Brazil Transportation:
Railways:
total: 29,412 km (2004 est.)
standard gauge: 194 km 1.440-m gauge
narrow gauge: 23,915 km 1.000-m gauge (581 km electrified)
broad gauge: 4,907 km 1.600-m gauge (908 km electrified)
dual gauge: 396 km 1.000-m and 1.600-m gauges (three rails) (78 km electrified)
Highways:
total: 1,724,929 km (2000 est.)
paved: 94,871 km
unpaved: 1,630,058 km
Waterways:
50,000 km (2004 est.)
note: (most in areas remote from industry and population)
Pipelines:
condensate/gas: 244 km
gas: 10,739 km
liquid petroleum gas: 341 km
oil: 5,212 km
refined products: 4,755 km
(2004)
Ports and harbors:
Gebig, Itaqui, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande, San Sebasttiao, Santos, Sepetiba Terminal, Tubarao, Vitoria
Merchant marine:
total: 150 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 2,961,431 GRT / 4,725,267 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 28, cargo 25, chemical tanker 7, combination ore/oil 2, container 7, liquefied gas 12, passenger/cargo 12, petroleum tanker 48, roll on/roll off 9
foreign-owned: 17 (Chile 2, Germany 7, Norway 1, Spain 7)
registered in other countries: 8
(2005)
Airports:
4,136 (2004 est.)
Airports — with paved runways:
total: 698
over 3047m: 7
2438 to 3047m: 23
1524 to 2437m: 158
914 to 1523m: 461
under 914m: 49
(2004 est.)
Airports — with unpaved runways:
total: 3,438
over 3047m: 1
1524 to 2437m: 78
914 to 1523m: 1579
under 914m: 1780
(2004 est.)
417 (2004 est.)
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