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ARUBA

CARIBBEAN-CENTRAL AMERICA PROFILE 2018

INFRASTRUCTURE airport has the capacity to meet a passenger Department of Economic Affairs, Commerce
TRANSPORTATION demand of 2.6 million passengers per year. and Industry (DEACI)
LAND Besides the increase in passenger traffic, there L.G. Smith Boulevard 160
Railroads: None. is also a consistent development in air cargo. In Aruba
Highways: Aruba has a well-developed road addition, the airport has a world-class catering Tel: (297) 582 1181
system connecting all major cities. facility, serving local and long haul aircraft. Fax: (297) 583 4494
E-mail: deaci@setarnet.aw
SEA Aruba Airport Authority N.V. Web: www.arubaeconomicaffairs.aw
Sea Ports: Aruba has three seaports: Oranjestad, Aeropuerto Internacional Reina Beatrix
Barcadera and San Nicolas. Tel: (297) 524 2424 Aruba Chamber of Commerce & Industry
The Aruba Ports Authority N.V. administers Fax: (297) 583 4229 J.E. Irausquin Boulevard 10,
the ports of Oranjestad and Barcadera, while E-mail: airportaruba@setarnet.aw P.O. Box 140
the Valero Aruba Refining Company N.V Aruba
administers the port of San Nicolas. Oranjestad, TELECOMMUNICATION Tel: (297) 582 1566
Aruba’s container port and cruise ship terminal, The local telecommunication infrastructure is Fax: (297) 583 3962
is accessible to all types of vessels. It has a a sophisticated network, consisting of 5ESS E-mail:businessinfo@arubachamber.com
depth of 38 feet MLW and 4,070 feet of docking digital exchanges. The digital exchanges have Web: www.arubachamber.com
space. There are two rollon roll-off ramps, and a high capacity, which can easily be expanded The High Commissioner of the Aruba
facilities for reefer connections are available. through its modular architecture. This provides Financial Center
a wide variety of advanced telecommunications
Barcadera is the industrial port with a depth of services. The exchanges are interconnected Schotlandstraat 49
36 feet and 1,148 feet of docking space. Direct by means of fiber optic and digital microwave Aruba
shipping connections are available on a frequent networks in order to guarantee route diversity, Tel: (297) 583 4611
basis from Aruba to European and some Latin high availability and reliability. Fax: (297) 583 4665
American countries by major shipping lines.
For international telecommunications, SETAR
Aruba Ports Authority N.V. N.V. connects to the outside world via circuit IN THE NETHERLANDS
Ports Administration Building switches and VoIP platforms. The company’s Cabinet of the Minister Plenipotentiary of
L.G. Smith Boulevard 23 cellular communications infrastructure offers Aruba
Oranjestad, Aruba both GSM and TDMA services. SETAR also Schimmelpennincklaan 1
offers trunking and paging. SETAR is also an
Tel: (297) 582 6633 Internet provider and offers island-wide, high- 2517 JN The Hague
Fax: (297) 583 2896 speed DSL services. The Netherlands
E-mail: info@arubaports.com Tel: 31 70 356 6200
Web: www.arubaports.com Setar N.V. Fax: 31 70 345 1446
Sero Blanco z/n E-mail: info@arubahuis.nl
AIR Tel: (297) 525 1000 Web: www.arubahuis.nl
Airport: The ‘Aeropuerto Internacional Reina Fax: (297) 525 1001
Beatrix’, located adjacent to Oranjestad, is E-mail: setar@setarnet.aw IN THE U.S.A.
served by a variety of scheduled airlines to Web: www.setar.aw Minister Plenipotentiary of Aruba Royal
several destinations, and is frequented also by an Netherlands Embassy
increasing number of charters. The airport offers CONTACTS 4200 Linnean Avenue N.W.
a 9,000-foot, Category I Precision Approach Central Bank Washington, D.C. 20008
runway, operating under the ILS system and Centrale Bank van Aruba Tel: 202 244 5300
supported by modern radar equipment and an J.E. Irausquin Boulevard 8, Fax: 202 362 3430
automation system for approach control and P.O. Box 18,
tower operations. The passenger accommodation Aruba
facilities meet the latest requirements for the Tel: (297) 525 2100
steadily increasing passenger traffic and provide Fax: (297) 525 2101
super modern facilities for passengers including E-mail: cbaua@setarnet.aw
US customs and immigration services. The Web: www.cbaruba.org

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