Maritime Passenger Station
ESMAPA is situated near the historical, cultural and financial
center of Brazil`s main post card: Rio de Janeiro, with just
5 minutes of distance from the Santos Dumont Domestic Airport,
15 minutes from the Tom Jobim International Airport, and about
hailf na hour from the tourist points of interest to ship passengers
and crew, such as the Corcovado, the Sugar Loaf, the Maracanã
Stadiuim, and the lovely, famous Copacabana and Ipanema beaches.
The Maritime Passenger Station – ESMAPA/ PIER MAUÁ comprises
a area of 10.000 m², and is part of the PIER MAUÁ
undertaking offering its clients a adequate and specialized
infrastructure to onboard and disendark passengers and crews,
as well as those in transit, and their baggage, with berths
that allow to harbor up to 5 liners such as it happened, among
others, to the luxury liners “Queen mary 2” and “Infinity”in
Rio`s 2004 carnival.
