Ministerio de Transporte de Colombia

What Ministerio de Transporte de Colombia does

Ministerio de Transporte de Colombia (MinTransporte) is the national government ministry of Colombia responsible for transportation policy, regulation, and infrastructure across all modes — road, rail, air, fluvial, and maritime. It operates from its headquarters in Bogotá (Calle 24 # 60-50, Centro Comercial Gran Estación II) and serves Colombian citizens, transportation companies, infrastructure stakeholders, and traffic authorities through a nationwide network of territorial directorates and digital channels.

The ministry's core offering is a portfolio of integrated information systems rather than a single product. RUNT is the national vehicle and driver registry; SINC manages road infrastructure data; SIRENA handles online payment collection; GPI tracks infrastructure projects (v.2); RNF registers fluvial transport; RNDC logs cargo dispatch; SICE-TAC provides freight-cost reference data; SISETU monitors urban transport; and the Portal Logístico de Colombia (PLC) integrates multimodal logistics information. Citizen services include PQRSD filing, video call and WhatsApp appointments, the FOPAT vehicle modernization program, the RECORD road-safety risk registry, and cybersecurity/data-protection policies (GTI-PL-001, personal data protection).

The business model is that of a publicly funded executive branch institution. The ministry is financed through the Colombian national budget and not via commercial revenue; modest fees are collected for specific administrative procedures such as vehicle registration, licenses, and transit transactions. Distribution is omnichannel: physical offices, territorial directorates, online self-serve portals, video calls, WhatsApp, live chat, and seven owned social media channels. The ministry operates under a hybrid segmentation approach addressing citizens, transportation companies, infrastructure contractors, and traffic organizations, with regulatory authority exercised in coordination with the Superintendencia de Transporte and Aerocivil.

Name

Ministerio de Transporte de Colombia

Legal name

Ministerio de Transporte de Colombia

Website

https://mintransporte.gov.co

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Ministerio de Transporte de Colombia is the national government ministry regulating transportation and infrastructure across road, rail, air, fluvial, and maritime modes, serving citizens, transportation companies, and infrastructure stakeholders nationwide through integrated digital platforms and territorial directorates.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Transportation Regulation and Administration

NAICS

Regulation and Administration of Transportation Programs (92612), Regulation and Administration of Transportation Programs (926120)

SIC

Transportation Services (4700)

akta.pro primary industry

State/Provincial Transportation, Roads & Public Works Administration (BPAIABAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Local Transportation, Parking & Mobility Administration (BPAIACAM), Back-Office Toll Transaction Processing, Billing & Customer Account Management (TLAJABAC), Enforcement & Back-Office Violations Processing (Citations, Adjudication, Collections) (TLAJAKAI)

Keywords

• Transportation regulation
• Government transit services
• Road infrastructure
• Vehicle registration systems
• Transportation policy

Headquarters

HQ city

Bogotá, D.C.

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Ministerio de Transporte de Colombia is the national government ministry responsible for transportation policy, regulation, and infrastructure across all modes (road, rail, air, river, maritime). It delivers digital citizen and business services through interconnected national information systems covering vehicle and driver registration (RUNT), road infrastructure data (SINC), cargo dispatch tracking (RNDC), payment collection (SIRENA), and urban transportation monitoring (SISETU). It also administers transportation permitting, toll management, infrastructure project tracking, road safety programs, and regulatory oversight over transit authorities and agencies such as Aerocivil.

