Highways: total: 4,530 km
paved: 1,178 km
unpaved: 3,352 km (1996)

Waterways: 1,200 km
note: most important means of transport; oceangoing vessels with drafts ranging up to 7 m can navigate many of the principal waterways

Ports and harbors: Albina, Moengo, New Nickerie, Paramaribo, Paranam, Wageningen

Merchant marine: total: 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 2,421 GRT/2,990 DWT
ships by type: cargo 1, container 1 (2002 est.)

Airports: 46 (2002)

Airports - with paved runways: total: 5
over 3,047 m: 1
under 914 m: 4 (2002)

Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 41
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 35 (2002)

NOTE: The information regarding Suriname on this page is re-published from the 2003 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Guinea Geography 2003 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Suriname Transportation 2003 should be addressed to the CIA.