SOCIEDAD PORTUARIA REGIONAL DE BARRANQUILLA S.A. - PORT OF BARRANQUILLA

Sociedad Portuaria Regional de Barranquilla S.A. is a multipurpose maritime and river terminal offering storage service and port facilities to customs brokers, importers, exporters and shipping agents. We are equipped to store and handle general cargo, bulk loads and containers.

Economy, Efficiency and Safety through Excellence in Port Management.


PUERTO DE BARRANQUILLA

Carrera 38 Calle 1ª, Orilla del Rio
Terminal Marítimo y Fluvial de Barranquilla
Tel: 575 37 99 555 / 575 37 99 545, Fax: 575 37 99 557
Apartado: 3140
Barranquilla, Colombia, Sur América.
Santa Fe de Bogotá: Tel: 571 618 27 81, Fax: 571 691 44 41
Medellín: Tel: 574 266 64 65, Fax: 574 066 03 96
Cali: Tel: 572 668 51 51, Fax: 572 668 51 47
E-mail:
sprbbaq@latino.net.co

T he Barranquilla Maritime and River Terminal, located on Colombia's Atlantic coast, is the northernmost port on the South American continent. Established in 1936, it was designed to receive cargo from the country's interior, by land, sea or air, and to handle international maritime cargo for the country and the city of Barranquilla.

Sociedad Portuaria Regional de Barranquilla is located 22 kilometers from the mouth of the Magdalena River, Colombia's largest inland waterway. Its maritime pier is 1,058 meters long, has a minimum depth of 34 feet, and can accommodate as many as seven ships at once. There is also a 550 meter river pier equipped to handle barges with a draft of up to 12 feet.


Our Installations

Operating Equipment

Intermodal Location

Figures

Our Services

Shipping Lines

Agreements and Future Projects


OUR INSTALLATIONS


Sociedad Portuaria Regional de Barranquilla (SPRB) is the second largest terminal in Colombia and the largest on the Atlantic coast. It extends over an area of 933,000 square meters, which includes:

  • 500,000 sq. meters - South Dock

  • 150,000 sq. meters - Storage yards

  • 39,000 sq. meters - Warehouse area

  • 244,000 sq. meters - Offices, roads and sites for future development


    • The terminal has ten multipurpose warehouses ranging in size from 2,600 to 6,000 sq. meters. There is also a special warehouse for solid cargo in bulk, with an installed capacity of 15,000 tons and a yearly turnover of 175,000 tons.

    Sociedad Portuaria Regional de Barranquilla is the only terminal in Colombia with internal access to an industrial and commercial free zone. Merchandise may be transferred to or from the terminal or the free zone without leaving Colombian territory.


    INTERMODAL LOCATION

    The Colombian highway system leads directly to the Port of Barranquilla. As a result, cargo is received or dispatched via the entry and exit ramps linking it to the interior of the country.

    Thanks to its location on the Magdalena River, Barranquilla offers access to inland river ports such as Puerto Berrio and Barrancabermeja. Large volumes of cargo leave Barranquilla every year for the country's major industrial and commercial centers, such as Medellin, Bogota and Bucaramanga.
    We also have the only international airport in Colombia that is equipped to serve heavy-lift aircraft carrying large loads or equipment.

    These factors make Barranquilla a safe, efficient and economic option for shipping or stockpiling incoming or outgoing merchandise.


    OUR SERVICES

    The Port of Barranquilla has:

    · Warehouse areas with shelves for general merchandise.
    · A special warehouse for coffee, with a weighing station and container filling zone.
    · Logistic activity zones (ZAL) for handling merchandise, conducting inventories and completing value added procedures on the premises.
    · Offices inside the terminal for shipping agents, customs brokers, government agencies and port authorities.
    · A parking lot for trucks and trailers.
    · A service station equipped to handle automobiles, trucks and heavy operating equipment.
    · A container maintenance and repair zone.
    · Internal access to the largest industrial and commercial free zone in Colombia.
    · A documentation center offering one-stop service for billing, document registration and processing.
    · Two banks inside the terminal for payment of documents.
    · A VIP room with telephone and fax service


    OPERATING EQUIPMENT AND ZONES

    The Port of Barranquilla has a variety of operating equipment in the terminal zone, as well as special areas for containers, project equipment, hazardous shipments and solid cargo in bulk.

