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Transport in São Tomé and Príncipe relies primarily on road infrastructure for local needs and airports and sea travel for international needs.São Tomé and Príncipe does not have railways.
In 1999 the country'smerchant marine fleet included 9 ships (1,000 GT or over) totaling 43,587 GT/34,802 tonnesdeadweight (DWT)—fourcargo ships, onecontainer ship, onerefrigerated cargo ship and threeroll-on/roll-off ships.
On São Tomé Island, there areseaports in São Tomé byAna Chaves Bay, another in Neves, which is not only fishing but a fuel port which was constructed in 2012 and near Porto Alegre, which is the only two ferry ports. On Príncipe, there is a seaport inSanto António. There is the tiny ferry port atIlhéu das Rolas, which is the only port of any size founded outside the two main islands.
São Tomé and Príncipe are served by two airports, for São Tomé (and its surrounding islets), it is theSão Tomé International Airport. There are two paved runways in total: one in the 1,524 to 2,437 m range and the other in the 914 to 1,523 m range. For Príncipe, it is thePríncipe Airport which has recently been paved during its modernisation which began in 2012 and finished in October 2015. The paved runway is 1,750 m.
São Tomé's airport is the only international airport which offers flights to parts of Africa, mainly the west and the central portions. Airline companies includesSTP Airways, the national airline andAfrica's Connection STP, the latter operates STP Airways.
As for 2006, there were 320 kilometers (200 mi)highways in São Tomé and Príncipe, 218 km (135 mi) paved roads and 102 km (63 mi) unpaved roads.
The nation has the highway network (commonly as routes), it consists of three primary highways, the EN1 (São Tomé-Guadalupe-Neves), the EN2 (São Tomé-Santana-São João dos Angolares-Porto Alegre) and the EN3 (São Tomé-Monte Café). It also has secondary roads, some of them area the ES1, ES2 and the ES3. Príncipe has no route numbers.
Its bus services are served with minibuses, as to that part of Africa, it is dominant.