The company was established in the Spring of 1971 to act as ship agent and stevedore in all Dominican ports  including Santo Domingo, Rio Haina, Boca Chica, Barahona, Cabo Rojo, San Pedro de Macoris, La Romana, Azua, Samaná, Puerto Plata, Caucedo, Manzanillo and Punta Palenque. The head office is located near the port of Haina in the city of Santo Domingo and branch offices are maintained at all other ports connected by private VHF radio communication among each other. The same VHF radio can be used to communicate with ships offshore.  

The principal partners and Board of Directors are: 

Karsten H. Windeler
President

Gustavo J. Tavares K.
Vice President
Juan T. Tavares K.
Vice President  

The Staff consist of about 400 persons attending to all aspects of a ship agency and stevedoring.  Approximately 1800 ships are attendend to annually. We are the Dominican member of the worldwide Multiport Ship Agencies Network and a member of the Baltic & International Maritime Council (BIMCO). We have been accredited under ISO 9001:2000 by SGS-ICS Ibérica, S.A. of Spain, for our ship agency, cargo handling and warehousing activities in the Dominican Republic. The company represents a number of regular general cargo and container liner services connecting the Dominican Republic with Europe, the Far East, South and North America, Central America and the Caribbean. At the same time, the company represents many dry bulk, tanker, tramp, reefer and cruise vessel owners and operators as well as charterers and trading companies. The principal commodities are grain, sugar, coal, cement and cement clinker, limestone, gypsum, bauxite, and others minerals, fertilizer,steel, lumber, LNG and LPG, fuel and petroleum products, chemical products, fruits and vegetables. Project cargoes are also a specialty. We have been certified by the Dominican Chapter of Business Alliance for Secure Commerce (BASC), based on the international standards of the worldwide BASC organization.