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Maritime TransportationSantiago Metropolitan, Chile501-1000 Employees
CSAV is a Chile-based maritime transportation company founded in 1872, the oldest shipping line in Latin America and among Chile's earliest publicly traded firms still in existence. Its main business is container shipping, supported by a 30% stake in Hapag-Lloyd AG acquired in 2014, with a shareholder agreement that grants significant influence and joint control over the world’s fifth-largest container shipping line. The company is headquartered in Las Condes, in the Santiago Metropolitan region of Chile. In the container shipping market, CSAV operates as a mid-sized player within the maritime transportation sector, leveraging its stake in Hapag-Lloyd to participate in global container movements. Its customer base consists of businesses requiring container transport services and it sits within a global supply chain network through its association with Hapag-Lloyd. The organization employs several hundred people.