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==Water transport== {{See also|List of lakes in Switzerland|List of rivers of Switzerland}} ===Inland waterways=== *{{Convert|65|km|abbr=on}}; [[High Rhine]]: between Basel and [[Rheinfelden (Aargau)|Rheinfelden]] and between [[Schaffhausen]] and [[Lake Constance]] ({{langx|de|Bodensee}}) *12 navigable lakes *The [[Interlaken Ship Canal]] *The [[Nidau-Büren Canal]] *The [[Thun Ship Canal]] *The [[Hurden Ship Canal]] ===Ports and harbours === Switzerland is a landlocked country and has only small ports on its rivers, such as the Port of Basel. There are also ports on larger lakes, such as Lake Constance (e.g. [[Romanshorn]]. [[Rorschach, Switzerland|Rorschach]]; the latter two were historically used by [[Lake Constance train ferries|train ferries]]). ===Merchant marine=== {{Main|Merchant Marine of Switzerland}} *total: 38 ships (1,000 [[Gross Tonnage|GT]] or over) 597,049 GT/{{DWT|1,051,380|metric|disp=long}} *ships by type: bulk 19, cargo 9, chemical tanker 5, container 4, petroleum tanker 1 ===Ship lines on lakes and rivers=== *''[[Compagnie Générale de Navigation sur le lac Léman]]'' and ''[[Mouettes Genevoises Navigation]]'' (a [[water taxi]]) on [[Lake Geneva]] ({{lang|fr|Lac Léman}}) *''[[Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft]]'' on [[Lake Zurich]] ({{lang|de|Zürichsee}}) and the [[Limmat]] *''[[Società Navigazione del Lago di Lugano]]'' on [[Lake Lugano]] ({{lang|it|Lago di Lugano}} or {{lang|it|Lago di Ceresio}}) *[[Lake Lucerne Navigation Company]] on [[Lake Lucerne]] ({{lang|de|Vierwaldstättersee}}) *''[[Schiffsbetrieb Walensee]]'' on [[Walensee|Lake Walen]] ({{lang|de|Walensee}}) *''[[Schweizerische Schifffahrtsgesellschaft Untersee und Rhein]]'' on [[Untersee (Lake Constance)|Lower Lake Constance]] ({{lang|de|Untersee}}) and the [[High Rhine]] ===Car ferries=== *[[Beckenried-Gersau ferry]] across [[Lake Lucerne]] ({{lang|de|Vierwaldstättersee}}) *[[Horgen-Meilen car ferry]] across [[Lake Zurich]] ({{lang|de|Zürichsee}}) *[[Romanshorn]]–[[Friedrichshafen]] (Germany) car ferry across [[Lake Constance]] ({{lang|de|Bodensee}})
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