Communications in the Dutch Caribbean
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There are communications (including transport) in the Dutch Caribbean.
The Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is made of 6 islands: the dependent countries of Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten, and the special municipalities of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba. From 1954 to 2010, it constituted the dependent country of the Netherlands Antilles, from which Aruba split in 1986.
Roads
All driving was on the right.
| Type | Length | |
|---|---|---|
| total | 600 km | 370 mi |
| paved | 300 km | 190 mi |
| unpaved | 300 km | 190 mi |
Sea
Ports and harbours
Barcadera, Oranjestad, and San Nicolaas (Aruba), Fort Bay (Saba), Kralendijk (Bonaire), Philipsburg (Sint Maarten), Willemstad (Curaçao).
There was a Curaçaon Dock Company.[1]
Merchant marine
- total
- 110 ships (1,000 GT or over) totaling 1,028,910 GT/1,285,837 tonnes deadweight (DWT)
- ships by type
- bulk 2, cargo 27, chemical tanker 2, combination ore/oil 3, container 16, liquified gas 4, multi-functional large load carrier 18, passenger 1, petroleum tanker 5, refrigerated cargo 26, roll-on/roll-off 6 (1999 est.)
- note
- a flag of convenience registry; includes ships of 2 countries: Belgium owns 9 ships, Germany 1 (1998 est.)
Public transport
There are buses and taxis.[2]
Post
Telephones
Broadcasting
There was radio and television broadcasting, channels included Telecuraçao.