Transportation in Barbados
Railways: 0 kmHighways:
total:
1,600 km
paved:
1,578 km
unpaved:
22 km (1998 est.)
Ports and harbors: Bridgetown, Speightstown (Port Charles Marina)
Merchant marine:
total:
47 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 654,580 GRT/1,103,780 DWT
ships by type:
bulk 10, cargo 29, combination bulk 1, container 1, petroleum tanker 4, refrigerated cargo 2 (1999 est.)
note:
a flag of convenience registry; includes ships of 2 countries: Canada owns 2 ships, Hong Kong 1 (1998 est.)
Airports: 1 (1999 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total:
1
over 3,047 m:
1 (1999 est.)
Reference
Much of the material in this article is adapted from the CIA World Factbook 2000.
