Cruise ports in Sint Maarten

Practical basics

• Currency

  Netherlands Antillean guilder on the Dutch side, euro on the French side; US dollars accepted across the island

• Language

  Dutch and English on the Dutch side, French on the French side; English is universal in tourist areas

• Time zone

  Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−4), no daylight saving

• Getting ashore

  1 port with a berth, 0 where ships tender

Drawn from the individual port guides below. Currency, language and berthing can differ between ports in the same country, so the detail that matters is on each port's own page.

Every Sint Maarten cruise port

• St. Maarten

  Ships dock · 8–10 hours

  An island split between Dutch and French rule, with a large modern pier, a beachfront capital and the aircraft-watching beach at Maho.

Regions Sint Maarten sits in

• Eastern Caribbean

  7 nights · Sails year-round

  The Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, St. Maarten and the northern Leewards — walkable towns and short tender-free port days.

Other countries with cruise ports

• Antigua and Barbuda 1 port
• Aruba 1 port
• Bahamas 9 ports
• Barbados 1 port
• Belize 2 ports
• Bonaire 1 port
• British Virgin Islands 1 port
• Canada 1 port
• Cayman Islands 1 port
• Croatia 2 ports
• Curaçao 1 port
• Dominica 1 port
• France 2 ports
• Greece 5 ports
• Grenada 1 port
• Guadeloupe 1 port
• Honduras 1 port
• Italy 5 ports
• Jamaica 3 ports
• Malta 1 port
• Martinique 1 port
• Mexico 8 ports
• Montenegro 1 port
• Puerto Rico 1 port
• Spain 2 ports
• St. Kitts and Nevis 1 port
• St. Lucia 1 port
• St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1 port
• Turkey 2 ports
• United States 6 ports
• US Virgin Islands 3 ports