Communications in the Netherlands Antilles explained

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

Rail

No railway tracks existed in the Netherlands Antilles

Roads

All driving was on the right.

Type
Length
scope=row	total	600km (400miles)
scope=row	paved	300km (200miles)
scope=row	unpaved	300km (200miles)

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/

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

635,872.1 cubic inches of air.

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. There were telephones.

Broadcasting

There was radio and television broadcasting. Channels included Telecuraçao.

Newspapers

Newspapers were published.

Cinemas

There were not cinemas.

References

"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.

Notes and References

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