Railways:
- total: 2,850 km
broad gauge: 2,576 km 1.668-m gauge (623 km electrified; 426 km
double track)
- narrow gauge: 274 km 1.000-m gauge (1998)
Highways:
- total: 68,732 km
- paved: 59,110 km (including 797 km of expressways)
- unpaved: 9,622 km (1999)
Waterways: 820 km
note: relatively unimportant to national economy, used by shallow-draft
craft limited to 300 metric-ton or less cargo capacity
Pipelines: crude oil 22 km; petroleum products 58 km; natural
gas 700 km
note: the secondary lines for the natural gas pipeline that will
be 300 km long have not yet been built
Ports and harbors: Aveiro, Funchal (Madeira Islands), Horta (Azores),
Leixoes, Lisbon, Porto, Ponta Delgada (Azores), Praia da Vitoria (Azores),
Setubal, Viana do Castelo
Merchant marine:
- total: 158 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,053,586 GRT/1,611,238
DWT
- ships by type: bulk 14, cargo 84, chemical tanker 16, container
10, liquefied gas 7, multi-functional large-load carrier 1, petroleum
tanker 11, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 6, short-sea passenger
4, vehicle carrier 4
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag
of convenience: Spain 1 (2000 est.)
Airports: 66 (2000 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
- total: 40
- over 3,047 m: 5
- 2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
- 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
- 914 to 1,523 m: 17
- under 914 m: 5 (2000 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
- total: 26
- 914 to 1,523 m: 1
- under 914 m: 25 (2000 est.)
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