Barbados

Barbados Transportation

Highways
total: 1,793 km
paved: 1,719 km
unpaved: 74 km (1999)

Waterways
general assessment: NA
domestic: island-wide automatic telephone system
international: country code - 1-246; satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); tropospheric scatter to Trinidad and Saint Lucia

Ports and harbors
Bridgetown, Speightstown (Port Charles Marina)

Merchant marine
total: 42 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 427,465 GRT/668,195 DWT
by type: bulk 11, cargo 20, chemical tanker 1, combination bulk 3, petroleum tanker 6, roll on/roll off 1
foreign-owned: Australia 1, Bahamas 1, Bangladesh 1, Canada 5, Greece 7, Hong Kong 7, Italy 2, Lebanon 1, Norway 9, United Kingdom 10
registered in other countries: 3 (2004 est.)

Airports
1 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 1
over 3,047 m: 1 (2004 est.)



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