Railways
total :
355 km
broad gauge:
76 km 1.524-m gauge
narrow gauge:
279 km 0.914-m gauge
Highways
total:
10,792 km
paved :
3,615 km
unpaved:
7,177 km (1995 est.)
Waterways
800 km navigable by shallow draft vessels; 82 km Panama Canal
Pipelines
crude oil 130 km
Ports and harbors
Balboa, Cristobal, Coco Solo, Vacamonte
Merchant marine
total:
4,062 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 80,120,443 GRT/122,668,194DWT
ships by type:
bulk 1,051, cargo 1,049, chemical tanker 172, combination bulk 65, combinationore/oil 21, container 353, liquefied gas tanker 169, livestock carrier 8,multifunction large-load carrier 4, oil tanker 529, passenger 35, passenger-cargo10, railcar carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 293, roll-on/roll-off cargo 90,short-sea passenger 38, specialized tanker 12, vehicle carrier 162
note:
a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 76 countries amongwhich are Japan 1,240, Greece 361, Hong Kong 301, South Korea 226, Taiwan212, China 168, Singapore 132, US 127, Switzerland 76, and UK 65 (1996 est.)
Airports
97 (1996 est.)
Airports - with paved runways
total:
80
over 3,047 m:
1
2,438 to 3,047 m:
1
1,524 to 2,437 m:
5
914 to 1,523 m:
14
under 914 m :
59 (1996 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways
total:
17
914 to 1,523 m:
17 (1996 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Panama on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Panama Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Panama Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.
