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Transport in Ecuador

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Transportation in Ecuador uses six transportation methods to transport passengers and freight (more specifically, oil). They are aviation, highways, pipelines, ports and harbors, railways, and waterways

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National airlines

  • Avianca
  • LATAM Airlines
  • TAME (flag carrier)

    • Airports

    359 (2006 est.)

    Airports - with paved runways

    total: 98 over 3,047 m: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 4 1,524 to 2,437 m: 19 914 to 1,523 m: 29 under 914 m: 43

    Airports – with unpaved runways

    total: 261 914 to 1,523 m:33 under 914 m:228

    Heliports

    2 (2010)

    Highways

    total: 43,197 kilometres (26,841 mi) paved: 6,467 kilometres (4,018 mi) unpaved: 36,730 kilometres (22,820 mi) (2004 est.)

    The Sierra Region still plays an important role in transportation throughout the country. The Pan-American Highway crosses it from North to South. Ecuador has managed to update some roads into 4-lane freeways:

  • Quito - Alpichacas. Length: 33 km.
  • Guayaquil ring-road. Length: 46 km.
  • Guayaquil - Taura. Length: 30 km.
  • Guayaquil - Cerro Blanco. Length: 27 km.
  • Machala - Pasaje. Length: 23 km.

    • Bus transport

  • Bus transport in Ecuador

    • Pipelines

  • crude oil 800 km
  • petroleum products 1,358 km

    • Pacific Ocean

  • Esmeraldas
  • Guayaquil, La Libertad
  • Manta
  • Puerto Bolívar
  • San Lorenzo

    • Merchant marine


    total: 31 ships (1,000 gross register tons (GRT) or over) totaling 184,819 GRT/300,339 tonnes deadweight (DWT)
    ships by type: (2006 est.)

  • Chemical tanker 1
  • gas carrying tanker 1
  • Passenger ships 7
  • Petroleum tankers 21
  • Specialized tanker 1

    • Foreign-owned: 2

  • Norway 1,
  • Paraguay 1

    • Registered in other countries 1

  • Georgia 1

    • Railways

    total: 812 km (single track)
    narrow gauge: 812 km 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge

    There is a proposed rail connection with Colombia. On 5 July 2008 a meeting took place between Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador regarding a railway for freight and passengers to link the three countries, and linking the Pacific with the Atlantic also. There is no railway service to Peru.

    Waterways

    1,500 kilometres (930 mi)

    References

    Transport in Ecuador Wikipedia
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