Transportation of Uruguay
Airports: | 64 (2006) |
Airports - with paved runways: | total: 8 over 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 2 (2006) |
Airports - with unpaved runways: | total: 56 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 22 under 914 m: 31 (2006) |
Pipelines: | gas 257 km; oil 160 km (2006) |
Railways: | total: 2,073 km standard gauge: 2,073 km 1.435-m gauge note: 461 km have been taken out of service and 460 km are in partial use (2006) |
Roadways: | total: 77,732 km paved: 7,743 km unpaved: 69,989 km (2004) |
Waterways: | 1,600 km (2005) |
Merchant marine: | total: 13 ships (1000 GRT or over) 34,259 GRT/19,725 DWT by type: cargo 2, chemical tanker 1, passenger/cargo 7, petroleum tanker 2, roll on/roll off 1 foreign-owned: 4 (Argentina 3, Greece 1) registered in other countries: 8 (Argentina 1, Bahamas 2, Liberia 3, Spain 2) (2006) |
Ports and terminals: | Montevideo, Nueva Palmira, Fray Bentos, Colonia, Juan Lacaze |