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• Railroads: 
 
total: 
30,612 km  
 
broad gauge: 
5,369 km 1.600-m gauge (1,108 km electrified) 
 
standard gauge: 
194 km 1.440-m gauge 
 
narrow gauge: 
24,739 km 1.000-m gauge (112 km electrified); 13 km 0.760-m gauge 
 
dual gauge: 
310 km 1.600-m/1.000-m gauge (78 km electrified) 
 
• Highways: 
 
total: 
1,670,148 km 
 
paved: 
161,503 km 
 
unpaved: 
gravel/earth 1,508,645 km  
 
• Inland waterways: 
50,000 km navigable 
 
• Pipelines: 
crude oil 2,000 km; petroleum products 3,804 km; natural gas 1,095 km 
 
• Ports: 
Belem, Fortaleza, Ilheus, Imbituba, Manaus, Paranagua, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande, Salvador, Santos, Vitoria 
 
• Merchant marine: 
 
total: 
215 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,128,654 GRT/8,664,776 DWT 
 
ships by type: 
bulk 52, cargo 34, chemical tanker 13, combination ore/oil 12, container 12, liquefied gas tanker 11, oil tanker 64, passenger-cargo 5, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 11 
 
• Airports: 
 
total: 
3,467 
 
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 
5 
 
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 
19 
 
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 
126 
 
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 
286 
 
with paved runways under 914 m: 
1,652 
 
with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 
76 
 
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 
1,303