    Containers are handled with top lifters, reach stackers, hooks, slings and spreaders. We also have a 104-ton multipurpose Liebherr crane for bulk cargo, general merchandise and containers (20, 40 or 45-foot).

    Bulk Cargo Warehouse Capacity: 175,000 tons/year





    There is a pre-stocking zone at the entrance to the dock area, where units are prepared for loading onto ships. There are five scales for weighing merchandise. Bulk cargo is handled with hoppers, dippers, automatic packers and a Vigan pneumatic sucker. Heavy-duty cranes, modular platforms and tractors are used to maneuver large pieces for special projects.

    There are 28 outlets on the rear walls of the warehouses for 440 v. reefers. Warehouse No. 4 has shelves for general merchandise.


    THE PORT OF BARRANQUILLA IN FIGURES








    SHIPPING LINES

    NORTHERN EUROPE/MEDITERRANEAN/THE ORIENT

    · MAERSK LINES
    · EVERGREEN
    · TRANSPORTACION MARITIMA GRANCOLOMBIANA
    · DSR STINNESS
    · P&O NEDLLOYD
    · MED PACIFIC (D'AMICO-ITALIAN LINE)

    CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA

    · MAERSK LINES
    · EVERGREEN
    · TRANSPORTACION MARITIMA GRANCOLOMBIANA
    · DSR STINNESS
    · P&O NEDLLOYD
    · VENUS LINES
    · LINEAS AGROMAR
    · TRANSPORT BULK SHIPPING
    · MED PACIFIC (D'AMICO-ITALIAN LINE)

    EAST COAST/GULF/CARIBBEAN

    · CROWLEY AMERICAN TRANSPORT
    · SEABOARD MARINE
    · FRONTIER LINER SERVICE
    · INTERMARINE
    · GEMINIS SHIPPING
    · LINEAS AGROMAR
    · KING OCEAN
    · TRANSPORTACION MARITIMA GRANCOLOMBIANA
    · SMITH AND JOHNSON
    · VENUS LINES

    SHIPPING LINES PROVIDING SERVICE THROUGH ALLIANCES

    · Hapag Lloyd, in conjunction with P&O Nedlloyd
    · APL, in conjunction with P&O Nedlloyd
    · Sea Land, in conjunction with Maersk

    A number of charter services and tramp ships also stop in Barranquilla.


    AGREEMENTS AND FUTURE PROJECTS

    Our sister ports are Valparaiso, Veracruz and Valencia. Arrangements of this type are intended to develop and promote bonds of friendship and business opportunities

    COAL STORAGE AND LOADING YARD


    The Port of Barranquilla has signed an agreement with Atlantic Coal de Colombia to operate a coal loading yard adjacent to the terminal, effective as of February 1998. This facility has five hectares of storage area with a capacity for 25,000 to 30,000 tons of bituminous and coking coal. There are three berths for ships of up to 30,000 tons DWT. Loading is done by conveyor belt, and there are two classifiers to sort the coal.

    In the future, Sociedad Portuaria Regional de Barranquilla plans to:

    · Adapt silos to store liquids in bulk: hydrocarbons and vegetable oils.
    · Adapt the area adjacent to the South Dock for an additional pier (760 m. long).
    · Install surveillance cameras and movement sensors in the warehouses and container yards.

    We have requested ISO 9002 certification to optimize customer service on the basis of safety, efficiency and economy.

    PORT OF BARRANQUILLA

     

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    Economy, Efficiency and Safety through Excellence in Port Management.





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