bachelorThesis
Propuesta de mejora para el Puerto de Barrranquilla a partir de la competitividad
Autor
Mateus Lenis, Juan David
Mateus Álvarez, Nelson Andrés
Institución
Resumen
Considering the strong international trade growth in Colombia and the visit made to the port of Barranquilla, there was an interest to study processes and current port’s infrastructure, with the aim of proposing improvement solutions in terms of competitiveness, looking for the port managed to position itself as an important reference in the region. For this, it was necessary to identify their advantages and disadvantages against its main competitors on the national environment, as well as to conduct a Benchmarking with Miami port and the main ports of Colombia, analyzing its most efficient processes and how Barranquilla port can benefit from the application of certain existing practices within them.
The main objective of this study is to identify different opportunities that can be presented worldwide, through the improvement of draft level that is currently available in the port of Barranquilla, linked to the possibility of receiving larger vessels, that give rise to the increase of demand level, income level, and a constant improvement of its image, which allows to attract new markets.