Port of San Juan is the vehicle port on the location list. Crowley publishes vehicle shipping between Jacksonville and San Juan and tells the customer to book before delivery, to bring the vehicle to the port 24 hours before the scheduled sailing, and to leave no more than a quarter tank of fuel. Crowley says no personal items are permitted inside the vehicle except a spare tire and a jack. TOTE publishes personal-vehicle service on the same Jacksonville-San Juan pair and describes twice-weekly sailings. Book with the operator. This page does not print their rates. A mainland broker's open-trailer quote is the wrong product.
What happens when the ship arrives?
Crowley's San Juan instructions say to confirm the vehicle is unloaded, then go to the Crowley car division on Lindbergh Street, across from Isla Grande Airport, with photo identification and the booking number, to get the original bill of lading. Hacienda inspectors leave an appraisal form in the vehicle. Taxes are paid in Hacienda's online system. Crowley says the release can take 3 to 7 days and that you cannot take the car until that release. The Puerto Rico Ports Authority requires inbound motor vehicles through San Juan to be scanned. Crowley says that scanning assessment is on the vessel agent, not billed by the authority to the shipper.
Streets, campus, and old bases
Once the car is released, you drive it. You do not send a stateside multi-car trailer to a Condado address. NUC University in Bayamón is the listed campus. The location list also names Naval Radio Transmitter Facility Aguada and Roosevelt Roads Naval Station. Confirm the site is still an active delivery gate before you plan around it. This note does not treat either as a current household-goods vehicle port.
Registration
CESCO, under the Department of Transportation and Public Works, registers vehicles. Law 22 says a vehicle is not registered or titled the first time unless Hacienda excise tax has been paid, and it cannot leave the docks without proof of ownership. The CESCO home page does not state how many days a new resident has. Read the Puerto Rico registration page before you drive the car on a public road.
