Highways: about 1,000 km total; 300 km paved; 400 km improved; 300 km unimproved

Ports: Kingstown

Merchant marine: 128 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 939,596 GRT/1,460,445 DWT; includes 1 passenger, 75 cargo, 4 container, 6 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 4 refrigerated cargo, 5 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 28 bulk, 4 combination bulk; note--a flag of convenience registry

Civil air: no major transport aircraft

Airports: 6 total, 6 usable; 4 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: islandwide fully automatic telephone system; 6,500 telephones; VHF/UHF interisland links to Barbados and the Grenadines; new SHF links to Grenada and St. Lucia; stations--2 AM, no FM, 1 TV (cable)

NOTE: The information regarding St. Vincent and the Grenadines on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of St. Vincent and the Grenadines Communications 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about St. Vincent and the Grenadines Communications 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.