Transportation in Panama

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Transportation in Panama is fairly well developed. The majority of the trips are done by car while a great part in public transport. The public transportation system is in need of modernization and other improvements.

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[edit] Railways

Main articles: Rail transport in Panama, Panama Railway
total: 355 km
broad gauge: 0 km 5 ft (1,524 mm) gauge (2000) converted to standard gauge
standard gauge: 76 km 4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm) gauge (2000) converted from broad gauge
narrow gauge: 279 km 3 ft (914 mm) gauge

[edit] Railway links to adjacent countries

(from North to South)

  • Flag of World FERISTSA Railway would connect Mexico with Panama - 1435mm gauge. [1]

[edit] Highways


total: 11,258 km
paved: 3,783 km (including 30 km of expressways)
unpaved: 7,475 km (1999 est.)

Highways are somewhat well developed for Central America. In Panama City are 6 highways working being that the Panama-Arraijan Bridge of the Americas, Panama-Arraijan Centennial Bridge, Arraijan-Chorrera, Corredor Norte, Corredor Sur, and Autopista Alberto Motta

[edit] Waterways

800 km navigable by shallow draft vessels; 82 km Panama Canal

[edit] Pipelines

crude oil 130 km

[edit] Ports and harbors

[edit] Atlantic Ocean

[edit] Pacific Ocean

[edit] Other

[edit] Merchant marine


total: 5,005 ships (1,000 gross register tons (GRT) or over) totaling 122,960,929 GRT/183,615,337 metric tons of deadweight (DWT)
ships by type: (June 2005 Update est.)


note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 71 countries among which are (2005 update)


Foreign Owned Ships: 4,388

  • (Andorra 1
  • Argentina 9
  • Australia 3
  • Bahamas 1
  • Belgium 14
  • Brazil 1
  • Canada 1
  • Chile 14
  • China 310
  • Colombia 5
  • Croatia 1
  • Cuba 9
  • Cyprus 7
  • Denmark 13
  • Egypt 15
  • France 7
  • Germany 23
  • Greece 546
  • Hong Kong 159
  • India 8
  • Indonesia 46
  • Ireland 1
  • Isle of Man 2
  • Israel 3
  • Italy 8
  • Japan 1814
  • Jordan 9
  • Latvia 2
  • Lithuania 5
  • Malaysia 11
  • Maldives 1
  • Malta 1
  • Mexico 4
  • Monaco 8
  • Netherlands 22
  • New Zealand 1
  • Nigeria 6
  • Norway 66
  • Pakistan 1
  • Peru 13
  • Philippines 15
  • Poland 19
  • Portugal 8
  • Romania 13
  • Russia 4
  • Saudi Arabia 4
  • Singapore 54
  • South Africa 3
  • South Korea 292
  • Spain 41
  • Sri Lanka 1
  • Sudan 1
  • Sweden 4
  • Switzerland 188
  • Syria 7
  • Taiwan 301
  • Thailand 10
  • Trinidad & Tobago 1
  • Tunisia 1
  • Turkey 18
  • Ukraine 9
  • UAE 83
  • United Kingdom 29
  • United States 88
  • Venezuela 20
  • Vietnam 2
  • Yemen 1

[edit] Airports

117 (2006 est.)

[edit] Airports - with paved runways

total: 53

over 3,047 m: 1

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 5

914 to 1,523 m: 18

under 914 m: 28 (2006 est.)

[edit] Airports - with unpaved runways


total: 64
914 to 1,523 m: 11
under 914 m: 53 (2006 est.)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.

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