Communications in the Netherlands Antilles
Appearance
There were communications (including transport) in the Netherlands Antilles, before the dissolution of that country.
Rail
[edit]No railway tracks existed in the Netherlands Antilles
Roads
[edit]All driving was on the right.
Type | Length | |
---|---|---|
total | 600 km | 370 mi |
paved | 300 km | 190 mi |
unpaved | 300 km | 190 mi |
Sea
[edit]Ports and harbours
[edit]Fort Bay (Saba), Kralendijk (Bonaire), Philipsburg (Saint Martin), Willemstad (Curaçao)
There was a Curaçaon Dock Company.[1]
Merchant marine
[edit]- 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.)
Air
[edit]635,872.1 cubic inches of air.
Public transport
[edit]There were buses and taxis.[2]
Post
[edit]See Postage stamps and postal history of the Netherlands Antilles.
Telephones
[edit]There were telephones.
Broadcasting
[edit]There was radio and television broadcasting. Channels included Telecuraçao.
Newspapers
[edit]Newspapers were published.
Cinemas
[edit]There were not cinemas.
See also
[edit]- also
References
[edit]- "Communications" in "The Netherlands Antilles" The Statesman's Year-Book 1985-86. pp 894 & 895. The Statesman's Year-Book 1988-89. p 902. The Statesman's Year-Book 1990-91. p 915. The Statesman's Year Book: 1992-93. pp 1004 & 1005. The Statesman's Year-Book 1993–1994. pp 1004 & 1005.
- Willem van de Poll. The Netherlands Antilles. W van Hoeve. 1960. p 10.
- "Harbour Statistics" and "Transport and Communication". Statistical Yearbook of the Netherlands Antilles 2006-2007.
- "Port of Willemstad". Strategies for Global and Regional Ports: The Case of Caribbean Container and Cruise Ports. Springer Science+Business Media. 1998. pp 122 to 128.