Railroads: total: 238 km broad gauge: 78 km 1.524-m gauge narrow gauge: 160 km 0.914-m gauge
Highways:
total: 8,530 km
paved: 2,745 km
unpaved: gravel, crushed stone 3,270 km; improved, unimproved earth
2,515 km
Inland waterways: 800 km navigable by shallow draft vessels; 82 km
Panama Canal
Pipelines: crude oil 130 km
Ports: Bahia de las Minas, Balboa, Colon, Cristobal, Panama
Merchant marine:
total: 3,526 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 60,748,525
GRT/95,102,552 DWT
ships by type: barge carrier 1, bulk 787, cargo 1,070, chemical tanker
175, combination bulk 33, combination ore/oil 25, container 259,
liquefied gas tanker 125, livestock carrier 8, multifunction
large-load carrier 6, oil tanker 465, passenger 24, passenger-cargo 3,
refrigerated cargo 284, roll-on/roll-off cargo 81, short-sea passenger
34, specialized tanker 9, vehicle carrier 137
note: a flag of convenience registry; includes 93 countries; the 10
major fleet flags are: Japan 1,171 ships, Greece 323, Hong Kong 276,
US 212, Taiwan 184, Singapore 181, South Korea 172, China 145 ships,
UK 102, and Norway 70
Airports:
total: 115
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 1
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 14
with paved runways under 914 m: 74
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 20
@Panama:Communications
Telephone system: 220,000 telephones; domestic and international
facilities well developed
local: NA
intercity: NA
international: 1 coaxial submarine cable; 2 INTELSAT (Atlantic Ocean)
earth stations; connected to the Central American Microwave System
Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 91, FM 0, shortwave 0
radios: NA