Port of San Juan | |
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![]() The Port of San Juan is one of the busiest ports in the Caribbean and Latin America. | |
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Location | |
Location | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Coordinates | 18°27′47″N 66°06′42″W / 18.463134°N 66.111774°W |
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Draft depth | 36–56 feet[1] |
The Port of San Juan (Spanish: Puerto de San Juan) is a seaport facility located in the metropolitan area of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The "Port of San Juan" is the general name used to call various passenger and cargo facilities located in lands around the San Juan Bay (Bahía de San Juan).[further explanation needed] The port is composed of a total of sixteen piers, of which eight are used for passenger ships and eight for cargo ships.[citation needed] The port's facilities, in addition to, Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport and the Cataño Ferry "Lancha de Cataño" services, are property of the Puerto Rico Ports Authority.
The bay and its docks are located along San Antonio Canal, a narrow navigable section of San Juan Bay lying south of Old San Juan and San Juan island, and north and west of the Puerto Rico Convention Center District and Isla Grande Airport. The municipalities of Cataño, Guaynabo and San Juan compose the south side of the bay and port.