Transportation ———————
Railways: 0 km
Highways: total: 1,100 km paved: 330 km unpaved: 770 km
Ports: Kingstown
Merchant marine:
total: 611 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,690,104
GRT/9,367,014 DWT
ships by type: bulk 106, cargo 305, chemical tanker 20, combination
bulk 9, combination ore/oil 4, container 33, liquefied gas tanker 4,
livestock carrier 5, oil tanker 58, passenger 1, passenger-cargo 1,
refrigerated cargo 35, roll-on/roll-off cargo 25, short-sea
passenger 2, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 2
note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 24
countries among which are Croatia 42, Russia 14, Slovenia 9, China
9, Germany 2, Serbia 2, Hong Kong 2, Latvia 1, Ukraine 1, and Poland
1 (1995 est.)
Airports:
total: 6
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 2
with paved runways under 914 m: 4 (1995 est.)
Communications ———————
Telephones: 6,189 (1983 est.)
Telephone system:
domestic: islandwide, fully automatic telephone system; VHF/UHF
radiotelephone from Saint Vincent to the other islands of the
Grenadines
international: VHF/UHF radiotelephone from Saint Vincent to
Barbados; new SHF radiotelephone to Grenada and to Saint Lucia;
access to Intelsat earth station in Martinique through Saint Lucia
Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 0, shortwave 0