Puerto Rico Ports Authority

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Puerto Rico Ports Authority
Agency overview
FormedMarch 19, 1955; 66 years ago (1955-03-19)
Preceding agency
  • Puerto Rico Transport Authority
JurisdictionExecutive Branch
HeadquartersSan Juan, Puerto Rico
Agency executive
  • , Executive Director
Parent departmentDepartment of Transportation and Public Works
Key document
Websitewww.prpa.pr.gov

The Puerto Rico Ports Authority (PRPA) (Spanish: Autoridad de los Puertos; AP) is a government-owned corporation of Puerto Rico charged with developing, operating, and overseeing all and airports in Puerto Rico.[1][2][3] The Authority is ascribed to the Department of Transportation and Public Works and is governed by a Board of Directors whose members are appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. Its day-to-day operations are under the charge of an , currently Omar Marrero Díaz.[4]

Seaports overseen[]

Name Municipality Cardinality
Salinas south
Arecibo north
Ceiba east
Fajardo east
Guayanilla south
Port of Mayagüez Mayagüez west
Port of San Juan San Juan north
Yabucoa southeast
Rafael Cordero Santiago Port of the Americas Ponce south

Airports overseen[]

Name Municipality IATA
Antonio (Nery) Juarbe Pol Airport Arecibo ABO
Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport Vieques VQS
Benjamín Rivera Noriega Airport Culebra CPX
Eugenio María de Hostos Airport Mayagüez MAZ
Fernando Ribas Dominicci Airport San Juan SIG
Humacao Airport Humacao X63
José Aponte de la Torre Airport Ceiba RVR
Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport Carolina SJU
Mercedita Airport Ponce PSE
Rafael Hernández Airport Aguadilla BQN

Executive Directors[]

  • 2017–present:

References[]

  1. ^ www.PRPA.gobierno.pr Archived 2012-02-06 at the Wayback Machine, official government website for Puerto Rico Ports Authority (in Spanish)
  2. ^ "Contáctenos". pr.gov. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Ley Núm. 17 de 19 abril 1955". gobierno.pr. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Rosselló nombra a Omar Marrero para dirigir tres corporaciones – CB Español". cb.pr. Retrieved 2017-07-02.

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