CONNECTIVITY
Land, Sea, River, Rail, Air 

It is one of the most important road corridors in the country, since it integrates 9 departments that include important population, agricultural, industrial and mining production centers.

These are Cundinamarca, Boyacá, Cesar, Bolívar, Magdalena, Sucre, Córdoba, Antioquia and Santander.

The port of Santa Marta is the only one with the greatest natural draft in the continent and one of the safest in the world.

The only one in the country with a railway connected to more than 412 kilometers of tracks in the region.

  • Its geographical location is an important connection point from the country to the rest of the world.
  • The average transit days to Central America are 2 days, North America 4 days, Europe 13 days and Asia 18 days.

Shipping firms

Being the most important river in the country, with 990 kilometers of navigability, from Honda (Tolima) to Guaduas (Cundinamarca), passing through La Dorada (Caldas), Puerto Salgar, Barrancabermeja, Mompós and Magangué, ending in Barranquilla.

  • Railway in operation from the Port of Santa Marta to La Dorada-Caldas (647 kilometers)
  • It crosses the departments of Magdalena, Cesar, Santander, Boyacá, Antioquia, Cundinamarca and Caldas.
  • Direct access to the port facilities in Santa Marta.
  • Environmental benefit: The train generates 75% less carbon footprint than road transport.
  •  It represents a saving of from 5% to 15% for the owners of the goods.
  • From September 2019 to August 2020, 21,000 tons of non-coal cargo were mobilized (exports of plastic products, coffee and Hass avocado, and imports of steel, raw materials for paper production, ceramics, and cement).
  • Railway in operation from the Port of Santa Marta to La Dorada-Caldas (647 kilometers)
  • It crosses the departments of Magdalena, Cesar, Santander, Boyacá, Antioquia, Cundinamarca and Caldas.
  • Direct access to the port facilities in Santa Marta.
  • Environmental benefit: The train generates 75% less carbon footprint than road transport.
  • It represents a saving of from 5% to 15% for the owners of the goods.
  • From September 2019 to August 2020, 21,000 tons of non-coal cargo were mobilized (exports of plastic products, coffee and Hass avocado, and imports of steel, raw materials for paper production, ceramics, and cement).

The Simón Bolívar International Airport is positioned as the 5th nationally with the highest passenger mobilization in the year 2021, transporting about 1035 passengers per hour and about 325,000 per month.

The airport was 5 years ahead in the mobilization of passengers, the figures of which had only been projected by Aerocivil until 2027.
  • New control tower, more than double the area of the terminal, more boarding bridges, modern parking and foods court.
  • It has the CERTIFIED CHECK IN – COVID 19 BIOSAFE and SAFEGUARD seals, issued by Bureau Veritas, which support rigorous compliance with the biosafety protocols implemented by Aeropuertos de Oriente S.A.S 

Non-stop flights

Airlines

It is one of the most important road corridors in the country, since it integrates 9 departments that include important population, agricultural, industrial and mining production centers.

These are Cundinamarca, Boyacá, Cesar, Bolívar, Magdalena, Sucre, Córdoba, Antioquia and Santander.

The port of Santa Marta is the only one with the greatest natural draft in the continent and one of the safest in the world.

The only one in the country with a railway connected to more than 412 kilometers of tracks in the region.

  • Its geographical location is an important connection point from the country to the rest of the world.
  • The average transit days to Central America are 2 days, North America 4 days, Europe 13 days and Asia 18 days.

Shipping firms

Being the most important river in the country, with 990 kilometers of navigability, from Honda (Tolima) to Guaduas (Cundinamarca), passing through La Dorada (Caldas), Puerto Salgar, Barrancabermeja, Mompós and Magangué, ending in Barranquilla.

  • Railway in operation from the Port of Santa Marta to La Dorada-Caldas (647 kilometers)
  • It crosses the departments of Magdalena, Cesar, Santander, Boyacá, Antioquia, Cundinamarca and Caldas.
  • Direct access to the port facilities in Santa Marta.
  • Environmental benefit: The train generates 75% less carbon footprint than road transport.
  •  It represents a saving of from 5% to 15% for the owners of the goods.
  • From September 2019 to August 2020, 21,000 tons of non-coal cargo were mobilized (exports of plastic products, coffee and Hass avocado, and imports of steel, raw materials for paper production, ceramics, and cement).
  • Railway in operation from the Port of Santa Marta to La Dorada-Caldas (647 kilometers)
  • It crosses the departments of Magdalena, Cesar, Santander, Boyacá, Antioquia, Cundinamarca and Caldas.
  • Direct access to the port facilities in Santa Marta.
  • Environmental benefit: The train generates 75% less carbon footprint than road transport.
  • It represents a saving of from 5% to 15% for the owners of the goods.
  • From September 2019 to August 2020, 21,000 tons of non-coal cargo were mobilized (exports of plastic products, coffee and Hass avocado, and imports of steel, raw materials for paper production, ceramics, and cement).

The Simón Bolívar International Airport is positioned as the 5th nationally with the highest passenger mobilization in the year 2021, transporting about 1035 passengers per hour and about 325,000 per month.

The airport was 5 years ahead in the mobilization of passengers, the figures of which had only been projected by Aerocivil until 2027.
  • New control tower, more than double the area of the terminal, more boarding bridges, modern parking and foods court.
  • It has the CERTIFIED CHECK IN – COVID 19 BIOSAFE and SAFEGUARD seals, issued by Bureau Veritas, which support rigorous compliance with the biosafety protocols implemented by Aeropuertos de Oriente S.A.S 

Non-stop flights

Airlines