Product overview

Ministerio de Transporte de Colombia operates as a government ministry offering a platform of interconnected services and information systems. The core offering includes citizen services (PQRSD, videollamada, chat en línea, presencial atención), vehicle and driver registries (RUNT, RNDC, RNF), transportation information systems (SINC, SICE-TAC, SISETU), financial systems (SIRENA, SIBGA), and project management tools (GPI). These systems are complemented by specialized programs like FOPAT for vehicle modernization and RECORD for road safety risk conditions. All services are accessible through the central portal at mintransporte.gov.co, with physical and remote attendance channels.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• RUNT - Registro Único Nacional de Tránsito

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CRRC Dalian Co.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 July 2026Technical cooperation agreement for railway reactivation in Colombia. The Ministry of Transportation is driving cooperation with CRRC Dalian Co. to modernize and reactivate the railway system in the country as part of infrastructure development initiatives.
• Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango (Banco de la República)minorOthersLibrary loan agreement allowing ministry library users access to collections at Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango
• Pontificia Universidad JaverianaminorOthersAcademic library cooperation for资源共享 and educational purposes
• Universidad de los AndesminorOthersAcademic library cooperation for educational access
• Universidad Externado de ColombiaminorOthersAcademic library cooperation for educational purposes
• Universidad DistritalminorOthersAcademic library cooperation for educational access
• Superintendencia de TransportecoreOthersRegulatory oversight body working with the ministry for transportation sector supervision including investigation of traffic organizations and photo-detection systems
• Aerocivil (Aeronautica Civil)coreOthersCivil aviation authority under ministry supervision; minister ordered all Aerocivil tenders to be published and opened to free competition

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• European Commission DG MOVE: DG MOVE sets EU-wide transport policy across all modes including rail freight and TEN-T infrastructure. It is comparable as a multi-modal transport policy authority, but operates at a supranational rather than national level.
• Department for Transport (United Kingdom): The UK DfT oversees national transport policy across road, rail, and aviation and funds major infrastructure projects (HS2, road investment strategy). It is a broader incumbent analogue to Colombia's ministry in policy scope and project scale.
• U.S. Department of Transportation: The US federal DOT covers road, rail, aviation, maritime, and pipelines and operates national vehicle and driver data systems (NHTSA, FMCSA). It is a much larger broad incumbent in the same regulatory space as Colombia's ministry.

Others

• Aerocivil - Unidad Administrativa Especial de Aeronáutica Civil (Colombia): Colombia's civil aviation authority, directly attached to the ministry and recently ordered to publish all tenders under free competition. It is an attached agency rather than a peer ministry, but is the most relevant aviation-regulatory counterpart within the same Colombian ecosystem.
• Superintendencia de Transporte (Colombia): Colombia's own transport supervisory agency, which sits under the ministry's policy umbrella and runs the photomulta investigation. It is an ecosystem counterpart rather than a competitor, jointly responsible for oversight of traffic organisms.

Direct peers

• Ministerio de Transporte de Argentina: Argentina's national transport secretariat-level authority, which regulates federal road, rail, and aviation policy and oversees vehicle registration and freight permits at a national level similar to Colombia's ministry.
• ANTT - Agência Nacional de Transportes Terrestres (Brasil): Brazil's federal land transport regulator, comparable in function to Colombia's road, rail, and freight regulatory scope (RNDC, RUNT, SICE-TAC), though organized as an independent agency rather than a ministry.
• Ministerio de Transportes de Chile: Chile's national transport ministry, responsible for multimodal transport policy, toll concessions, urban transit programs, and vehicle/driver registries. It is the most direct analogue in the Southern Cone to Colombia's ministry in scope and functions.
• Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transportes de Costa Rica: Costa Rica's MOPT, a national-level ministry combining transport and public works functions; comparable in combining road infrastructure, vehicle registration, and regulatory oversight in a single small-state ministry.
• Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones del Perú: Peru's national transport and communications ministry, the closest structural peer to Colombia's Ministerio de Transporte: it regulates road, rail, air, maritime, and telecommunications policy, operates national vehicle registries, and oversees infrastructure concessions across Peru.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MinTransporteCo
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/Mintransporte
• Facebookfacebook.com/MintransporteColombiaoficial
• Instagraminstagram.com/mintransporteco
• TikToktiktok.com/@mintransporte
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ministerio-de-transporte-de-colombia

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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