The best economic alternative for the port of Barranquilla. A Business Challenge

Abstract

Currently, companies are looking for the optimization of their resources to be more profitable and achieve efficiency in their processes. When a project is accepted, the micro and macro environment of the city and country must be taken into account.

In the case of the port of Barranquilla, its geographical position must be used since this allows us to have contact with all regions of the country and other countries; for this we must study different alternatives according to the current situation of the port, to ensure that this would be more efficient and competitive against national and international ports.

The idea with this study is to propose a solution to improve the port of Barranquilla, in order to be a more competitive compared to other port areas and thus be able to generate greater income taking advantage of its geographical position given by river and sea.

In this investigation, the Port of Barranquilla was taken as an object of study along with the data given by the case study concerning it and a probabilistic data analysis with financial goodness indices was made (VPN). The decision was the alternative to reduce dredging needs with hydraulic works were taken as they generate the lowest cost to carry out the work.

Most of the problem is due to the sedimentation that the river brings that does not allow the continuous flow of vessels and for that purpose it is sought to carry out works in the Bocas de Cenizas and island 1972 in order to generate a solution to the disadvantage and generate greater income and sources of employment.