Puerto Rico Maritime Transport Authority

Ferryboat at Puerto Rico Maritime Transport Authority

Puerto Rico Maritime Transport Authority carried 1,595,365 ferryboat boardings in FY2024 at $28.35 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Ferryboat Guaynabo, PR
FY2024 boardings
1.6M
+15.1% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$28.35
-25.8% nationwide $16.88
Subsidy per ride
$24.38
-28% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
14%
+22.2% nationwide 25.8%
Passenger miles
19.7M
average trip 12.36 miles
Operating cost
$45.2M
Vehicles in service
11
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
106.21
15K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through July 2026.

This year against the last five

Same months on one axis, so seasonality does not read as a trend

Annual boardings

Ten-year series

Cost

This service against every ferryboat operator in the country.

Cost per ride

This agency against the national figure for the same mode

Fare recovery

Share of operating cost covered by fares

Directly operated and purchased service, FY2024

NTD reports these separately. An agency that contracts a service out reports the contract price, which bundles costs a directly operating agency reports line by line.

Service Boardings Passenger miles Revenue hours Operating cost Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery Vehicles
Purchased transportation 1,595,365 19,724,600 15,021 $45,222,014 $28.35 $24.38 14% 11

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Miles between failures

Revenue miles divided by mechanical failures. Higher is better.

Full series

Every year Puerto Rico Maritime Transport Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 1,595,365 19,724,600 206,349 15,021 $45,222,014 $6,322,454 $28.35 $24.38 14%
2023 1,385,794 17,869,630 204,774 14,491 $52,974,372 $6,059,547 $38.23 $33.85 11.4%
2022 980,551 10,594,108 194,930 13,723 $39,535,856 $1,702,564 $40.32 $38.58 4.3%
2021 435,009 0 80,828 3,886 $40,493,241 $749,088 $93.09 $91.36 1.8%
2020 1,523,721 19,042,391 190,198 14,604 $41,213,799 $1,468,603 $27.05 $26.08 3.6%
2019 1,626,912 20,981,031 196,483 15,689 $35,240,668 $1,611,946 $21.66 $20.67 4.6%
2018 1,249,490 11,287,502 153,563 13,486 $29,616,488 $1,294,604 $23.70 $22.67 4.4%
2016 1,730,311 23,248,367 178,537 13,975 $38,178,216 $1,776,603 $22.06 $21.04 4.7%
2015 1,825,597 23,452,514 177,456 15,422 $32,363,336 $1,891,467 $17.73 $16.69 5.8%