The port authority has 10.2 hectares of storage and 13.9 hectares of open space. In total, the port authority has 6.9 kilometers (22.7 thousand feet) of berthing including 34 docks and 46 berths. The Port Authority of Puerto Rico owns, operates, and manages facilities for cargo and cruise vessels. Today, the port authority for the Port of San Juan owns, operates, and manages port facilities handling both cargo and passengers. In 1946, the Division of Harbors and Docks was created with responsibility for managing the Port of San Juan. Originally, the port authority for the Port of San Juan was responsible for the bus service. La Autoridad de los Puertos de Puerto Rico is governed by a Board of Directors headed by an Executive Director with members representing the Department of Transportation and Public Works (chair), the Department of Economic Development and Trade, the Manager Industrial Development Company, the Tourism Company, and a member representing public interests. In 1971, the Port Authority was moved to the Department of Transportation and Public Works.
In 1950, the agency was transferred to the Economic Development Administration. The Autoridad de los Puertos de Puerto Rico (the Port Authority of Puerto Rico), formerly known as the Transportation Authority of Puerto Rico, is a public corporation created by the United States' territory by act of law in 1942.
