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Sea and coastal freight transport companies in Ecuador · ISIC H5012.01

174 registered companies · 139 active (80%)

Activity is classified with the ISIC code (CIIU in Spanish), the international classification the registry uses to order what every company does; this page groups the companies under code H5012.01.

The sector in figures

Financial statements filed with the Superintendencia de Compañías · year 2025

Declared revenue
$210 M
Share of the country
0.1%
Companies that filed statements
127
Median margin
3.6%

Of the 127 companies that filed statements for 2025, 96 recorded sales and 76 closed with a profit; half of those with sales billed less than $328 k.

In this sector, according to the INEC (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, the national statistics institute, 2025), the average job pays $ 860 a month. Women hold 24% of the jobs, companies provide 57% of the employment, and the sector accounts for 6.4% of registered employment. Averages from an INEC sample, not totals.

Revenue by year 2000 → 2025 · ×3.7
$48 M
$210 M
2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025
See the full series
2000
$56 M
2001
$48 M
2002
$62 M
2003
$64 M
2004
$70 M
2005
$83 M
2006
$114 M
2007
$148 M
2008
$189 M
2009
$133 M
2010
$80 M
2011
$58 M
2012
$67 M
2013
$71 M
2014
$77 M
2015
$78 M
2016
$76 M
2017
$89 M
2018
$102 M
2019
$104 M
2020
$105 M
2021
$139 M
2022
$182 M
2023
$186 M
2024
$193 M
2025
$210 M

The sector map · 2025

Azuay: no data Bolívar: no data Carchi: no data Cañar: no data Chimborazo: no data Cotopaxi: no data El Oro: $858 k declared · 7 companies Esmeraldas: $1.1 M declared · 6 companies Galápagos: $155 k declared · 8 companies Guayas: $197 M declared · 87 companies Imbabura: no data Loja: no data Los Ríos: no data Manabí: $7.1 M declared · 4 companies Morona Santiago: no data Napo: no data Orellana: $0 declared · 1 companies Pastaza: no data Pichincha: $526 k declared · 9 companies Santa Elena: $3.4 M declared · 5 companies Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas: no data Sucumbíos: no data Tungurahua: no data Zamora Chinchipe: no data Galápagos

Azuay: no dataBolívar: no dataCarchi: no dataCañar: no dataChimborazo: no dataCotopaxi: no dataEl Oro: $858 k declared · 7 companiesEsmeraldas: $1.1 M declared · 6 companiesGalápagos: $155 k declared · 8 companiesGuayas: $197 M declared · 87 companiesImbabura: no dataLoja: no dataLos Ríos: no dataManabí: $7.1 M declared · 4 companiesMorona Santiago: no dataNapo: no dataOrellana: $0 declared · 1 companiesPastaza: no dataPichincha: $526 k declared · 9 companiesSanta Elena: $3.4 M declared · 5 companiesSanto Domingo de los Tsáchilas: no dataSucumbíos: no dataTungurahua: no dataZamora Chinchipe: no data Point at or tap a province to see its figure

$155 k $197 M · logarithmic scale

2025 revenue by province of domicile. Boundaries: Natural Earth.

The sector’s provinces

The largest by revenue

  1. Mediterranean Shipping Company del Ecuador Compania Anonima (Emessea) $40 M
  2. Agencia Maritima Global Marglobal Sa $35 M
  3. C. Steinweg (Ecuador) S.A. $14 M
  4. Cosco Shipping Lines Ecuador Cia.ltda. $13 M
  5. Pacific Ocean S.A. Pacifocsa $10 M

Segment concentration

the 5 largest: 53.3% the other 91: 46.7%

Concentration index (HHI): 836, unconcentrated; the largest takes 18.8% of revenue. The HHI measures how the market is shared out, from 0 to 10,000: the higher it is, the more it is concentrated in few hands.

Among the segment’s companies with recorded sales in 2025, each assigned in full to its declared main activity.

