CSAV

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Compañía Sudamericana de Vapores, S.A.
Company typeSociedad Anónima
BCS: VAPORES
IndustryShipping
Founded1872; 152 years ago (1872)
HeadquartersValparaíso, Chile
Key people
Oscar Hasbún Martínez, (CEO)
Francisco Pérez Mackenna, (Chairman) Andrónico Luksic Craig (Vice Chairman)
ProductsBulk
Cars
Container
Reefer
RevenueUS$ 3.2 billion (2013) [1]
Number of employees
4,000+
Websitewww.csav.com
Footnotes / references
House flag of CSAV

CSAV (Compañía Sudamericana de Vapores) is a Chilean shipping company that is currently the largest company of its type in Latin America and also one of the oldest ones, having been founded in 1872.

Originally, the company's business consisted exclusively of coastal shipping, but had a rapid expansion from the west coast of South America to the Panama Canal when this was opened to regular traffic. Soon, its business expanded further to offer shipping to the rest of the world.[2] Now, their main business is container shipping and offers others services like dry bulk, liquid bulk, refrigerated cargo and vehicle transport. CSAV, like its subsidiaries Libra, Libra Uruguay y CSAV Norasia, carry cargo mainly in containers.

The company is listed on the Santiago Stock Exchange since 1893. With over 140 years, CSAV has played a crucial role in the development of foreign trade in Latin America.[3]

Previously owned by the Claro Group, CSAV is now controlled by the Luksic Group since February 2012.

  1. ^ "annual report 2013" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2014-11-26.
  2. ^ "CSAV overview". Archived from the original on 2013-11-17. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). csav.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 25 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)