Brazil: Transportation

Transportation

Brazil

Railways:	total: 29,412 km (1,610 km electrified) broad gauge: 4,907 km 1.600-m gauge (942 km electrified) standard gauge: 194 km 1.440-m gauge dual gauge: 396 km 1.000-m and 1.600-m gauges (three rails) (78 km electrified) (2003) narrow gauge: 23,915 km 1.000-m gauge (581 km electrified)
Highways:	total: 1,724,929 km paved: 94,871 km unpaved: 1,630,058 km (2000)
Waterways:	50,000 km
Pipelines:	condensate/gas 243 km; gas 10,984 km; liquid petroleum gas 341 km; oil 5,113 km; refined products 4,800 km (2003)
Ports and harbors:	Belem, Fortaleza, Ilheus, Imbituba, Manaus, Paranagua, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande, Salvador, Santos, Vitoria
Merchant marine:	total: 151 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 2,961,431 GRT/4,725,267 DWT by type: bulk 29, cargo 22, chemical tanker 7, combination ore/oil 6, container 12, liquefied gas 12, multi-functional large load carrier 1, passenger/cargo 5, petroleum tanker 48, roll on/roll off 8, short-sea/passenger 1 registered in other countries: 11 (2003 est.) foreign-owned: Chile 2, Germany 7, Monaco 9, Panama 1, Spain 7
Airports:	3,803 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:	total: 677 over 3,047 m: 7 2,438 to 3,047 m: 23 914 to 1,523 m: 445 under 914 m: 45 (2003 est.) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 157
Airports - with unpaved runways:	total: 3,126 1,524 to 2,437 m: 75 914 to 1,523 m: 1,434 under 914 m: 1,617 (2003 est.)
Heliports:	417 (2003 est.)