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Transportation
Airports: |
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115 (2004 est.) |
Airports - with paved runways: |
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total: 11 |
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2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 |
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1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 |
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914 to 1,523 m: 3 |
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under 914 m: 3 (2005 est.) |
Airports - with unpaved runways: |
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total: 105 |
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1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 |
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914 to 1,523 m: 19 |
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under 914 m: 84 (2005 est.) |
Railways: |
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total: 699 km |
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narrow gauge: 279 km 1.067-m gauge; 420 km
0.914-m gauge (2004) |
Roadways: |
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total: 13,603 km |
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paved: 2,775 km |
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unpaved: 10,828 km (1999) |
Waterways: |
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465 km (most navigable only by small
craft) (2004) |
Merchant marine: |
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total: 137 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
598,600 GRT/616,158 DWT |
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by type: bulk carrier 10, cargo 67,
chemical tanker 6, container 2, liquefied gas 1, livestock
carrier 1, passenger 4, passenger/cargo 5, petroleum tanker 30,
refrigerated cargo 9, roll on/roll off 1, specialized tanker 1 |
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foreign-owned: 44 (Canada 1, China 3,
Egypt 1, Greece 4, Hong Kong 2, Israel 1, Japan 4, Lebanon 1,
Mexico 1, Singapore 12, South Korea 6, Taiwan 2, Tanzania 1,
Turkey 1, United States 2, Vanuatu 1, Vietnam 1) |
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registered in other countries: 1 (2005) |
Ports and terminals: |
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Puerto Castilla, Puerto Cortes, San
Lorenzo, Tela |
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