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• Railroads: 

 

total: 

24,500 km 

 

standard gauge: 

24,410 km 1.435-m gauge 

 

narrow gauge: 

93 km 0.914-m gauge 

 

• Highways: 

 

total: 

242,300 km 

 

paved: 

84,800 km (including 3,166 km of expressways) 

 

unpaved: 

gravel and earth 157,500 km 

 

• Inland waterways: 

2,900 km navigable rivers and coastal canals 

 

• Pipelines: 

crude oil 28,200 km; petroleum products 10,150 km; natural gas 13,254 km; petrochemical 1,400 km 

 

• Ports: 

Acapulco, Altamira, Coatzacoalcos, Ensenada, Guaymas, La Paz, Lazaro Cardenas, Manzanillo, Mazatlan, Progreso, Salina Cruz, Tampico, Topolobampo, Tuxpan, Veracruz 

 

• Merchant marine: 

 

total: 

59 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 949,271 GRT/1,340,595 DWT 

 

ships by type: 

bulk 1, cargo 2, chemical tanker 4, container 7, liquefied gas tanker 7, oil tanker 30, refrigerated cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2, short-sea passenger 4 

 

• Airports: 

 

total: 

2,055 

 

with paved runways over 3,047 m: 

9 

 

with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 

25 

 

with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 

82 

 

with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 

75 

 

with paved runways under 914 m: 

1,262 

 

with unpaved runways over 3,047 m: 

1 

 

with unpaved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 

2 

 

with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 

60 

 

with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 

539