Abstract

AGUAS MEDINA, Demetrio de Jesús; PENA CORONADO, Keyly Escarlith  and  OSPINA ARIAS, Juan Carlos. THE MAGDALENA RIVER CANAL AND THE SYNERGIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BARRANQUILLA. Dimens.empres. [online]. 2017, vol.15, n.2, pp.211-240. ISSN 1692-8563.  https://doi.org/10.15665/rde.v15i2.1426.

A port-city's sustainability based upon its capacity to generate jobs and competitiveness for the future generations. The port of Barranquilla presents difficulty for navigation along the access channel by the sediments that are pushed by the current of the Magdalena river, and do not allow the arrival of the scheduled ships; This makes the Port lower its competitiveness in front of the other two large ports of the Colombian Caribbean: Santa Marta and Cartagena. The present article analyzes the port sector and the fluvial and maritime potential that the city of Barranquilla has to improve the mobility of the merchandise and thus to detonate the comparative advantages in the sector. The findings indicate that it is necessary to strengthen demand for port infrastructure, local development strategies and policies. Establish policies to maintain the access channel to ensure the entry and exit of large vessels, so that the port can meet the existing and future challenges of the market, thus fulfilling the responsibilities acquired in the signing of the Treaties. Free trade and turn Barranquilla into a global city.

Keywords : Maritime transport; port management; port economics; Magdalena River.

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