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Partnerships: Barranquilla/Tampa

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Port Tampa Bay’s trade ties with Colombia received a boost with the April 1 signing in Tampa of a sister port memorandum of understanding with Sociedad Portuaria Regional de Barranquilla.

Barranquilla and Tampa Ink Sister Port Agreement

Port Tampa Bay’s trade ties with Colombia received a boost with the April 1 signing in Tampa of a sister port memorandum of understanding with Sociedad Portuaria Regional de Barranquilla. Both are AAPA corporate members.

The ports’ objective, according to the agreement, is to "streamline the entire process, management and accommodation of vessels" and share "technical expertise, logistics and administration to their mutual benefit and their related communities through greater exchange of goods."

The MOU builds upon the long-standing sister city relationship between the cities of Tampa and Barranquilla and follows up on a December 2012 Team Florida trade mission to Colombia led by Gov. Rick Scott. During the Barranquilla mission, a delegation of more than 30 Tampa business and community leaders that included Port Tampa Bay established new relationships and developed potential business opportunities, resulting in an estimated $7.3 million in anticipated sales for local companies.

Located at the mouth of the Magdalena River, Barranquilla is a multipurpose port, handling a mix of containerized, dry bulk, liquid bulk and break bulk cargo.

During FY 2013, Port Tampa Bay’s trade with Colombia amounted to nearly 400,000 tons, much of it coal (inbound) and phosphate (outbound), but also including containerized cargo cement, ammonia, and ammonium nitrate.


MOU signing is executed by Paul Anderson, Port Tampa Bay president/CEO, and Rene F. Puche, president , Sociedad Portuaria Regional de Barranquilla (SPRB), both seated. Standing: Wade Elliott, VP marketing, Port Tampa Bay; Catherine Desmoineaux, head of communications, SPRB; Deborah Wilkinson, executive director, Tampa Bay Trade and Protocol Council; Richard Ghent, senior manager, public affairs, The Mosaic Company; Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn; Enrique Carvajales Marulanda, CCO, SPRB.
Photo/Andy Fobes, Port Tampa Bay

 

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