Suriname Transportation 1996

Railroads:

total:

166 km (single track)

standard gauge:

80 km 1.435-m gauge

narrow gauge:

86 km 1.000-m gauge

Highways:

total:

8,800 km

paved:

500 km

unpaved:

bauxite, gravel, crushed stone 5,400 km; improved and unimproved earth 2,900 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:

Albina, Moengo, Nieuw Nickerie, Paramaribo, Paranam, Wageningen

Merchant marine:

total:

2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,421 GRT/2,990 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 1, container 1

Airports:

total:

with paved runways over 3,047 m:

with paved runways under 914 m:

with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m:

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