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A bottleneck in the Port of San Juan can be mitigated by increasing port capacity, or avoided by smoothing increases in demand

• The key capacity constraints at the port are in material-handling equipment and yard space to store containers.
• If increases in demand are communicated with sufficient lead time to terminal operators, the operators can ensure that equipment is in place when it is needed.

With $10 billion in annual recovery spending, 2,300 additional truckers will be needed

• This will require procuring vehicles, training and licensing new drivers, and attracting truck drivers.
• Since procurement of trucking services is a prerequisite to utilizing the road network, potential logistics delays may occur due to shortage of truckers irrespective of road network capacity.

If each additional trucker employed increases the number of trucks on the road by one, the Puerto Rico road network outside San Juan can accommodate this additional demand

• Off-peak, the highways outside San Juan can handle 1,000–2,000 additional trucks per hour before there is a very high risk of congestion.
• This capacity is expected to be sufficient for the amount of recovery activity associated with $10 billion in annual recovery spending.

If additional material is released over several hours at off-peak times, highways near San Juan will also have sufficient capacity

• Highways in San Juan are more likely to be congested even in off-peak hours but will likely experience only minor delays.
• Bridges along the highway network should be able to sustain the additional traffic, although some will require maintenance soon.

Puerto Rico's seaborne logistics capacity is assessed in the context of the anticipated increase in imported materials and the need to transport large, heavy materials onto, and then around, the main island for recovery projects following Hurricane Maria. The near-term logistics challenges to the implementation of Puerto Rico's recovery plan are identified, taking into account the degradation of the transportation network in the aftermath of the 2017 hurricanes.

Transportation capacity requirements consistent with the recovery plan are projected. Network analysis of the posthurricane condition of the transportation systems confirmed that the anticipated increase in demands to support the recovery can be accommodated. This analysis shows that the increased traffic from implementing the recovery plan can be supported with existing infrastructure using modest mitigation actions. Recommendations include actions to mitigate bottlenecks, such as the government of Puerto Rico and U.S. federal agencies involved in recovery coordinating with port terminal operators to ensure that material-handling equipment and yard space to store containers are available when needed.

• Chapter One

  Introduction

• Chapter Two

  Ports

• Chapter Three

  Logistics Analysis of the Road Transportation Network

• Chapter Four

  Conclusions and Recommendations