There are no
railway
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s in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
As of 1996, there were 829 km of
highway
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s, of which 580 km are paved.
Ports and
harbour
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s:
Kingstown
Kingstown is the capital, chief port, and main commercial centre of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. With a population of 12,909 (2012), Kingstown is the most populous settlement in the country. It is the island's agricultural industry centre ...
Merchant marine:
''total:''
825 ships (1,000 GT or over) totaling 7,253,092 GT/
''ships by type:''
barge carrier 1, bulk 142, cargo 400, chemical tanker 31, combination bulk 10, combination ore/oil 5, container 47, liquified gas 5, livestock carrier 5, multi-functional large load carrier 3, passenger 3, petroleum tanker 60, refrigerated cargo 41, roll-on/roll-off 51, short-sea passenger 12, specialized tanker 8, vehicle carrier 1 (1999 est.)
''note:''
a
flag of convenience
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registry; includes ships from 20 countries among which are
Croatia
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17,
Slovenia
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7,
People's Republic of China
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5,
Greece
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5,
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...
3,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
2,
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
2, and
Ukraine
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2 (1998 est.)
Airport
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s:
6 (2005)
Airports - with paved runways:
''total:''
5
''914 to 1,523 m:''
4
''under 914 m:''
1 (2005)
There is one airport with an unpaved runway, under 914 m (2005 est.)
See also
*
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines () is an island country in the Caribbean. It is located in the southeast Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, which lie in the West Indies at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea wh ...
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List of airports in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
This is a list of airports in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, sorted by location.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines lies to the west of Barbados, south of Saint Lucia, and north of Grenada in the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, an islan ...
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List of airlines of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
This is a list of airlines currently operating in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
See also
* List of airlines
* List of airports in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority (ECCAA)
{{Airlines of the Americ ...
External links
St. Vincent & the Grenadines Port Authority
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