Buenaventura Port

The Port of Buenaventura is Colombia’s main seaport on the Pacific Ocean and the largest and busiest in the country, handling 44% of the nation’s containerized cargo. The Buenaventura Regional Port Society (SPB) was granted the concession in 1994 to operate the maritime terminal for 20 years, which was extended until 2034. It is a multipurpose port, handling containers, general cargo, solid and liquid bulk, and automobiles. It has direct connections to more than 50 international ports, facilitating trade with the Americas, Europe, and Asia.

The comprehensive oversight includes technical, operational, administrative, financial, legal, environmental and social components for the execution of port concession contract No. 009 of 1994 and its addenda, especially the agreed master investment plan.

• Concession area: 37,676 m².
• Access channel: 31.5 km (17 nautical miles), with an average depth of 10.5 m.
• Docks:
  • Containers: 7 docks, total berthing line of 1,050 m, depth of 9.44 m
  • Multipurpose: 2 docks (204 m and 190 m), depth of 9.14 m.
  • Silo: 3 docks, 525 m berthing line, 7.62 m depth
• Specialized Terminals:
  • Container Terminal: 13 gantry cranes, 22 transtainer cranes, reach stackers and forklifts of various capacities, storage capacity: up to 8,000 TEUs and refrigerated container station: 768 TEUs, 384 connections
  • Multipurpose terminal: Handling general cargo, solid bulk (coal), liquid bulk, equipped with mobile cranes up to 104 tons.
  • Bulk terminal: Grain elevators with a capacity of up to 700 MT/h. Silos with a storage capacity of 32,000 tons per plant.