Communications in the Netherlands Antilles

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

## Roads

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All driving was on the right.

Highways (1992 est.)  Type | Length

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total  | 600 km  | 370 mi
paved  | 300 km  | 190 mi
unpaved  | 300 km  | 190 mi

## Sea

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### Ports and harbours

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Fort Bay (Saba), Kralendijk (Bonaire), Philipsburg (Saint Martin), Willemstad (Curaçao)

There was a Curaçaon Dock Company.[1]

### Merchant marine

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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

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There were buses and taxis.[2]

## Post

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See Postage stamps and postal history of the Netherlands Antilles.

## Telephones

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

## Broadcasting

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There was radio and television broadcasting, channels included Telecuraçao.

## References

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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.

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Transport in the Caribbean

* British West Indies
* Danish West Indies
* Dutch Caribbean
* Caribbean Netherlands
* Netherlands Antilles
* French West Indies
* West Indies Federation

West
Indies|

| Antilles|

| Greater
Antilles|

* Cayman Islands
* Cuba
* Jamaica
* Navassa Island
* Puerto Rico

| Hispaniola|

* Dominican Republic
* Haiti

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Lesser
Antilles|

| Leeward
Islands|

* Anguilla
* Antigua and Barbuda
* Guadeloupe
* La Désirade
* Les Saintes
* Marie-Galante
* Montserrat
* Saba^*
* Saint Barthélemy
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Sint Eustatius^*

| Saint Martin^|

* Collectivity of Saint Martin
* Sint Maarten

|

Virgin Islands|

* British Virgin Islands
* U.S. Virgin Islands

Southern
Caribbean|

| Leeward
Antilles|

* Insular Venezuela
* Federal Dependencies
* Nueva Esparta

| ABC islands|

* Aruba
* Bonaire*
* Curaçao

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Windward
Islands|

* Dominica
* Grenada
* Carriacou and Petite Martinique
* Martinique
* Saint Lucia
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

* Barbados†
* Trinidad and Tobago†

Lucayan
Archipelago|

* Bahamas
* Turks and Caicos Islands

Caribbean
Sea|

* Aves Island
* San Andrés and Providencia
* Bajo Nuevo Bank~
* Serranilla Bank~

Caribbean
continental
zone|

* Quintana Roo
* Cozumel

| Central America|

* Belize
* Honduras
* Bay Islands
* Izabal
* Limón
* Corn Islands
* North Caribbean Coast
* South Caribbean Coast
* Panama

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South America|

* Colombian Caribbean
* Venezuelan Caribbean

Wider
groupings
may include:|

* Bermuda#
* Costa Rica
* El Salvador
* Guatemala
* Nicaragua

| Yucatán Peninsula|

* Campeche
* Petén
* Yucatán

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The Guianas|

* Amapá
* French Guiana
* Venezuelan Guayana
* Guyana
* Guayana Esequibaǂ
* Tigri Areaǂ
* Suriname

N.B.: Territories in italics are parts of transregional sovereign states or non-sovereign dependencies.

^These three form the SSS islands that with the ABC islands comprise the Dutch Caribbean, of which *the BES islands are not direct Kingdom constituents but subsumed with the country of the Netherlands.

†Physiographically, these continental islands are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically.

ǂDisputed territories administered by Guyana. ~Disputed territories administered by Colombia.

#Bermuda is an isolated North Atlantic oceanic island, physiographically not part of the Lucayan Archipelago, Antilles, Caribbean Sea nor North American continental nor South American continental islands. It is grouped with the Northern American region, but occasionally also with the Caribbean region culturally.
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