Transportation in Brazil
Transportation in Brazil
Brazilian Transportation
Railways: total: 29,295 km broad gauge: 4,932 km 1.600-m gauge (939 km electrified) standard gauge: 194 km 1.440-m gauge narrow gauge: 23,773 km 1.000-m gauge (581 km electrified) dual gauge: 396 km 1.000 m and 1.600-m gauges (three rails) (78 km electrified) (2006)
Highways:
Waterways: 50,000 km (most in areas remote from industry and population) (2008)
Pipelines: condensate/gas 62 km; gas 9,892 km; liquid petroleum gas 353 km; oil 4,517 km; refined products 4,465 km (2008)
Ports and harbors:
Merchant marine: total: 136 by type: bulk carrier 19, cargo 22, carrier 1, chemical tanker 7, container 11, liquefied gas 12, passenger/cargo 12, petroleum tanker 45, roll on/roll off 7 foreign-owned: 25 (Chile 1, Denmark 2, Germany 6, Greece 1, Mexico 1, Norway 5, Spain 9) registered in other countries: 8 (Argentina 1, Bahamas 2, Ghana 1, Liberia 3, Marshall Islands 1) (2008)
Airports: 4,176 (2008)
Airports - with paved runways: total: 734 over 3,047 m: 7 2,438 to 3,047 m: 26 1,524 to 2,437 m: 169 914 to 1,523 m: 476 under 914 m: 56 (2008)
Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 3,442 1,524 to 2,437 m: 85 914 to 1,523 m: 1,541 under 914 m: 1,816 (2008)
Heliports: 16 (2007)