Contents

1 Railways 1.1 Railway links to adjacent countries 2 Highways 3 Waterways 4 Pipelines 5 Ports and harbors 6 Merchant marine 7 Airports 7.1 Airports - with paved runways 7.2 Airports - with unpaved runways 7.3 Heliports 8 See also

Railways

total: 3,991 km
narrow gauge: 3,991 km 1.000-m gauge

Railway links to adjacent countries

• China - no
• Thailand - no - defunct
• Bangladesh - no
• India - no
• Laos - no

Highways

total: 28,200 km
paved: 3,440 km
unpaved: 24,760 km (1996 est.)

Waterways

12,800 km; 3,200 km navigable by large commercial vessels

Pipelines

Crude oil 1,343 km; natural gas 330 km

Ports and harbors

• Bassein, Bhamo , Chauk , Mandalay, Moulmein, Myitkyina, Rangoon, Akyab (Sittwe), Tavoy

• Dawai - railhead - new deepwater port under construction 2005

Merchant marine

total: 40 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 472,284 GRT/716,533 DWT
Ships by type: bulk 13, cargo 20, container 2, passenger/cargo 3, petroleum tanker 2 (1999 est.)
note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships of 2 countries: Japan owns 2 ships, US 3 (1998 est.)

Airports

80 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 10
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (1999 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 70
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 13
914 to 1,523 m: 22
under 914 m: 32 (1999 est.)

Heliports

1 (1999 est.)

See also

• Myanmar