Colombia: freight & courier services growth 2020, by company
Following the boom in e-commerce sales in 2020, a result of lockdown measures and mobility restrictions amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the courier and freight transport sector in Colombia reported a an average growth of around 39 percent that year, when compared to 2019. Companies like Mensajeros Urbanos, for example, a logistics network based in Bogotá, saw its operations nearly double in 2020. Meanwhile, companies like Deprisa and Mi Águila had their operations disrupted in the first months of the sanitary crisis, for instance due to a limitation in air transportation. Nevertheless, by the end of the year, the two companies still managed to registered a year-over-year growth.
