- CEO
- Felipe Irarrázaval Ovalle
- Full Time Employees
- 7,468
- Sector
- Transportation
- Industry
- Marine shipping
- Address
- Santiago Chile
- IPO Date
- Nov 18, 1992
- Business
- Grupo Empresas Navieras S.A. is a Chile-based holding company primarily engaged in maritime transport, port terminal operations, airport infrastructure management, and multimodal logistics services. The company operates through specialized subsidiaries, including Agencias Universales S.A. (AGUNSA), Portuaria Cabo Froward S.A., and Compañía Marítima Chilena S.A. (CMC), serving commercial shipping lines, cargo owners, industrial exporters, and airline operators. Its core service offerings encompass port infrastructure management and terminal operations for dry bulk, liquid bulk, containerized, and breakbulk cargo; vessel agency, husbanding, stevedoring, towage, and pilotage services; maritime cabotage, bulk shipping, and specialized vehicle transportation; commercial airport terminal concessions, ramp handling, passenger assistance, and aircraft ground support services; bonded warehousing, temperature-controlled cold storage, and container depot storage and maintenance; customs clearance and freight forwarding; and comprehensive inland freight distribution. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Valparaíso, Chile, the company maintains extensive operational presence across South America, Central America, North America, the Caribbean, Europe, and Asia. In recent developments, Grupo Empresas Navieras S.A. has accelerated the international expansion of its airport ground handling and port logistics concessions across the Americas, upgraded cargo handling facilities and terminal equipment with enhanced energy-efficiency standards, expanded cold-chain and specialized bulk logistics capabilities to support regional export demand, and reorganized its integrated logistics platforms to drive operational synergies across its maritime and aviation service networks.