What Navecopa does

Navecopa (legal name NAVECOPA S. de R.L. de C.V.) is a Mexican maritime, port, and logistics services company headquartered in Manzanillo, Colima. Founded in 2010 by an individual with over 35 years of experience as a shipping agent at the port of Manzanillo, the company provides stevedoring, ship agency, customs brokerage, and complementary port services to importers, exporters, and shipping operators across Mexico.

The company operates through four core service lines: (1) Maniobrista (Stevedoring Agency), which provides cargo handling, storage, weighing, and consolidation services across the ports of Manzanillo, Topolobampo, Ensenada, and Tampico; (2) Agencia Consignataria (Ship Agency), which provides vessel representation, crew services, provisions, bunkers, and logistics coordination on a national basis; (3) Agencia Aduanal (Customs Broker), which provides import/export clearance, tariff classification, and trade compliance services at seven ports with specialization in fertilizers, steel rolls, minerals, and sugar; and (4) Otros Servicios, including external warehousing (notably the Patio San Buena facility of 12+ hectares located 14 km from Manzanillo's inner port), mooring, garbage collection, lightering, and flagging services. Stevedoring capabilities at Ensenada and Topolobampo are accessed via a strategic partnership with Tramitadora del Pacifico S.A. de C.V., and at Tampico via Grupo Almacont S.A. de C.V.

Navecopa generates revenue through professional service fees and agency charges across these four lines. Distribution is entirely direct via its owned network of 14 offices across Mexico's principal Pacific and Gulf coast ports plus a Mexico City administrative office. The go-to-market motion is sales-led and relationship-driven, with no public pricing, no disclosed external funding, no mobile applications, no digital platform, and no certifications, patents, or awards listed in the available data. Customer concentration is unobservable but the company serves a defined mix of import/export clients, shipping operators, and commodity traders in bulk segments.

Name

Navecopa

Legal name

NAVECOPA S. DE R.L. DE C.V.

Website

https://navecopa.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Navecopa is a Mexican maritime, port, and logistics services company that provides stevedoring, ship agency, customs brokerage, and complementary port services to importers, exporters, and shipping operators across 14 offices in Mexico's major Pacific and Gulf coast ports.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Maritime Port Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Water Transportation (4883), Marine Cargo Handling (488320), Port and Harbor Operations (48831)

SIC

Water Transportation (4400), Oil & Gas Field Services, Nec (1389)

akta.pro primary industry

Stevedoring & Vessel Loading/Discharging (Ship-to-Shore Operations) (TLAHALAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Provisions, Stores & Bonded Supplies Coordination (TLAHAJAC), Terminal Cargo Handling & Yard Operations (Receiving, Staging, Delivery) (TLAHALAB), Port Equipment Operations (Crane Operators, RTG/RMG, Straddle Carrier Operations) (TLAHALAE)

Keywords

• Maritime port services
• Customs brokerage
• Stevedoring operations
• Ship agency services
• Port logistics

Headquarters

HQ city

Manzanillo

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices14 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Maritime and Port Services: Revenue generated through professional maritime, logistics, and port services including stevedoring agency, ship agency, customs brokerage, and related operational services. Services are provided to importers, exporters, and shipping operators through agency fees and service charges.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Navecopa provides integrated maritime, port, and logistics services to importers, exporters, and shipping operators through four service lines: Maniobrista (Stevedoring Agency) for cargo handling at Manzanillo, Topolobampo, Ensenada, and Tampico; Agencia Consignataria (Ship Agency) for vessel representation, crew services, bunkers, and logistics coordination with national coverage; Agencia Aduanal (Customs Broker) for import/export clearance at seven Mexican ports; and Otros Servicios including external warehouses (Patio San Buena, 12+ hectares, 14 km from Manzanillo inner port), mooring, garbage collection, lightering, and flagging.

Product overview

Navecopa is a maritime, port, and logistics services company that operates as a unified platform of interconnected service offerings. The core portfolio consists of four main service lines: (1) Maniobrista (Stevedoring Agency) for cargo handling operations across Mexican ports; (2) Agencia Consignataria (Ship Agency) for vessel representation and logistics coordination; (3) Agencia Aduanal (Customs Broker) for customs clearance and trade compliance; and (4) Otros Servicios (Other Services) including warehouses, mooring, and lightering. These services are delivered through the company's network of own offices in major Mexican ports and are designed to provide comprehensive end-to-end solutions for importers, exporters, and shipping clients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Maniobrista (Stevedoring Agency)

Quantifiable outcome

• Approximately 80% of international trade is carried out by sea (UNCTAD reference cited by company)

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Tramitadora del Pacifico S.A. de C.V.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 November 2013Stevedore concession partner at Ensenada (concession granted November 7, 2013) and Topolobampo (concession granted February 2018). This partnership enables Navecopa to provide stevedoring services at these Pacific coast ports through Tramitadora del Pacifico's operational concession.
• Grupo Almacont S.A. de C.V.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2013Stevedore concession partner at Tampico port (concession granted October 2013). This partnership provides Navecopa with stevedoring operational capabilities at the Tampico port on Mexico's Gulf coast.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Tramitadora del Pacifico (Ensenada/Topolobampo partner): Mexican port-operations firm holding stevedoring concessions at Ensenada and Topolobampo through which Navecopa provides services; direct peer in stevedoring on the Mexican Pacific coast.
• Grupo Almacont (Tampico partner): Mexican port-operations company that holds the Tampico stevedoring concession through which Navecopa operates; a direct peer in Gulf-coast stevedoring and adjacent to Navecopa's service offer at that port.
• Consignataria y Servicios Marítimos (Consignataria del Sur / similar MX ship agents): Mexican ship-agency firms providing vessel consignee, customs, and husbandry services; direct peers to Navecopa's Agencia Consignataria and Agencia Aduanal offerings at shared Mexican ports.
• SSA Mexico (Stevedoring Services of America): Specialized stevedoring and terminal operator with Mexican port presence; directly comparable to Navecopa's Maniobrista (stevedoring) service line at ports including Topolobampo, Tampico, and Pacific/Gulf locations.
• Agencia Aduanal Sierra (and similar MX customs brokers): Mexican customs brokerage firms operating across Pacific and Gulf ports; directly comparable to Navecopa's customs agency services at Manzanillo, Veracruz, Altamira, and other shared ports.

Emerging players

• Manuchar Mexico: International trader/distributor of fertilizers, steel, and minerals active at Mexican ports; customer-like entity that overlaps in commodity trade flows (fertilizers, minerals) where Navecopa provides customs brokerage and stevedoring — useful as an adjacent/customer peer.

Broad incumbents

• Grupo TMM: Mexican multimodal logistics and port operator historically active in stevedoring, ship agency, and customs brokerage at major Mexican ports; comparable as a broad incumbent in maritime agency services, though larger and publicly listed.
• Hutchison Ports Mexico (ICC / EIT): Operates major container terminals at the Port of Veracruz and Ensenada; directly comparable to Navecopa's stevedoring and terminal-handling activities at those same ports and a global benchmark for port operations in Mexico.
• APM Terminals Mexico: Maersk-owned global terminal operator with Mexican port operations; competes in the same stevedoring and marine cargo handling space as Navecopa at major Mexican gateways.
• ICTSI Mexico (Terminal Internacional de Tuxpan / Contecon Manzanillo): Global terminal operator with concessions at Manzanillo and other Mexican ports; competes with Navecopa in stevedoring and port handling services on the Pacific coast.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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