Abstract
The aim of this work is to show the socio-economic impact in the Cundinamarca-Boyacá plateau produced by the construction and promotion of an alternative to relieve the freight transportation system in the region, and how it echoes in the manufacturing levels of the ship industry. For this reason, it is evaluated the option of establishing a logistics area in the town of Puerto Salgar (Cundinamarca) where may confluence an intermodal transportation system which emphasizes the Magdalena River as the main way for the country’s development and Puerto Salgar as the main axis for the economic growth of the plateau. The Discrete Event Simulation (DES) methodology was used for this work, using information given by previous studies by the Ministerio de Transporte, the Dirección Nacional de Planeación and the Instituto Nacional de Vías; setting a conceptual model which determines and limit the study, and implementing a Rockwell Arena simulation.
Highlights
The aim of this work is to show the socio-economic impact in the Cundinamarca-Boyacá plateau produced by the construction and promotion of an alternative to relieve the freight transportation system in the region, and how it echoes in the manufacturing levels of the ship industry
The world economy, over the years, has experienced the effects produced by the phenomenon of globalization
These effects have led to an increase in the demand for various products, at different scales, which has caused a greater flow of cargo transported all over the world
Summary
The world economy, over the years, has experienced the effects produced by the phenomenon of globalization. National and international markets have seen the emergence of new products, the development and evolution of some that already exist, and the failure of others, all as a result of the dynamics in the complex network of interactions present in the markets. These effects have led to an increase in the demand for various products, at different scales, which has caused a greater flow of cargo transported all over the world. Of the entire freight moved in the country, about 18% is generated in the Cundinamarca-Boyacá plateau, where 25% of the population lives, representing 28.7% of national GDP (Ministry of Transport, 2011). One of them, which has been widely studied and prioritized, is the development of an intermodal connection in Puerto Salgado, Cundinamarca, where the freight transport that is generated, and attracted to the Cundinamarca-Boyacá plateau, can converge
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