The Puerto Rico Maritime Transport Authority es, Autoridad de Transporte Marítimo (ATM) is a government-owned corporation of Puerto Rico charged with providing maritime transportation services for

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and

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within

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...

, including the island municipalities of

Vieques Vieques (; ), officially Isla de Vieques, is an island and municipality of Puerto Rico, in the northeastern Caribbean, part of an island grouping sometimes known as the Spanish Virgin Islands. Vieques is part of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, ...

and Culebra. The agency is ascribed to the Department of Transportation and Public Works and was established by .

Services

The agency oversees three major services for maritime transportation within the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. These include:

Executive director

2009present: Carlos D. Pérez Medina

External links

References

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