Transportation
Railways: 0 km
Highways: total: 1,040 km paved: 320 km unpaved: 720 km (1996 est.)
Ports and harbors: Kingstown
Merchant marine:
total: 814 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 7,726,930
GRT/11,835,144 DWT
ships by type: barge carrier 1, bulk 138, cargo 402, chemical tanker
26, combination bulk 11, combination ore/oil 7, container 47,
liquefied gas tanker 3, livestock carrier 4, multifunction
large-load carrier 2, oil tanker 64, passenger 2, refrigerated cargo
40, roll-on/roll-off cargo 51, short-sea passenger 10, specialized
tanker 5, vehicle carrier 1
note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 20
countries among which are Croatia 17, Slovenia 7, China 5, Greece 5,
UAE 3, Norway 2, Japan 2, and Ukraine 2 (1998 est.)
Airports: 6 (1998 est.)
Airports—with paved runways: total: 5 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 3 (1998 est.)
Airports—with unpaved runways:
total: 1
under 914 m: 1 (1998 est.)
Military
Military branches: Royal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Police
Force (includes Special Service Unit), Coast Guard