Communications in the Dutch Caribbean

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.

Highways (1992 est.)

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

Main article: Postage stamps and postal history of the Netherlands Antilles

Telephones

See also: Telecommunications in Curaçao and Telephone numbers in Curaçao and the Caribbean Netherlands

Broadcasting

There was radio and television broadcasting, channels included Telecuraçao.

References

1. Ingrid Koulen and Gert Oostindie. The Netherlands Antilles and Aruba: A Research Guide. (Caribbean Series, vol 7). BRILL. 1987. p 11.
2. "Transportation". Background Notes, Netherlands Antilles. United States Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs. October 1983. p 4.

• "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.
  • "Shipping" and "Roads" and "Post and Broadcasting". The Statesman's Year-Book 1975-76. p 1184.
  • "Shipping" and "Roads" and "Post". The Statesman's Year-Book 1969-70. p 1186. The Statesman's Year-Book 1974-75. p 1180.
  • See also other annual editions of this book.
• 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.