Sea
Ports and harbours: Kralendijk (Bonaire), Philipsburg (Saint Martin), Willemstad (Curaçao)
Merchant marine:
total: 110 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,028,910 GRT/1,285,837 metric tons deadweight (DWT)
ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 27, chemical tanker 2, combination ore/oil 3, container 16, liquified gas 4, multi-functional large load carrier 18, passenger 1, petroleum tanker 5, refrigerated cargo 26, roll-on/roll-off 6 (1999 est.)
note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships of 2 countries: Belgium owns 9 ships, Germany 1 (1998 est.)
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