Highways: 950 km total; 300 km paved, 650 km gravel and earth

Ports: Willemstad, Philipsburg, Kralendijk

Merchant marine: 49 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 444,379 GRT/435,452 DWT; includes 5 passenger, 23 cargo, 3 refrigerated cargo, 2 container, 1 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 6 multifunction heavy-lift carrier, 1 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 2 chemical tanker, 2 liquefied gas, 4 bulk; note--all but a few are foreign owned

Civil air: 5 major transport aircraft

Airports: 7 total, 7 usable; 7 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: generally adequate facilities; extensive interisland radio relay links; stations--9 AM, 4 FM, 1 TV; 2 submarine cables; 2 Atlantic Ocean satellite antennas

NOTE: The information regarding Netherlands Antilles on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Netherlands Antilles Communications 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Netherlands Antilles Communications 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.