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Pipelines

Condensate/gas 62 km; gas 9,892 km; liquid petroleum gas 353 km; oil 4,517 km; refined products 4,465 km (2008)

Railways

Total: 28,857 km

Broad gauge: 5,709 km 1.600-m gauge (459 km electrified)

Standard gauge: 194 km 1.440-m gauge

Narrow gauge: 22,954 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)

Roadways

Total: 1,751,868 km

Paved: 96,353 km

Unpaved: 1,655,515 km (2004)

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)

Ports and Terminals

Guaiba, Ilha Grande, Paranagua, Rio Grande, Santos, Sao Sebastiao, Tubarao

Transportation Note

the International Maritime Bureau reports the territorial and offshore waters in the Atlantic Ocean as a significant risk for piracy and armed robbery against ships; numerous commercial vessels have been attacked and hijacked both at anchor and while underway; crews have been robbed and stores or cargoes stolen

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Airports

4,000 (2009)

Heliports

13 (2009)

Waterways

50,000 km (most in areas remote from industry and population) (2008)

Airports with Paved Runways

Total
721
Over 3,047 m
7
2,438 to 3,047 m
27
1,524 to 2,437 m
171
914 to 1,523 m
460
Under 914 m
56 (2009)

Airports with Unpaved Runways

Total
3,279
1,524 to 2,437 m
87
914 to 1,523 m
1,547
Under 914 m
1,645 (2009)

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