PUERTO BAHÍA
99.97% ownership
Sociedad Portuaria Puerto Bahía is a state-of-the-art multimodal maritime terminal in Colombia, privileged with its strategic location in the heart of the Cartagena Bay. Puerto Bahía’s assets under operation position the port as a strategic partner for both the liquid bulk and dry cargo industries.
Ideal operation hub: premier location reduces vessel, truck transit time and carbon footprint.
No draft Restriction: Cartagena’s bay deep waters (16-19m) allow entrance of PostPanamax vessels with no dredging required.
Continuous Operation: Natural sheltered water, with the closest port to bay access (low vessel trafic and maneuvering time).
Hinterland Connection: proximity to Canal del Dique, granting easy access to the Magdalena river, which connects the Caribbean Coast to major cities like Bogota and Medellin.
Today, the port manages around 40,000 bbl/d of oil and oil products and is the country’s largest roll-on/roll-off cargo operator.
Liquid Terminal
The country’s first bulk liquid handling dock with the latest technology for loading and unloading hydrocarbons and great direct transfer capacity. It enables cross-docking operations and import of crude oil and refined products.
- Liquid Jetty: Two docking positions for vessels up to 1 million barrels.
- Storage Tanks: 8 storage tanks with a nominal capacity of 334 kbbl each, plus 3 tanks with heating and expandability.
- Tanker Truck Station: 8 loading/unloading positions interconnected with storage tanks.
- Barge Terminal: Simultaneous service for up to 4 barges loading/ unloading.
General Cargo
Specific area for the transport of general cargo, specialized in the handling of extra-heavy, extra-dimensional items and rolling cargo.
- 30 hectares for RoRo cargo.
- 15,000 standard storage slots for vehicles with capacity to handle more than 140,000 vehicles per year.
- 2 docking positions in the dry terminal dock.
- Equipment for cargo handling.
- 3 specialized enlistment centers for value added services.
Growth Projects
LNG Project
Puerto Bahia signed a take-or-pay agreement with Ecopetrol, which contemplates a seven-year service term commencing upon the start of operations. Under the LNG project, Puerto Bahía would provide services including receiving LNG, regasifying LNG and delivering regasified natural gas at agreed delivery points.
Puerto Bahía has also entered into a contract with a US based company which is one of the world’s largest FSRU providers and operators, for the lease of an FSRU and the provision of related operations and maintenance services.
LPG Project
Puerto Bahía and Gasco Soluciones Logísticas y Energéticas S.A.S. (“Gasco”) have entered into a collaboration agreement to develop, construct and operate a refrigerated LPG storage facility at Puerto Bahía, with capacity to import and store more than 240,000 tonnes of LPG annually. The LPG project is supported by a 10-year offtake agreement and is expected to benefit from Puerto Bahía’s natural draft and available expansion area.
Puerto Bahía has made meaningful progress toward its development, including the successful commencement of operations in March 2026, which provides handling capacity of up to 10,000 tonnes per month. Puerto Bahía continues to advance the project with the objective of achieving full operations during the first quarter of 2028.
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