Persian Gulf

Persian Gulf

The Persian Gulf, in Southwest Asia, is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.The Persian Gulf was the focus of the 1980–1988 Iran-Iraq War, in which each side attacked the other's oil tankers...

and ports include: Ash Shu'aybah, Ash Shuwaykh, Kuwait, Mina' 'Abd Allah, Mina' al Ahmadi, Mina' Su'ud

Merchant marine

total:
38 ships (1000 GRT or over) 2,294,233 GRT/3,730,776 DWT

ships by type:
bulk carrier 2, cargo 1, container 6, liquefied gas 5, livestock carrier 4, petroleum tanker 20

foreign-owned: 1 (Iran 1)

registered in other countries:29 (Bahrain 3, Comoros 1, Liberia 1, Libya 1, Panama 2, Qatar 7, Saudi Arabia 6, UAE 8) (2005)

Airports - with paved runways

total:
4

over 3,047 m:
1

2,438 to 3,047 m:
2

1,524 to 2,437 m:
1

Airports - with unpaved runways

total:
3

1,524 to 2,437 m m:
1

under 914 m:
2 (2005)

Museum

The Historical, Vintage , and classical cars museum in Kuwait.