Communications in the Netherlands Antilles

There were communications (including transport) in the Netherlands Antilles before the dissolution of the country.

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

Fort Bay (Saba), Kralendijk (Bonaire), Philipsburg (Saint Martin), 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 were buses and taxis.^[2]

Post

See 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.