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TransportationAirports World Ranking: 180
5 (2012)
Airports - with paved runways
Total 2
Over 3,047 m 1 2,438 to 3,047 m 1 (2012) Airports - with unpaved runways
Total 3
914 to 1,523 m 1 Under 914 m 2 (2012) Pipelines
Gas 671 km; oil 334 km (2010)
Roadways World Ranking: 140
Total 8,320 km
Paved 4,252 km Unpaved 4,068 km (2000) Merchant marine World Ranking: 131
Total 4
By type Passenger 1, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 1 Registered in other countries 2 (unknown 2) (2010)Ports and terminals
Point Fortin, Point Lisas, Port of Spain, Scarborough Oil terminals Galeota Point terminal
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Trinidad And Tobago (Port-of-spain):
 
GPS points from Trinidad And Tobago (Port-of-spain)
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First colonized by the Spanish, the islands came under British control in the early 19th century. The islands' sugar industry was hurt by the emancipation of the slaves in 1834. Manpower was replaced with the importation of contract laborers from India between 1845 and 1917, which boosted sugar production as well as the cocoa industry. The discovery of oil on Trinidad in 1910 added another important export. Independence was attained in 1962. The country is one of the most prosperous in the Caribbean thanks largely to petroleum and natural gas production and processing. Tourism, mostly in Tobago, is targeted for expansion and is growing. The government is coping with a rise in violent crime.