sportation Jamaica
Airports:
35 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 11
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 5 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 24
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 22 (2006)
Railways:
total: 272 km
standard gauge: 272 km 1.435-m gauge
note: 207 of these km belonging to the Jamaica Railway Corporation
had been in common carrier service until 1992 but are no longer
operational; 57 km of the remaining track is privately owned and
used by ALCAN to transport bauxite (2003)
Roadways:
total: 20,996 km
paved: 15,386 km (including 33 km of expressways)
unpaved: 5,610 km (2004)
Merchant marine:
total: 10 ships (1000 GRT or over) 124,323 GRT/184,247 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 5, cargo 2, petroleum tanker 1, roll on/roll
off 2
foreign-owned: 10 (Germany 3, Greece 6, Italy 1) (2006)
Ports and terminals:
Kingston, Port Esquivel, Port Kaiser, Port Rhoades, Rocky Point
Military Jamaica
Military branches:
Jamaica Defense Force: Ground Forces, Coast Guard, Air Wing
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for voluntary military service; younger recruits
may be conscripted with parental consent (2001)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 592,018
females age 18-49: 616,500 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 478,761
females age 18-49: 504,541 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males age 18-49: 27,923
females age 18-49: 27,889 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$31.17 million (2003 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
0.4% (2003 est.)
Transnational Issues Jamaica
Disputes - international:
none
Trafficking in persons:
current situation: Jamaica is a source country for men, women, and
children trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation and
labor; information suggests that women from the Dominican Republic
and Eastern Europe are also trafficked to Jamaica for sexual
exploitation; women and children are trafficked internally from
rural to urban and tourist areas for sexual exploitation; there may
also be trafficking for domestic servitude and forced labor
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Jamaica is placed on the Tier 2
Watch List based on the determination that it is making significant
efforts to undertake future action
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