Nigeria Transportation Profile 2008

Railways

total: 3,505 km
narrow gauge: 3,505 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)

Roadways

total: 193,200 km
paved: 28,980 km
unpaved: 164,220 km (2004)

Waterways

8,600 km (Niger and Benue rivers and smaller rivers and creeks) (2007)

Pipelines

condensate 124 km; gas 3,071 km; liquid petroleum gas 156 km; oil 4,347 km; refined products 3,949 km (2007)

Ports and terminals

Bonny Inshore Terminal, Calabar, Lagos

Merchant marine

total: 68
by type: cargo 4, chemical tanker 12, combination ore/oil 1, liquefied gas 2, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 46, specialized tanker 2
foreign-owned: 3 (Japan 1, South Africa 1, Spain 1)
registered in other countries: 34 (Bahamas 2, Bermuda 11, Cook Islands 1, Georgia 1, Italy 1, Liberia 2, Panama 10, Poland 1, Seychelles 1, Sierra Leone 1, unknown 3) (2008)

Airports

70 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 36
over 3,047 m: 6
2,438 to 3,047 m: 12
1,524 to 2,437 m: 10
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 2 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 34
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 14
under 914 m: 19 (2007)

Heliports

2 (2007)

Transportation - note

the International Maritime Bureau reports the territorial and offshore waters in the Niger Delta and Gulf of Guinea as high risk for piracy and armed robbery against ships; numerous commercial vessels have been attacked and hijacked both at anchor and while underway; crews have been robbed and stores or cargoes stolen