About US

History

Seaboard Marine is an ocean transportation company that provides direct, regular service between the United States and the Caribbean Basin, Central and South America.

Established in 1983, Seaboard Marine is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Seaboard Corporation. We have identified unique and profitable opportunities in more than twenty countries while adapting to constantly changing environments. With each office and location contributing steadily to the company's growth, Seaboard Marine is a trade leader in the Western Hemisphere

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Services

Our success in the region for nearly 25 years has enabled us to expand into new markets. We now serve nearly forty ports in over twenty countries. Seaboard Marine’s facilities include a private terminal of nearly 70 acres at the Port of Miami. We carry more cargo to and from the Port of Miami than any other carrier. Although this facility complies with and exceeds all governmental security mandates, it operates seven days a week, 365 days a year-- a unique convenience for our customers. We have deployed a system that integrates the use of over fifty cameras into an on-site command center monitored 24-hours.

Although we continue to have more than seventy monthly sailings from Miami, during the past few years, Seaboard Marine has successfully initiated services from other U.S. ports. We now offer weekly service to Chile, Peru, Venezuela, Trinidad, Colombia and all of Central America from Houston. We also operate our own 62-acre terminal in Houston called Jacintoport. We also serve Central America twice per week from New Orleans and will open our own dedicated terminal there in 2008. Since 2002, have offered a reliable weekly service to Haiti, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic from Philadelphia. We also provide weekly service to Colombia, Venezuela, Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic from Fernandina Beach, Florida.

Seaboard’s fleet consists of dozens of vessels, thousands of dry, reefer and specialized containers and related equipment with direct service between the U.S. and major ports of call throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Our fixed-day schedules make it convenient for customers to coordinate manufacturing schedules and maintain inventories at cost-efficient levels.

Convenient schedules, and an expanding fleet of ships both commanded and managed by a company of dedicated professionals, to and from these markets, has become the trademark of Seaboard Marine.

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Teamwork

Our personnel are experts at ensuring your shipment arrives at its destination in excellent condition and on schedule.
That means:

  • Unsurpassed security at both departure and destination ports
  • A careful check of equipment
  • Expeditious clearance procedures
  • Detail oriented employees at each end of your shipments
  • Dedicated departments for each region we serve

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Quality

Seaboard Marine provides each client with a high level of attention, constant communication, expert knowledge and the drive to provide service that is unsurpassed. These characteristics define our quest for quality. We focus on each customer individually and strive to meet all of your ocean transportation needs.

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Partnership

Our approach is to work in partnership with our customers, and provide the most effective level of service throughout the United States to/from Latin America. This high service level has been recognized by the Florida Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association as they honored Seaboard with their "1999 Firm of the Year Award” and repeated the honor again in 2000 and 2001. For a quarter of a century, Seaboard Marine has been a leader in the ocean transportation industry. We’ve created our own advantage by incorporating state-of-the-art technology and engineering into all of our operations such as advanced security features, and gate log systems at our terminal facilities, as well as real-time satellite communications between our vessels, our Miami headquarters and overseas offices.

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Code of Ethics

Seaboard Marine, along with Seaboard Corporation, believes in and practices strict business and ethical standards. Seaboard enforces this policy with all of its employees and business partners. To learn more about our Code of Ethics, Click Here

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