Electric and plug-in hybrid, out
Effective August 1, 2025, TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico stopped accepting electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids, citing the fire and safety risk their batteries pose at sea.
Ocean vehicles
The boat to San Juan has one carrier, and it prints its price
Most vehicle lanes in this trade will not put a dollar figure on a page. This one does. TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico posts a southbound rate starting at 1,220.00 USD for a standard car sailing from Jacksonville, Florida to San Juan, read from TOTE's own site on 2026-08-22, and the details below — size limits, the fuel and hybrid rules, the sailing schedule — come from that same page. Nothing here is a quote for your specific vehicle; it is what the one carrier running this lane chooses to publish.
Carrier's own posted rateRead 2026-08-22Belongings box priced live
One posted rate, one carrier
Most of this trade quotes by phone. Jacksonville to San Juan is the exception, and it is TOTE's number, not ours.
The one number this trade prints
TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico's personal vehicles page, read 2026-08-22, states a southbound rate that starts at 1,220.00 USD for a standard vehicle and 1,320.00 USD for one standing 77 to 100 inches tall. That single sentence is unusual for this industry — the domestic auto-transport trade and the Hawaii ocean lanes both price a specific car after a person looks at it, and neither one prints a number on a public page the way TOTE does here.
| Detail | What TOTE publishes |
|---|---|
| Route | Jacksonville, FL to San Juan, PR |
| Starting rate, standard vehicle | From 1,220.00 USD |
| 77 to 100 in tall | 1,320.00 USD |
| Sailing frequency | Twice weekly |
| Stated transit | 55 hours |
Two things that figure does not include: getting the vehicle to Jacksonville in the first place, and anything TOTE tacks on for a vehicle that needs its own arrangements. Treat 1,220.00 USD as the floor for a standard car already at the port, not the whole cost of the move from wherever you actually live.
What TOTE will not carry, as of 2026-08-22
The posted rate comes with real limits, and two of them changed recently enough to matter. TOTE's own page states the vehicle must not exceed 900 cubic feet or 82 inches of width, and that motorcycles are not accepted on this service at all.
Mild hybrids, still in
A mild hybrid that does not draw on electric power to move the vehicle is still accepted, which is the distinction TOTE draws rather than banning every car with a battery in it.
Height moves the price by 100 USD
Everything up to 76 inches tall rides at the base rate; a vehicle standing 77 to 100 inches is posted at 1,320.00 USD instead, which is where a lifted truck or a van conversion lands before anyone measures the rest of it.
TOTE's page points to shipping instruction packets in English and Spanish for the paperwork side of a booking rather than listing every document requirement on the public page itself. Get that packet before assuming the 1,220.00 USD figure is the whole transaction.
The part we can price without a phone call
Ocean carriers on every lane we have checked restrict what rides inside the car, so the contents usually become a separate box. We ran an 18 x 14 x 12 in, 25 lb carton of clothing and household items from Berkeley Heights, NJ to San Juan, PR against production on 2026-08-22.
| Service | Price | Estimated transit |
|---|---|---|
| USPS Ground Advantage | $81.26 | 6-7 business days |
| USPS Priority Mail | $110.94 | 2-3 business days |
| FedEx Ground Economy | $163.33 | 14-15 business days |
| USPS Priority Mail Express | $241.44 | 2-3 business days |
USPS Ground Advantage at $81.26 is both the cheapest option here and faster than the slowest one, which is not always how a Puerto Rico rate table sorts out. Check your own carton against the exact box before assuming this one matches it.
What SMKlog does with a request like this
What our checkout can issue is a United States domestic parcel label. Nothing in that product line reaches a vehicle deck on a ship. A vehicle request goes through freight review, where a person can work from the car's real measurements against TOTE's stated limits — though nobody on our side can change what TOTE charges or accepts. See our Hawaii vehicle guide for how a different ocean lane prices the same kind of move, and our parcels to Puerto Rico guide for everything that is not a vehicle.
Where these figures come from
- TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico, Ship a Car to Puerto Rico — the Jacksonville-to-San Juan route, the posted starting rate and height upcharge, sailing frequency, transit time, the 900 cubic foot and 82 inch limits, the motorcycle exclusion, and the electric/plug-in hybrid restriction effective 8/1/2025. Read 2026-08-22.
- Prices: our own capture of one carton against production on 2026-08-22, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 to San Juan, PR 00926.
Rates and vehicle restrictions on this trade move between sailings. Everything above is what TOTE had posted on the date shown; check the live figures with the carrier before a booking rests on them.
Common questions
How much does it cost to ship a car to Puerto Rico?
TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico is the one carrier on this lane that posts an actual number rather than an estimate: southbound service from Jacksonville, Florida to San Juan starts at 1,220.00 USD for a standard vehicle, and TOTE posts 1,320.00 USD for a vehicle 77 to 100 inches tall. Both are TOTE's own published rates, read from totemaritime.com on 2026-08-22, not a quote for your specific car.
Which carrier runs this lane and where does it sail from?
TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico, sailing twice weekly from Jacksonville, Florida to San Juan with a stated 55-hour transit time. Getting the car to Jacksonville, or arranging that leg, is a separate step this page does not price.
Can I ship an electric or hybrid vehicle to Puerto Rico?
Not on TOTE as of 2026-08-22. Effective August 1, 2025, TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico stopped accepting electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids, citing fire and safety risk at sea. Mild hybrids that do not draw on electric power during transit are still accepted.
What size vehicle fits, and what happens if mine is bigger?
TOTE's own page states a limit of 900 cubic feet and 82 inches of width, with a second posted rate of 1,320.00 USD once a vehicle stands 77 to 100 inches tall. Motorcycles are not accepted on this service at all. A vehicle outside those figures is a call to TOTE, not a page that can quote it.
What about the things inside the car?
That part we can price directly. An 18 x 14 x 12 in carton of clothing and household items went from Berkeley Heights, NJ to San Juan, PR for $81.26 on USPS Ground Advantage, quoted against production on 2026-08-22.