Transport

The soon-to-be-completed enlargement of the Panama Canal is driving a wave of new policy on sea transport in the region. Several countries are expanding their port infrastructure and, in some cases, even developing options to compete directly with the canal itself. Colombia, with its coast opening up to both the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans and an increasing number of...

With investments in road infrastructure taking off, Colombia is recognising the need to improve other elements of the logistics mix to reap full benefits of these works. As economic growth and new trade agreements turn up the pressure to move larger amounts of goods, the country is looking to improve the logistics chain at each link. The main challenges will be...

After consecutive years of economic growth, Colombia is taking advantage of its macroeconomic stability to improve transport links. Much of this investment will go into the road network, especially through the flagship fourth-generation road concession programme. Expansion of port infrastructure, which has already benefitted from successful public-private concessions,...

A decade of growth has transformed air travel in Colombia from an option confined to the well-off to an increasingly accessible way for ordinary people to travel. Continued dynamism will come from many angles. Increased competition among domestic airlines is opening regional routes, while rising numbers of foreign visitors are attracting several international airlines to...