Companies

Sorted by highest revenue · name · most recent

Companies in this list: name, RUC, location, revenue and legal status
Company RUC Location Revenue 2025 · USD Status
Adfer Solutions Express S.A. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0992143738001 Guayaquil, Guayas 469 k Active
Administracion Maritima y de Contenedores S.A.S. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0993370504001 Samborondón, Guayas 103 k Active
Aerocomex Operador Logistico de Comercio Exterior y Transporte Internacional H&e Cia.ltda. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 1792617618001 Quito, Pichincha 22 k Active
Agencia de Vapores Internacionales S.A. Agvapinsa Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0992603143001 Guayaquil, Guayas 71 k Active
Agencia Maritima Global Marglobal Sa Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0990841993001 Guayaquil, Guayas 35.1 M Active
Agencia Naviera Campaña Briones Cia. Ltda. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0890037550001 Esmeraldas — Historical
Agencia Naviera Oceantrading S.A.S. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0993399127001 Guayaquil, Guayas 0 Active
Air-sea Logistic S.A. Transporte de Carga Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0992354623001 Daule, Guayas 316 k Active
Altairgroup Ecuador Cia.ltda. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 1793062601001 Quito, Pichincha 13 k Active
Altyke S.A. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0992441488001 Manabi — Historical
American Marine Corporation Amemasa S.A. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0991313397001 Guayaquil, Guayas 487 k Active
Aprile Ecuador S.A. A&e Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0992404590001 Guayas — Historical
Asia Shipping Ecuador S. A. Ase Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0992429267001 Guayaquil, Guayas 7.1 M Active
Atlantis-petroleum S.A.S. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0993392508001 Guayaquil, Guayas 525 k Active
Atsiricorp S.A. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0992412062001 Guayas — Historical
Baltic Reefers Ecuador S.A. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0992545879001 Samborondón, Guayas 392 k Active
Balticmar S.A. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0992993359001 Guayaquil, Guayas — In dissolution
Baolei S.A. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0992745568001 Guayaquil, Guayas 0 In dissolution
Bbcecuador Andino C.ltda. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0992621885001 Guayaquil, Guayas 6 k Active
Bluewave-maritime S.A. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0891793395001 Esmeraldas, Esmeraldas 46 k Active
C. Steinweg (Ecuador) S.A. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0993230855001 Guayaquil, Guayas 14.1 M Active
Carga & Descarga Cartranliv S.A. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0993047090001 Guayaquil, Guayas 140 k Active
Cargoexpress S.A. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0991265872001 Guayas — Historical
Carvajalenterprise S.A. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0992906448001 Guayaquil, Guayas — In dissolution
Cenainsa S.a., Servicios Navieros Insulares Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0991519823001 Guayas — Historical
Cglogistics S.A. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0992732636001 Guayaquil, Guayas 59 k Active
Charapaec Cia.ltda. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 2091767012001 Santa Cruz, Galapagos 0 Active
Companhia Vale Do Rio Negro Navegaçao Ltda-epp Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 1792801818001 Quito, Pichincha — Cancelled
Compañia de Servicios Insumos y Materiales para el Sector Productivo Seimag S.A.S. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0791844284001 Machala, El Oro 0 Active
Compañia de Taxi Acuatico y Turistico Galaptur C.ltda. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 2091767043001 San Cristóbal, Galapagos 0 Active
Compañia de Transporte Maritimo de Carga y Pasajeros Orillas del Pacifico Ctmcpop C.A. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0791841073001 Huaquillas, El Oro 3 k Active
Compañia Diaz Servicio de Lanchas S.A.S. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 2490411251001 La Libertad, Santa Elena 59 k Active
Compañia Naviera Natalia S.A.C. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 1793224361001 Quito, Pichincha 0 Active
Consorcio de Operaciones Maritimas Integrales S.A. Copmain Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0992738294001 Guayas — Historical
Constructora Isai Paul Saskya Construispasa S.A. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0992738804001 Guayaquil, Guayas — In dissolution
Construjetsa S.A. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0992797967001 Guayaquil, Guayas — In dissolution
Coraduanas Logistic Cia.ltda. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 1793201546001 Quito, Pichincha 13 k Active
Corplins S.A.S. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 2490415834001 Salinas, Santa Elena — Active
Cosco Shipping Lines Ecuador Cia.ltda. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0993306126001 Guayaquil, Guayas 13.4 M Active
Cvpshipping S.A. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0992975024001 Guayas — Historical
Deltrans S.A. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0991511806001 Guayaquil, Guayas 204 k Active
Distrilcomp S.A. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0992528052001 Guayaquil, Guayas 135 k Active
Distriocean Ecuador S.A. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0993199028001 Guayaquil, Guayas — In dissolution
Ecuador Shipping Tankers (Estsa) S.A. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0992902914001 Guayaquil, Guayas 0 Active
Ecuadorian Pilot Services S.A. Pilotservices Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0992394471001 Guayaquil, Guayas 1.7 M Active
Ecuadorian Tanker Fleet Ecuafleet S.A. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0891789173001 Esmeraldas, Esmeraldas 85 k Active
Ecuamoving International Cargo S.A. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0992698802001 Guayaquil, Guayas 256 k Active
Ecuanave Ca Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0990360995001 Guayaquil, Guayas 5.5 M Active
Ecuaprovex S.A. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0992707267001 Guayaquil, Guayas — In dissolution
Elite Cargo Service Elitecargoser S.A. Sea and coastal freight transport, scheduled or not 0992872829001 Guayaquil, Guayas 371 k Active

Corporate information from official public records of Ecuador · where this data comes from