Puerto Transatlántico Internacional Teniente José Azueta, International cruise port in Acapulco, Mexico
Puerto Transatlántico Internacional Teniente José Azueta is an international cruise port on Mexico's Pacific coast that spans over 500 meters and accommodates vessels with varying drafts. The facility includes a passenger terminal, yacht dock with basic services, a dry marina, and a fuel station for recreational boats.
The sources do not record a founding date for the passenger port; they describe it as operated today by the Administración Portuaria Integral de Acapulco S.A. de C.V. Cruise traffic peaked around 2010, when 120 to 140 vessels a year brought some 240,000 passengers and over 42 million dollars annually. By 2012 insecurity had cut expectations to 14 calls and under 10,000 visitors, with routes hoped to resume by 2015.
The port is attached to the Acapulco Marina and Yacht Club, and its passenger terminal includes a commercial area alongside a waiting room for travellers. Cruise ships calling here have included the QE2, Crystal Symphony, Maasdam and Vision of the Seas. In 2010 the port averaged 120 to 140 vessel calls a year, bringing some 240,000 passengers.
The port sits on the Malecón and is laid out in ordered sections from east to west, from the marina quay and fuel depot to Terminal 2, the cruise terminal and the floating dock. A six-storey car park plus a separate taxi parking area serve arrivals. The passenger terminal has a waiting room and a commercial area, and the port is linked to the Acapulco marina and yacht club.
The port's areas run east to west in a fixed order: marina quay, fuel depot, marina dock, car terminal, adjoining automobile terminal, API Acapulco offices, dry dock, Terminal 2, cruise terminal and floating dock. The dry marina, or "dry storage", keeps small yachts on land rather than afloat.
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