Dimar grants Club Sabaletas a 20-year maritime concession in Buenaventura

The Buenaventura Port Captaincy, of the General Maritime Directorate (Dimar), granted the Corporación Club Sabaletas de Buenaventura a maritime concession for twenty (20) years over an area of 7,033.03 m² in the San Antonio estuary, in the urban sector of the District of Buenaventura, for the nautical project “Náutica Club Sabaleta”. The decision was recorded in Resolution number (0091-2026) MD-DIMAR-CP01-ALITMA of May 8, 2026, published in the Official Gazette No. 53,649 on Monday, October 5, 2026.

Regulatory framework and background of the process

The concession is based on Decree Law 2324 of 1984, which defines beaches, low-tide lands, and maritime waters as non-transferable public-use assets, over which private individuals may only obtain concessions, permits, or licenses. Competence was delegated to first-category port captaincies through article 2.4.4.8 of REMAC 2, modified by Resolution number 0846 MD-DIMAR-GLEMAR of November 7, 2023.

The process was not linear. The request was filed under SGDEA number 112025100761 on April 3, 2025, by the legal representative José Gregorio Tejada Cabrera, after Resolution number (0036-2025) MD-DIMAR-CP01-ALITMA of April 11, 2025, ordered the withdrawal and archiving of a previous petition from the same corporation, identified with NIT 890.304.734-2. The public notice was posted between August 20 and September 8, 2025, with no oppositions. The act was signed by the Port Captain of Buenaventura, César Humberto Grisales López.

Granted area, works, and deadlines

The administrative act details the technical conditions:

• Granted area: 7,033.03 m² of low-tide lands and maritime waters, delimited by 86 geographical points and plans.
• Initially requested area: approximately 10,488.82 m².
• Authorized works: a movable hangar, two ramps, a shed, a multipurpose hall, a restroom facility, a pier, and a lookout point.
• Installation period: twenty-four (24) months starting from the finality of the resolution.
• Concession validity: twenty (20) years from the finality.

Guarantee, obligations, and reversion to the Nation

The beneficiary must establish in favor of the Nation – Ministry of National Defense – General Maritime Directorate a policy or bank guarantee for 150 current legal monthly minimum wages (SMLMV), with an annually renewable validity and adjustment according to the CPI certified by DANE. They must also formalize the acquired commitments into a public deed within ten (10) business days following the execution and request the commercial exploitation license as a recreation and nautical sports company, subgroup marine and nautical clubs.

At the end of the twenty years, the area and the constructed works shall revert to the Nation at no cost to the latter. The concession is intuito personae and cannot be the subject of any legal transaction. An appeal for reversal may be filed against the resolution before the Port Captain of Buenaventura.

Entity Concepts and Technical Support

The file incorporates favorable pronouncements from:

• District Mayor’s Office of Buenaventura (communication 0143-18-726 of May 24, 2024).
• Environmental Public Establishment (EPA) (communications 202502000000411 of January 17, 2025, and 202602000001821 of February 2, 2026).
• Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism (certificate DM-34-2025 of May 20, 2025).
• Ministry of Transport (certification 44-GII-DIRINFRA-2025 of July 24, 2025).
• Ministry of the Interior (Resolution ST-1158 of August 6, 2025, which rules out prior consultation with indigenous, black, Afro-Colombian, Raizal, Palenquera, and Rom communities).
• Ministry of Culture (communication 1111-2024 of December 12, 2024).
• Colombian Institute of Anthropology and History (ICANH) (communication ICANH-2025162000077051 of July 23, 2025).

Technical Concept number CONCPT-11 202600164 MD-DIMAR-CP01-ALITMA of April 28, 2026, issued by the Shorelines and Marine Areas Section, was favorable and forms an integral part of the resolution.

The concession enables the development of nautical and tourist infrastructure in the San Antonio estuary, in a district with a port and ecotourism vocation, and establishes for two decades the rules for the use of a public-use asset: a guarantee of 150 SMLMV, free reversion of the works, and preservation of transit and traditional uses of the sector.

Source: Official Gazette, No. 53.649, Monday, October 5, 2026, section I, p. 1 (official reference: Resolution number (0091-2026) MD-DIMAR-CP01-ALITMA).