Transport in the Bahamas

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Highways:
Highways are the easiest way for most people to travel on land in The Bahamas since more than half of the roads are classified as highways. There are approximately 2,693 kilometers or 1,670 miles of highway total on all of islands combined in The Bahamas. Out of these roads about, 1,546 kilometers, or 959 miles of them are paved highways, while the rest consist of dirt roads and other unpaved roads which may make for difficult travel. For the most part, driving in The Bahamas is similar to driving in the United States, but there are some differences such as vehicles are driven on the left as opposed to the right-hand side of the road in The Bahamas.

Ports and harbors:
Marinas and harbors are plentiful on The Bahamas islands, making aquatic travel an easy way to navigate between the islands group. Boat travel can be the only way to reach some of the smaller islands. Travelers entering the island will need to clear customs first, but boatsmen can enter any of the following ports of entry and harbors in The Bahamas:

The Abacos: Green Turtle Cay, Marsh Harbour, Spanish Cay, Treasure Cay, or Walker’s Cay
The Berrys: Chub and Great Harbors Bay
North Bimini: Alice Town
Cat Cay: Hawksnest Marina
Nassau/New Providence Islands: Any marina
Grand Bahama Island: Freeport Harbour, Lucayan Marina Village and Port Lucaya, or Old Bahama Bay at West End
Eluthera: Governor’s Harbour, Harbour Island, Rock Sound, or Spanish Wells
The Exumas: George Town, Exuma
Long Island: Stella Maris Airport
San Salvador: Cockburn Town
Mayaguana: Abraham’s Bay
Inagua: Matthew Town

Merchant marine:
total: 1,075 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 28,630,674 GRT/44,111,353 DWT
ships by type: bulk 201, cargo 233, chemical tanker 41, combination bulk 15, combination ore/oil 25, container 59, liquified gas 35, livestock carrier 1, passenger 68, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 177, rail car carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 129, roll-on/roll-off 51, short-sea passenger 12, specialized tanker 3, vehicle carrier 23 (1999 est.)
note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 49 countries among which are Norway 177, Greece 141, UK 113, US 61, Denmark 39, Finland 27, Japan 25, Sweden 24, France 22, and Italy 22 (1998 est.)

Airports: With 62 airlines servicing the region, it is pretty easy to reach The Bahamas. The main airports on the islands are Nassau International Airport and Grand Bahama International Airport. Out of the 62 airports, 33 have paved runways of which, there are two that are over 3,047 meters long.
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 15
914 to 1,523 m: 12
under 914 m: 2 (1999 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 29
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 21 (1999 est.)

National airline: