CSAV

Company History: Compañía Sud Americana de Vapores S.A. (CSAV) was founded in Chile on October, 9th 1872 from the merger of two Chilean maritime companies: Compañía Nacional de Vapores (1864) and Compañía Chilena de Vapores (1870). Currently, CSAV is the oldest shipping line in Latin America and one of Chile’s first five publicly traded companies still in existence.
Throughout the years, the company has relied on the technology of the time – sails, steam and coal and bunker – to operate general cargo and passenger vessels, bulk and car carriers and reefer and containerships. Wars, economic recessions and a highly competitive industry have tested the professional capacity and commitment of its employees and directives.
Today, the company remains active in the containership industry through its interest in the German company Hapag-Lloyd AG.

Brief History: Chile, officially the Republic of Chile (Spanish: República de Chile), is a South American country occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far south. Chilean territory includes the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández, Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas, and Easter Island in Oceania. Chile also claims about 1,250,000 square kilometres (480,000 sq mi) of Antarctica, although all claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty.