Nigeria Transportation:
Railways:
total: 3,557 km (2004 est.)
standard gauge: 52 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 3,505 km 1.067-m gauge
Highways:
total: 194,394 km (1999 est.)
paved: 60,068 km (including 1,194 km of expressways)
unpaved: 134,326 km
Waterways:
8,600 km (Niger and Benue rivers and smaller rivers and creeks) (2004 est.)
Pipelines:
condensate: 105 km
gas: 1,896 km
oil: 3,638 km
refined products: 3,626 km
(2004)
Ports and harbors:
Calabar, Lagos, Onne, Port Harcourt
Merchant marine:
total: 46 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 327,808 GRT / 608,076 DWT
by type: cargo 5, chemical tanker 6, combination ore/oil 1, liquefied gas 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 31, refrigerated cargo 1
foreign-owned: 3 (Norway 2, Pakistan 1)
registered in other countries: 25
(2005)
Airports:
70 (2004 est.)
Airports — with paved runways:
total: 36
over 3047m: 7
2438 to 3047m: 11
1524 to 2437m: 9
914 to 1523m: 6
under 914m: 3
(2004 est.)
Airports — with unpaved runways:
total: 34
1524 to 2437m: 3
914 to 1523m: 13
under 914m: 18
(2004 est.)
Heliports:
1 (2004 est.)
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