Merchant marine:
total: 343 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,629,578 GRT/3,337,307
DWT
ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 195, chemical tanker 21, combination bulk
3, container 33, liquefied gas tanker 12, livestock carrier 1,
multifunction large-load carrier 1, oil tanker 37, railcar carrier 1,
refrigerated cargo 18, roll-on/roll-off cargo 14, short-sea passenger
3, specialized tanker 2
note: many Dutch-owned ships are also registered on the Netherlands
Antilles register
Airports:
total: 29
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 1
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 3
with paved runways under 914 m: 8
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 3
@Netherlands:Communications
Telephone system: 9,418,000 telephones; highly developed, well maintained, and integrated; extensive redundant system of multiconductor cables, supplemented by microwave radio relay links local: nationwide mobile phone system intercity: microwave radio relay international: 5 submarine cables; 3 INTELSAT (1 Indian Ocean and 2 Atlantic Ocean) and 1 EUTELSAT earth station
Radio: broadcast stations: AM 3 (relays 3), FM 12 (repeaters 39), shortwave 0
radios: NA
Television: broadcast stations: 8 (repeaters 7) televisions: NA
@Netherlands:Defense Forces
Branches: Royal Netherlands Army, Royal Netherlands Navy (includes
Naval Air Service and Marine Corps), Royal Netherlands Air Force,
Royal Constabulary
Manpower availability: males age 15-49 4,177,555; males fit for
military service 3,656,529; males reach military age (20) annually
94,771 (1995 est.)