Transportation in Brazil
Railways:total: 27,882 km (1,122 km electrified); note - excludes urban rail
broad gauge: 4,057 km 1.600-m gauge
narrow gauge: 23,489 km 1.000-m gauge
dual gauge: 336 km 1.000-m and 1.600-m gauges (three rails) (1999 est.)
Highways:
total:
1.98 million km
paved:
184,140 km
unpaved:
1,795,860 km (1996 est.)
Waterways: 50,000 km navigable
Pipelines: crude oil 2,980 km; petroleum products 4,762 km; natural gas 4,246 km (1998)
Seaports and harbors: Belem, Fortaleza, Ilheus, Imbituba, Manaus, Paranagua, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande, Salvador, Santos, Vitoria
Merchant marine:
total:
174 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,964,808 GRT/6,403,284 DWT
ships by type:
bulk 34, cargo 28, chemical tanker 5, combination ore/oil 9, container 10, liquified gas 10, multi-functional large load carrier 1, passenger/cargo 5, petroleum tanker 59, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off 11, short-sea passenger 1 (1999 est.)
Airports: 3,277 (1999 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total:
541
over 3,047 m:
5
2,438 to 3,047 m:
20
1,524 to 2,437 m:
138
914 to 1,523 m:
346
under 914 m:
32 (1999 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total:
2,736
1,524 to 2,437 m:
73
914 to 1,523 m:
1,306
under 914 m:
1,357 (1999 est.)
National airlines:
'See also: Brazil