Nigeria Transportation Profile 2008

Railways

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

Roadways

total: 194,394 km
paved: 60,068 km
unpaved: 134,326 km (1999)

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: 55 ships (1000 GRT or over) 284,400 GRT/483,316 DWT
by type: cargo 5, chemical tanker 8, combination ore/oil 1, liquefied gas 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 37, specialized tanker 2
foreign-owned: 3 (Norway 1, Singapore 1, Spain 1)
registered in other countries: 23 (Bahamas 2, Bermuda 11, Cambodia 2, Panama 6, Poland 1, Seychelles 1, unknown 2) (2007)

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)