Railways
0 km
Highways
total:
2,880 km
paved:
490 km
unpaved:
2,390 km (1998 est.)
Waterways
825 km (river network used by shallow-draft craft; seasonally navigable)
Ports and harbors
Belize City, Big Creek, Corozol, Punta Gorda
Merchant marine
total:
315 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,240,551 GRT/1,761,168 DWT
ships by type:
bulk 26, cargo 204, chemical tanker 6, combination ore/oil 1, container 12, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 39, refrigerated cargo 15, roll on/roll off 8, short-sea passenger 1, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 1
note:
includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Albania 2, Belgium 3, British Virgin Islands 6, Cambodia 1, China 38, Cyprus 1, Ecuador 1, Egypt 1, Equatorial Guinea 1, Eritrea 1, Estonia 7, Germany 3, Greece 4, Grenada 1, Honduras 1, Hong Kong 20, Indonesia 6, Italy 2, Japan 4, Jordan 1, Lebanon 1, Liberia 5, Malaysia 3, Malta 2, Man, Isle of 1, Marshall Islands 13, Mexico 1, Netherlands 1, Nigeria 1, Panama 12, Philippines 4, Portugal 1, Romania 1, Russia 3, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3, Saudi Arabia 1, Singapore 22, South Korea 10, Spain 4, Switzerland 1, Taiwan 1, Thailand 6, Tunisia 1, Turkey 1, Ukraine 3, United Arab Emirates 9, United Kingdom 2, United States 4, Virgin Islands (UK) 6, Yemen 1 (2002 est.)
Airports
44 (2001)
Airports - with paved runways
total:
4
1,524 to 2,437 m:
1
914 to 1,523 m:
1
under 914 m:
2 (2001)
Airports - with unpaved runways
total:
40
2,438 to 3,047 m:
1
914 to 1,523 m:
10
under 914 m:
29 (2001)
NOTE: The information regarding Belize on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Belize Transportation 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Belize Transportation 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.