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| Port Operator: | Port
Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (Website) |
| Dock Facilities: |
Two
rail mounted gantry cranes (capacity 36 tonnes). Five rubber-tyred
gantry cranes |
| Area: |
(Container
Terminal): 10 hectares (inc. reefer storage) and five hectares
open storage. Berths:
11 with 2,000metres of quay wall |
| Capital : | Port-of-Spain |
| Official Language: | English |
| Tot al population: | 1,104,209 |
| Area: | 5,128sq.km |
| GDP: | US$ 5,128m |
| Currency: | Trinidad and Tobago Dollar(TT$) |
| Time zone: | GMT 4 |
| Dialling code: | 001 868 |
| Business hours: | 8am - 12 noon 1pm - 4pm Monday - Friday |
Trinidad
Trinidad is situated at the South East end of the Caribbean chain and has an area of nearly 5,000 square miles. The country was first inhabited by the Arawak and Carib Indians before Cristopher Colombus landed on its shores in 1498. Today the population is 1.2 million.
Trinidad and Tobago are the southernmost islands of the Lesser Antilles chain, separated from Venezuela by the 11 km straits of the Gulf of Paria; the two islands are 30 km apart. They have been a republic since 1962.
The islands have rich deposits of oil and natural gas. However, the collapse of oil prices led to a difficult recession, and devaluation, rescheduling of foreign debt and adopting a strict austerity budget. The agricultural sector consists primarily of sugar for export, coffee, cocoa and citrus. Tourism activities are concentrated on developing the infrastructure. As a result of the government's privatisation programme, there are opportunities for foreign firmsin electricity generation and electrical industrial products, food processing and hotel and tourism development
There is a free zone at Point Lisas in Central Trinidad, and several other zone sites are under consideration. The corporate tax rate is 45% but various tax and investment incentives are available.
Trinidad and Tobago have no government-owned railways. The main ports of entry on Trinidad are Port-of-Spain and Point Lisas, with other ports at Chaguaramas, Point-a-Pierre and Port Fortin. Tobago is served by the port of Scarborough. Piarco International Airport is 30 km from Port-of-Spain in Trinidad, and Crown Point International Airport 13 km from Scarborough in Tobago.
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