Railroads: 166 km total; 86 km 1.000-meter gauge, government owned, and 80 km 1.435-meter standard gauge; all single track

Highways:
total: 8,300 km
paved: 500 km
unpaved: bauxite, gravel, crushed stone, improved earth 5,400 km; sand, clay 2,400 km

Inland waterways: 1,200 km; most important means of transport; oceangoing vessels with drafts ranging up to 7 m can navigate many of the principal waterways

Ports: Paramaribo, Moengo, Nieuw Nickerie
Merchant marine: 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,472 GRT/8,914 DWT, cargo 2, container 1

Airports:
total: 46
usable: 38
with permanent-surface runways: 5
with runways over 3,659 m: 0
with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 1
with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 3

NOTE: The information regarding Suriname on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Suriname Transportation 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Suriname Transportation 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.