8 GeoFroggy

Pipelines

Gas 2,714 km (2010)

Railways

Total: 2,622 km

Broad gauge: 946 km 1.676-m gauge

Narrow gauge: 1,676 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)

Roadways

Total: 21,269 km

Paved: 1,063 km

Unpaved: 20,206 km (2010)

Merchant Marine

Total: 62

By type: bulk carrier 25, cargo 28, chemical tanker 1, container 5, petroleum tanker 3

Foreign-owned: 8 (China 1, Singapore 7)

Registered in other countries: 10 (Comoros 1, Hong Kong 1, Panama 5, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1, Sierra Leone 1, Singapore 1) (2010)

Ports and Terminals

Chittagong, Mongla Port

Transportation Note

the International Maritime Bureau reports the territorial waters of Bangladesh remain a high risk for armed robbery against ships; attacks against vessels increased in 2010 for the second consecutive year; 23 commercial vessels were attacked both at anchor and while underway; crews were robbed and stores or cargoes stolen
Year

Airports

  • 18 (2012)

Heliports

  • 3 (2012)

Waterways

  • 8,370 km (includes up to 3,060 km of main cargo routes

Airports with Paved Runways

  • Total
    16
  • Over 3,047 m
    2
  • 2,438 to 3,047 m
    2
  • 1,524 to 2,437 m
    6
  • 914 to 1,523 m
    2
  • Under 914 m
    4 (2012)

Airports with Unpaved Runways

  • Total
    2
  • 1,524 to 2,437 m
    1
  • Under 914 m
    1 (2012)