Colombia’s port areas moved 135.1 million tons of cargo during the first nine months of 2024, which represents an increase of 4.2% compared to the same period last year, that is, 5.4 million were moved. tons more.
Point out the report ‘Port traffic in Colombia January – September 2024’from the Superintendency of Transportation, that the areas with the greatest increase in their exports were Cartagena 37.2% (9.3 million tons), followed by Río Magdalena with 30.2% (170 thousand tons), and Barranquilla with 20, 6% (3.6 million tons).
Regarding imports, between January and September of this year, a growth of 0.5% was recorded compared to the same period in 2023, which means 172 thousand more tons in Colombian ports.
Río Magdalena was the port area with the greatest increase in its imports (31.7%), while the port of Buenaventura increased imported merchandise by 682 thousand tons with 2 percentage points and an increase of 6.9% compared to last year. .
The Caribbean region had the largest movement of merchandise with 118.3 million tons, followed by the Pacific region with 14.9 million tons.
By type of traffic, 81.1% of the cargo was international movement (58% export and 23% import), followed by transshipment cargo (12.5%) and cabotage (4.9%).
Cargo mobilization through port areas
The SuperTransporte document states that 27.5% of the cargo was moved through Cartagena (37.1 million tons); followed by Ciénaga with 18.2% (24.5 million tons) and the Gulf of Morrosquillo with 14.3% (19.2 million tons).
San Andrés with 221 thousand tons, and Tumaco with 6 thousand tons, were the port areas with the least cargo moved in the period.
Bulk coal was the most moved cargo with 45.7 million tons (33.9% of the total), followed by liquid bulk with 36.5 million tons (27% of the share), while general cargo occupied the lower mobilization with 3.4 million tons (2.6% of the share).
Exports and Imports
In the first nine months of the year, the main exported product was coal, with 44.3 million tons (56.5% of the total and an increase of 7% compared to 2023); They are followed by petroleum products with 13.1 million tons (16.7% of the cargo and an increase of 17.7%); oil, with 9.6 million tons moved (12.2% of cargo and increase of 9%)
Oils and fats are the products with the least exports during the period of analysis: a drop of -23.5%.
Likewise, the most imported products from January to September 2024 were: petroleum products (4.4 million tons, 14.2% of the total); corn (4.2 million tons and 13.8% of the total); and boxes and packaging (2.4 million tons and 8.8% of total cargo).
Movement by ships
The analysis says that between January and September 2024, 8,431 ships arrived at national ports: Cartagena received 3,465 (41.1% of the total), while the one that received the fewest ships was Tumaco with 17 (0.2% of the total).
*Information: Superintendency of Transportation
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