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+1 (818) 600-0008FCL and LCL ocean freight from Buenaventura and Cartagena, plus air cargo from Bogota.
Customs cleared, picked up at LA and Long Beach, and delivered to your door anywhere in the U.S.
Colombia ships $17.8 billion in goods to the U.S. a year, coffee, bananas and tropical fruit, apparel and textiles, plastics and manufactured goods among them, and nearly all of it enters duty-free under the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement, in force since 2012. The geography is the advantage on this lane: Colombia touches two oceans. Buenaventura on the Pacific coast sails to Los Angeles directly, no Panama Canal transit, making it one of the shortest international ocean lanes into San Pedro Bay. Cartagena on the Caribbean is the country's largest container port and a major transshipment hub with constant vessel calls.
AEEM Shipping manages the full move: FCL bookings and LCL consolidations out of Buenaventura and Cartagena, air cargo from Bogota, customs clearance handled by licensed customs brokers while your freight is on the water, and same-day drayage at every San Pedro Bay terminal on arrival. One point of contact from Colombian origin to U.S. door, tracked in real time with 24/7 dispatch.
Origin port to final door, managed by one team.
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FCL and LCL container shipping from Buenaventura and Cartagena, with direct Pacific services and Panama routings to LA and Long Beach.
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Same-day and next-day pickup at every LA and Long Beach terminal, with overweight capability for aluminum loads, plus pre-pull and reefer equipment.
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TSA/IAC certified air cargo from Bogota for flowers, samples, and time-critical shipments to LAX.
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Entry filing, ISF, CTPA duty-free documentation, and FDA prior notice for food products, handled by licensed customs brokers.
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Colombian freight to the West Coast rides one of the quietest good lanes in the hemisphere. Direct Pacific services from Buenaventura reach San Pedro Bay in roughly 10 to 14 days, faster than most Asian origins, and the cargo suits the speed: coffee moving to West Coast roasters, bananas and tropical fruit in reefers, apparel from the Medellin and Bogota textile industries, plastics and housewares. Cartagena cargo routes through the Panama Canal and lands in 13 to 17 days, with the Caribbean port's vessel density giving weekly options in both directions.
The CTPA does the duty work when the paperwork earns it, since qualifying Colombian-origin goods enter free with a complete origin file, and coffee and produce ride the FDA rails: registered facilities, prior notice before arrival, and unbroken cold chain for perishables from the port of loading to the roaster or distributor dock. We build the filings into the booking, run reefer equipment with cold chain drayage on arrival, file ISF before loading, and clear entries through licensed customs brokers while the freight is on the water, with appointments set off the vessel ETA so produce never sits burning free time.
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Buenaventura · Cartagena
Straight answers on freight from Columbia to the U.S.
Direct Pacific services from Buenaventura reach LA and Long Beach in roughly 10 to 14 days port to port, with no Panama Canal transit. Cartagena routings through the canal run 13 to 17 days. Add time for customs clearance and drayage to final delivery.
Most qualifying Colombian-origin goods enter duty-free under the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement, in force since 2012, provided the origin documentation is complete and the goods meet the agreement's rules of origin. We review CTPA eligibility before your cargo ships, with entries handled by licensed customs brokers.
Rates move with container size, season, fuel surcharges, and routing, and reefer cargo prices differently than dry. Send us the origin, cargo, and volume and we return a real all-in quote covering ocean freight, destination charges, and delivery.
If your cargo fills most of a 20-foot container, FCL is usually faster and cheaper per unit. Smaller volumes move LCL through consolidation at Cartagena and Buenaventura, which typically adds one to two weeks over FCL because of consolidation at origin and deconsolidation on arrival.
Yes. Coffee and food products require an FDA-registered facility and a prior notice filing before arrival, and perishables ride reefers with unbroken cold chain from loading to delivery. We coordinate the filings and run reefer-capable drayage on arrival, with entries handled by licensed customs brokers.
Our own drayage network picks up at every San Pedro Bay terminal, with pre-pull and overweight capability, then delivers to your door or transloads in the Inland Empire.
