The Port of Kingston is strategically situated on the southeast axis through the Caribbean, approx. 51.499 km from the trade routes. It has at least 14 piers and an increasing number of wharves.
- TEU’s: 3.2 million
- Amounted 1.65 million TEU handled (2019)
- Provide terminal handling services
The Port of Black River is a significant and busy seaport on the south coast of Jamaica. They mainly handle general cargo.
- TEU’s: N/A
- Exports run, pimento, and cattle skin
- Commercial center for lucrative logwood trade
The Port of LUCEA is also known as LUCEA Port, located on the Northwest coast of Jamaica, in Cornwall, 15nm west of Montego Bay.
- TEU’s: N/A
- Own facilities with one wharf
- Handles molasses tankers
- Anchorage depth: 9.4m – 10m
The Port of Montego Bay, also known as MoBay, ranked as the 2nd-largest cruise port in Jamaica.
- TEU’s: N/A
- Can accommodate up to four vessels per day
- Composed with six berths
Ocho Rios Port has two piers: (1) Turtle Bay (2) James Bond. They are positioned on the North coast of Jamaica, approximately 50nm East of Montego Bay.
- TEU’s: 227,000
- Composed of three berths
- Export bulk sugar and other dry bulk cargoes
- Accommodate 321 cruise ships annually
Port Antonio is located 68 miles E of Ocho Rios, on the northeastern coast of Jamaica.
- TEU’s: N/A
- Famous as a shipping point for coconuts and bananas
- Provide container shipping service
Port Esquivel Port, previously known as Puerta de Esquivela is located near Old Harbour in St. Catherina, at the head of Portland Bight.
- TEU’s: N/A
- Handled approx. 2.5m tons of cargo annually
- Principally operates aluminum oxide (alumina)
- Provide berthing for two vessels
Port Kaiser is situated in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica. The port has a length of 2.67 kilometers. It has one main pier with depth alongside 11.5m.
- Handled over 2.255 m tons of cargo annually
- Own loading facilities for Alumina and Bauxite
- Cargo Pier: 36-40 ft 11-12.2 m
- Handled general cargo at a small finger pier
Port of Port Rhoades is a joint venture between The Government of Jamaica and Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partnership.
- TEU’s: N/A
- Composed of facility handling Bauxite and alumina
- Traffic figures: Approx 4,210,000t of cargo handled per year
- Handled largest vessel
Port of Port Royal is positioned at the end of the Palisadoes, at the mouth of Kingston Harbour, in SE Jamaica.
- TEU: 3304 TEU-container handled
- One of the major cargo port and cruise port
The Port of Rio Bueno is owned, operated, and managed by the Port Authority of Jamaica.
- TEU’s: NA
- Geographical position: 18.4758N, 77.4546W.
Port of Rocky Point is a pier, jetty, and wharf type of port. It is situated 1nm South of Salt Island, on the Southern coast of Jamaica.
- TEU’s: N/A
- Traffic figures: more than 1.43m tons of cargo annually
- Operated and managed by Jamalco
- Load and discharge fule oil, heavy plant and equipment, etc
Port of Salt River is a deep seaport situated nearby Port Maria.
- TEU’s: N/A
- Consists of bulk shipping terminal and warehouses
- Latitude: 17º 51′ 43” N, Longitude: -77º -9′ -20” W
Port of Savanna La Mar is located in southwestern Jamaica, on an open bay, at the mouth of the Cabarita River.
- TEU: N/A
- Port Type: Pier, Jetty, or Wharf
Port of Morant Bay is a Caribbean port, situated approx. Ten miles west of Morant Point on the eastern tip of Jamaica.
- TEU: N/A
- Mainly export bananas and rum production
- Anchorage depth: 7.1m – 9.1m
- Harbor Type: Open Roadstead
- Maximum size: 500 feet in length
Falmouth Cruise Port is one of the largest cruise ships in the world. It is a first-class ship, a state-of-the-art cruise terminal.
- TEU’s: N/A
- It consists of two piers
- Can accommodate post-Panamax cruise vessels
- Handles approx. 1 million cruise tourists annually