Buenaventura’s works now have dates. Your cargo can’t wait until 2028
Buenaventura port congestion has been in the headlines for months, with long queues, blockades and full yards. The works meant to fix it are moving ahead with concrete dates, but almost nobody puts them in one place. This article puts them together: what is being built, what is already being…
Fake carriers: how cargo gets stolen without forcing a single lock
When people talk about cargo theft, most of us picture a truck stopped on the highway. There is another version that needs no weapons and no violence: someone poses as a real trucking company, gets the shipment assigned to them and drives off with the goods while the paperwork checks…
Direct route from Asia to Puerto Antioquia: what changes for importers
CMA CGM added Puerto Antioquia, in Turbo, to its PEX2 service. On October 9 the terminal announced that the direct route to Puerto Antioquia is now a weekly connection with the main ports in Asia, China included. The first vessel, the CMA CGM Cape Cod, was scheduled to arrive in…
Buenaventura per-ton charge: what it adds to a container and which cargo feels it most
The Buenaventura per-ton charge is set at COP 4,235 under District Decree 0338 of August 26, 2026, issued by the city administration. It applies to every metric ton moved in heavy cargo vehicles to or from the district’s port terminals, and it will be adjusted each year with CPI. According…
Ports on the edge: why the next generation of giant ships already has a problem before it sails
The shipping industry is weighing another jump in vessel size. After settling on 24,000 TEUs as the benchmark for intercontinental routes, several leading carriers are now looking at 27,000 TEU ships, a class larger still. China already proved the jump is technically feasible. In 2024 it unveiled a 27,500 TEU…
Trucking got 6% pricier in a year, and transport is now nearly half of Colombia’s logistics cost
Running a truck in Colombia cost 6.07% more in August 2026 than a year earlier, according to DANE’s road freight cost index. DANE is the national statistics agency, and the index tracks what it costs to operate a cargo vehicle: driver, tolls, fuel and maintenance. The index is up 5.62%…
The Suez Canal is back to 27% of traffic, but the gains are not equal. See what it means for global trade and freight costs.
September brought a clear signal for the Suez Canal: 27% of Asia-Europe capacity went back to using it instead of routing around Africa, according to Sea-Intelligence’s latest Sunday Spotlight report. Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, MSC and CMA CGM have already reactivated several of their main services on the route. The result already…
UAE and Singapore: which Colombian products would enter tariff-free and why there is still no date
On September 28, Colombia’s Foreign Ministry sent the UAE and Singapore trade agreements to Congress, along with an update to the Pacific Alliance rules. All three were signed years ago and never put into force. None of them applies today. Before they do, each must go through Congress and the…
Typhoons in China are not bad luck this season, there is a cycle behind it
El Niño shows up every two to seven years, on an irregular cycle. When it does, it warms the Pacific and fuels more typhoons than usual. 2026 is one of those years. NOAA (the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) put the odds at 69% that this would be the…
Record port congestion: why Colombian cargo arrives late even when the jam is an ocean away
Port congestion is back at a level not seen since the pandemic. Linerlytica counts 4.3 million TEU waiting to berth at ports around the world, an all-time high in volume that leaves behind the roughly 4 million of 2022. One nuance usually gets lost in the headlines: that figure equals…