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Playa De Ponce
UN/LOCODE PRPSE · Scale rank #472 worldwide
- Harbour size
- Medium
- Harbour type
- coastal (breakwater)
- Cargo pier depth
- 7.9 m
- Largest vessel
- —
Overview
Playa De Ponce is a medium seaport in Puerto Rico – harbour type: coastal (breakwater). Cargo pier depth up to 7.9 m; channel depth 9.4 m. Water body: Caribbean Sea; North Atlantic Ocean.
- Country
- Puerto Rico
- Water body
- Caribbean Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
- UN/LOCODE
PRPSE- WPI number
- 11260
- Coordinates
- 17.9833, -66.6167
- Harbour size
- Medium
- Harbour type
- coastal (breakwater)
- Shelter
- Fair
Location
Infrastructure & depths
Berths & cargo facilities
- ✓ Wharves
Cranes & lifts
- ✓ Mobile cranes
- ✓ Lifts 100+ t
- ✓ Lifts 25–49 t
- Repairs
- Limited
Services & access
Pilotage, tugs & traffic
- ✓ Pilotage compulsory
- ✓ Pilotage available
- ✓ Tug assistance
- ✓ First port of entry
Services & supplies
- ✓ Longshoremen
- ✓ Electricity
- ✗ Electrical repair
- ✗ Navigation equipment
- ✓ Medical facilities
- ✓ Garbage disposal
- ✓ Dirty ballast disposal
- ✓ Potable water
- ✓ Fuel oil
- ✓ Diesel oil
- ✓ Deck supplies
- ✓ Engine supplies
Entrance restrictions
- ✓ Tide: no
- ! Heavy swell: yes
- ✓ Ice: no
- ! Other: yes
✓ available · ✗ not available; items without data are hidden (World Port Index).
Vessel schedules
No liner service calling at Playa De Ponce in the schedule data yet.
Schedules & tracking of major carriers:
Trade with Vietnam
Vietnam has no FTA with Puerto Rico: MFN rates apply (if a WTO member).
Puerto Rico market profile →International shippingSteel & steel structure manufacturing
Nearby ports
| Port | Country | Harbour size | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Johns |  AG | Medium | 514 km |
| Pointe A Pitre |  GP | Medium | 574 km |
| Andres (Andres Lng Terminal) |  DO | Medium | 323 km |
| Ensenada Honda | PR | Medium | 108 km |
| Playa De Guayanilla | PR | Medium | 16 km |
| Road Harbor |  VG | Medium | 217 km |
| Santo Domingo | DO | Medium | 349 km |
| Philipsburg |  SX | Small | 377 km |
Sources: World Port Index (NGA Pub. 150) – retrieved 2026-10-14; TEU: Lloyd’s List One Hundred Ports. For reference – confirm with the port or agent before operations. · U.S. Coast Pilot 5 - Gulf of Mexico Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands ↗