8 GeoFroggy

Pipelines

Gas 2,950 km (2013)

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

major seaport(s): Chittagong

river port(s): Mongla Port (Sela River)

container port(s): Chittagong (1,392,104) (2011)

Transportation Note

the International Maritime Bureau reports the territorial waters of Bangladesh remain a risk for armed robbery against ships, attacks against vessels have decreased over the last few years in response to improved local security
Year

Airports

  • 18 (2013)

Heliports

  • 3 (2013)

Waterways

  • 8,370 km (includes up to 3,060 km of main cargo routes, the network is reduced to 5,200 km in the dry season) (2011)

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
    1
  • under 914 m
    5 (2013)

Airports with Unpaved Runways

  • total
    2
  • 1,524 to 2,437 m
    1
  • under 914 m