Agencias Continental S.A. | 75 YoE Handling All Kinds of Vessel

History

In 1923, two Swedish seamen, Hans Elliot and Carl Janson, arrived in Panama after disembarking from the merchant vessel "America Land." They seized the opportunity to explore business prospects in Panama and initially established a cabotage service for transporting bananas from the Darien province to Panama City on behalf of the "Chiriqui Land Company."

During that era, the company's focus revolved around operating and managing a bulk service between Panama, Colombia, and the USA. Under the name Conship, they also represented shipping lines that traversed the Panama Canal and utilized the ports in the Canal Zone, the former U.S. designation for the Panama Canal Area.

In 1953, following the acquisition of Continental Shipping by the Lince family, the company underwent a name change to Agencias Continental, S.A., commonly known as "AGENCO."

Today, our company manages a significant volume of Panama Canal transits and port calls annually, along with a substantial amount of import/export and transshipment cargo totaling thousands of TEUs. Additionally, we provide seamless support for regular passenger airline services.

Our Offer

Identification and acquisition of new business opportunities to expand the client portfolio.

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Our Team

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Our Offer

A "local" Board of Directors and a "local" General Manager guarantees our Principals the immediate and preferential access to the business, governmental and operational contacts essential in making a Principal's interests grow. We know them and they know us. Furthermore, both the ownership and the management of the Agency are "on location" in Panama guaranteeing that the business is serving our customers in the most efficient and effective way possible.

Our management is active in the local and international community participating in many associations which allows our group to cover all market segments and to stay abreast of all economic and political developments. We are members of multiple associations, including, but not limited to Panama's Chamber of Shipping, the Panamanian Chamber of Commerce, the American Chamber of Commerce, the German Chamber of Commerce, Panama Airline Association and other community service organizations.

In respect to the AGENCO executive management, by having a "local" Board of Directors and a "local" General Manager guarantees our Principals immediate and preferential access to the business, governmental and operational contacts essential in making their business grow. We know them and they know us. Furthermore, both the ownership and the management of the Agency are "on location" in Panama guaranteeing that the business serves our customers in the most efficient and effective way possible.