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Pipelines

Condensate/gas 251 km, gas 17,312 km; liquid petroleum gas 352 km; oil 4,831 km; refined products 4,722 km (2013)

Railways

Total: 28,538 km

Broad gauge: 5,627 km 1.600-m gauge (467 km electrified)

Standard gauge: 194 km 1.440-m gauge

Narrow gauge: 22,717 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)

Roadways

Total: 1,580,964 km

Paved: 212,798 km

Unpaved: 1,368,166 km

Note: does not include urban roads (2010)

Merchant Marine

Total: 109

By type: bulk carrier 18, cargo 16, chemical tanker 7, container 13, liquefied gas 11, petroleum tanker 39, roll on/roll off 5

Foreign-owned: 27 (Chile 1, Denmark 3, Germany 6, Greece 1, Norway 3, Spain 12, Turkey 1)

Registered in other countries: 36 (Argentina 1, Bahamas 1, Ghana 1, Liberia 20, Marshall Islands 1, Panama 3, Singapore 9) (2010)

Ports and Terminals

Major seaport(s): Belem, Paranagua, Rio Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Sao Sebastiao, Tubarao

River port(s): Manaus (Amazon)

Dry bulk cargo port(s): Sepetiba ore terminal

Container ports (TEUs): Santos (2,985,922), Itajai (983,985)(2011)

Oil:

Year

Airports

  • 4,093 (2013)

Heliports

  • 13 (2013)

Waterways

  • 50,000 km (most in areas remote from industry and population) (2012)

Airports with Paved Runways

  • Total
    698
  • Over 3,047 m
    7
  • 2,438 to 3,047 m
    27
  • 1,524 to 2,437 m
    179
  • 914 to 1,523 m
    436
  • Under 914 m
    49 (2013)

Airports with Unpaved Runways

  • Total
    3,395
  • 1,524 to 2,437 m
    92
  • 914 to 1,523 m
    1,619
  • Under 914 m