Ecuador Transportation

Railways: total: 966 km narrow gauge: 966 km 1.067-m gauge (2004)

Highways: total: 43,197 km paved: 8,164 km unpaved: 35,033 km (2002)

Waterways: 1,500 km (most inaccessible) (2003)

Pipelines: extra heavy crude 578 km; gas 71 km; oil 1,386 km; refined products 1,185 km (2004)

Ports and harbors: Esmeraldas, Guayaquil, La Libertad, Manta, Puerto Bolivar

Merchant marine: total: 31 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 241,403 GRT/391,898 DWT by type: chemical tanker 2, liquefied gas 1, passenger 8, petroleum tanker 20 foreign-owned: 3 (Germany 1, Greece 1, Paraguay 1) (2005)

Airports: 205 (2004 est.)

Airports - with paved runways: total: 62 over 3,047 m: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 4 1,524 to 2,437 m: 18 914 to 1,523 m: 19 under 914 m: 18 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 143 914 to 1,523 m: 30 under 914 m: 113 (2004 est.)

Heliports: 1 (2004 est.)



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