SOUTH AMERICA

Major access improvements for Colombian ports

9 years ago

In Colombia, both the Ministry of Transport and the National Roads Institute (Invías) are planning to put tenders out in 2018 to improve access channels to the ports of Cartagena and Buenaventura.

Improvements will include deepening of the access to the port of Buenaventura. Credit: Ececho I. Coello.

In the case of Cartagena, this will involve construction of an alternative access canal, some 1.8 kilometres in length, costing $58m. This is currently in its final environmental impact assessment stage.

At Buenaventura, the plan is to implement Phase II of the deepening of the access to the port, involving 30 kilometres of area. Preliminary studies are at an advanced stage.

Accesses to the ports of Buenaventura, San Andrés and Providencia are also to be dredged. In total, a budget of $52.2m has been set aside for this, which includes the $4.7m needed for the dredging and maintenance of access to the Port of Barranquilla.