Port of San Juan

The Port of San Juan (), also known as San Juan Harbor, is the largest seaport facility in Puerto Rico, located in and around San Juan Bay in the northeastern Atlantic coast of the archipelago and island. Primarily concentrated along the northern, eastern, and southern shorelines of the bay within San Juan, the capital city and municipality, with smaller sections along the western shoreline in the neighboring municipalities of Guaynabo and Cataño, the port consists of multiple public and private passenger, and cargo facilities. Public facilities are administered by the Puerto Rico Ports Authority (PRPA), under the Department of Transportation and Public Works of Puerto Rico.

The main passenger facilities of the port are the cruise terminals in San Juan, collectively known as the San Juan Cruise Port. It is situated in and around San Antonio Channel, a narrow inlet of San Juan Bay situated between the Old San Juan historic quarter in San Juan Islet in the north, the Guillermo Esteves Bridge in the east, and the Puerto Rico Convention Center and Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport in the Isla Grande district of Santurce barrio in the south. It consists of piers 1, 3, 4, and 11 to 13 in San Juan Islet as well as the Pan American piers I and II in Isla Grande.

The main cargo facilities of the port are located in the Puerto Nuevo Terminal in the Hato Rey Norte and Gobernador Piñero barrios in San Juan. It handles containerized and break-bulk cargoes with and without shore-side cranes. Containers are also handled at the public Army Terminal in the Pueblo Viejo barrio in Guaynabo and the private barge Isla Grande Terminal in the Isla Grande district of Santurce barrio in San Juan. Additional private facilities handle containers in ro-ro and barge service, and bulk commodities. Major commodities handled at the port include manufactured products, distillate fuel oil, gasoline, foodstuffs, and kerosene.

Cargo facilities

The Port of San Juan's cargo facilities are located on the southern portion of San Juan Bay. Of the approximately eight cargo terminals, five are located in the Puerto Nuevo district of San Juan and the other three are located in the neighboring municipality of Guaynabo. The cargo facilities allow for more than 500,000 square feet (46,000 m2) of space for loading and unloading cargo.

The location of the port's cargo facilities give it immediate access to Puerto Rico's vast expressway system and several major local routes, this allows for the fast and efficient transportation of goods throughout the Metropolitan Area and the rest of the island.

Passenger facilities The Port of San Juan's passenger facilities are located along San Antonio Canal. Of the 15 piers in the channel, four accommodate cruise ships while others serve cargo vessels and the Cataño Ferry.

Ferry service The Cataño Ferry (Lancha de Cataño) provides multiple daily round-trips from San Juan to Cataño.

Cruise service

While most cargo ships dock on the south side of San Juan Bay, cruise ships arrive at piers located in the north along San Antonio Canal between San Juan Islet and the main island of Puerto Rico in the capital municipality, San Juan. Originally the docks of the Old San Juan historic city, this arrangement allows cruise visitors to walk to major attractions such as the Old San Juan historic quarter, Condado resort area, and the Puerto Rico Convention Center District. The Hato Rey business center, Isla Verde resort area, and Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport are 5 to 7 miles from the cruise ship docks. Some of the most recognized ships to have docked at the San Juan Cruise Port during the late 1970s and early 1980s, were the Carla C, and Cunard's Countess and Princess ships.

Ships based out of San Juan The following cruise ships are homeported at San Juan: Brilliance of the Seas (seasonal) Celebrity Summit (seasonal) Disney Magic Grand Princess Jewel of the Seas (seasonal) Norwegian Epic Norwegian Viva Rhapsody of the Seas Silver Wind (seasonal) depart from San Juan to Fort Lauderdale Sea Dream II (seasonal)

Future ships based out of San Juan Star Pride Viking Sea

Operators that visit San Juan The following operators visit San Juan: AIDA Cruises Azamara Club Cruises Carnival Celebrity Costa Crociere Crystal Cruises Disney Cruise Line Holland America Line MSC Cruises Norwegian Cruise Line Oceania Cruises Princess Cruises Regent Seven Seas Cruises Royal Caribbean SeaDream Yacht Club Silversea Viking Ocean Cruises Windstar Cruises

Destinations The following is a listing of the majority of the locations served by passenger ship and ferry routes.

Aruba Antigua Bahamas Barbados Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Curaçao Dominican Republic Dominica Grenada Florida Jamaica Mexico St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Maarten Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos US Virgin Islands Venezuela

Operations during Hurricane Maria After Hurricane Maria devastated the communications and electricity network in Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017, the Port could not get enough truck drivers to distribute containers of relief supplies. The landslides, floods, lack of gasoline, water and food, caused a "vast humanitarian and logistical challenge" and a FEMA rep said on October 3, "We are currently developing a strategy to reach the center of the island.”

Port of San Juan

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