The Cartagena Container Terminal is the City of Cartagena's principal container management port. It is part of the larger Port of Cartagena. The port authority (Cartagena Container Port Operator) is jointly operated by the Colombian Port Society of Cartagena (Compas S.A.; Spanish: Compañia de Puertos Asociados) and the Dutch APM Terminals, who controls 51% of the terminal.[1]
It is the second busiest port in Colombia, behind the Pacific-side port of Buenaventura, and the third busiest port in the Caribbean Sea. It can host vessels with a maximum draft of 16.5m. The terminal has a throughput capacity of 4.5 million TEU's.[2] It is located on the historic sites of the harbours of Cartagena, Spanish colonial-era ports.
The port is strategically well placed to capture sea traffic through the Panama Canal's transoceanic shipping lanes that connect the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean's sea traffic and other traffic around the Caribbean Sea.[3] However, the wider infrastructure of its location is insufficient, as compared to other international ports, such as the Port of Shanghai or the Port of Houston, lacking multimodal transport; for instance, the lack of railway transport around Colombia, subsequent to the collapse of the national railway company in the late 20th century. Although, investment in railways and multimodal transport has increased since 2010, with British investment in the railways around central a northern Colombia,[4] and Chinese interest in railways to connect Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean ports in Colombia,[5] investment has increased since the Colombian peace process increased stability and security for businesses.
cartagena, container, terminal, city, cartagena, principal, container, management, port, part, larger, port, cartagena, port, authority, cartagena, container, port, operator, jointly, operated, colombian, port, society, cartagena, compas, spanish, compañia, pu. The Cartagena Container Terminal is the City of Cartagena s principal container management port It is part of the larger Port of Cartagena The port authority Cartagena Container Port Operator is jointly operated by the Colombian Port Society of Cartagena Compas S A Spanish Compania de Puertos Asociados and the Dutch APM Terminals who controls 51 of the terminal 1 It is the second busiest port in Colombia behind the Pacific side port of Buenaventura and the third busiest port in the Caribbean Sea It can host vessels with a maximum draft of 16 5m The terminal has a throughput capacity of 4 5 million TEU s 2 It is located on the historic sites of the harbours of Cartagena Spanish colonial era ports The port is strategically well placed to capture sea traffic through the Panama Canal s transoceanic shipping lanes that connect the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean s sea traffic and other traffic around the Caribbean Sea 3 However the wider infrastructure of its location is insufficient as compared to other international ports such as the Port of Shanghai or the Port of Houston lacking multimodal transport for instance the lack of railway transport around Colombia subsequent to the collapse of the national railway company in the late 20th century Although investment in railways and multimodal transport has increased since 2010 with British investment in the railways around central a northern Colombia 4 and Chinese interest in railways to connect Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean ports in Colombia 5 investment has increased since the Colombian peace process increased stability and security for businesses References Edit Contecar Sociedad Portuaria Regional Cartagena Puertocartagena com Retrieved 2018 04 17 APM terminal Cartagena Apmterminals com Retrieved 2018 04 17 DLCA Logistics Capacity Assessment Dlca Retrieved 2018 04 17 Colombian Railway Revival UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg takes investors to Colombia Railway Gazette Retrieved 2018 04 17 Financial Times Colombia Smart Canal Financial Times Retrieved 2018 04 17 This article related to ports harbors or marinas is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cartagena Container Terminal amp oldid 943027849, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
