CARGONAVE Group

What CARGONAVE Group does

CARGONAVE Group (legal name: Grupo Cargonave) is a privately held Brazilian company headquartered in Paranaguá, founded in 1987, with 51–100 employees. The firm operates a traditional shipping agency business providing port operations, customs, and logistics services to maritime clients. More recently, the company has built and launched a web-based SaaS platform — also marketed under the CARGONAVE Group brand at cargonavegroup.com — that targets other maritime shipping agencies and freight forwarders as customers.

The SaaS platform is structured as an integrated suite of domain-specialized modules. Administrative modules (Admin Panel, Admin Clients, Admin Communication, Admin Documents, Admin Vessels, Admin Export Data, Admin Suggestions, Admin Video Upload) handle internal agency operations, while client-facing modules (Client Area, Dashboard, Vessel Tracking, Port Comparison, Port Detail) expose exclusive data and functionalities to platform subscribers. Distribution is direct via the website on a global self-serve basis, with no published pricing and no third-party integrations, APIs, or SDKs documented. The revenue model is described as recurring subscription SaaS, though no customer logos, ARR figures, or sales pipeline data are publicly disclosed.

The business therefore sits at an early pivot point: a 35+ year-old operating shipping agency has productized its internal tooling into a horizontal SaaS offering for industry peers. Execution signals are mixed — the platform is built and online, but no funding rounds, partnerships, marketing channels, customer logos, or pricing have been disclosed, and no AI/ML capability is evidenced in the platform feature set.

Name

CARGONAVE Group

Legal name

Grupo Cargonave

Website

https://cargonavegroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

CARGONAVE Group (Grupo Cargonave) is a privately held Brazilian shipping agency, founded 1987 in Paranaguá, that has built a web-based SaaS platform for maritime agency management — offering vessel tracking, port comparison, and administrative modules to other shipping agencies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Maritime Agency Management Software

NAICS

Freight Transportation Arrangement (488510), Support Activities for Water Transportation (4883)

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731)

akta.pro primary industry

Spare Parts, Ship Chandlery & Logistics to Vessel (TLAHAJAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Cargo Visibility, Track & Trace & Port Analytics (ETA/ETD, Dwell, Predictive) (TLAHAOAH)

Keywords

• Maritime agency software
• Shipping management platform
• Vessel tracking system
• Port operations management
• Maritime logistics SaaS

Headquarters

HQ city

Paranaguá

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. SaaS Platform Subscription: Complete maritime agency management platform with access to data and exclusive functionalities for clients, likely delivered as a subscription-based SaaS model

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

CARGONAVE Group operates a web-based maritime agency management platform that centralizes shipping operations through administrative modules (clients, documents, vessels, exports) and client-facing features such as vessel tracking, port comparison, port detail, and a dashboard. The platform is offered as a SaaS solution providing maritime agencies with exclusive data access and integrated tools for client, document, and vessel management.

Product overview

CARGONAVE Group offers a complete maritime agency management platform providing access to exclusive data and features for clients. The platform consists of an integrated suite of modules including administrative tools (Admin Clients, Admin Communication, Admin Documents, Admin Export Data, Admin Panel, Admin Suggestions, Admin Vessels, Admin Video Upload) and client-facing features (Client Area, Dashboard, Port Comparison, Port Detail, Vessel Tracking). The platform is designed for maritime agency operations with data management and exclusive functionality access capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CARGONAVE Maritime Agency Management Platform Integrated SaaS platform for maritime shipping agencies that consolidates administrative operations (client, document, vessel, export data, video, and communication management) and client-facing features (dashboard, vessel tracking, port comparison, port detail, and client portal) into a single web-based solution.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Veson Nautical: Veson Nautical delivers commercial maritime operations and voyage management software. It competes in the same maritime agency/shipping operations software category that CARGONAVE targets with its admin and vessel modules.
• CargoSmart: CargoSmart provides shipping management and visibility solutions for ocean carriers and shippers. Its document management and vessel scheduling capabilities overlap with CARGONAVE's Admin Documents and Admin Vessels modules.
• VesselFinder: VesselFinder offers real-time vessel tracking and AIS-based port data, closely comparable to CARGONAVE's Vessel Tracking and Port Detail features for maritime operations users.
• MarineTraffic: MarineTraffic provides global vessel tracking, port intelligence, and maritime analytics. It overlaps directly with CARGONAVE's Vessel Tracking, Port Detail, and Port Comparison modules, serving a similar maritime audience.
• Portcast: Portcast provides predictive vessel and container visibility for shippers and forwarders. It is comparable to CARGONAVE as a maritime-focused visibility and analytics SaaS targeting operational users.

Emerging players

• Datalastic: Datalastic offers maritime data APIs covering vessels, ports, and container tracking. It is comparable to CARGONAVE on the data/analytics layer, particularly the Port Comparison and Vessel Tracking features.
• Windward: Windward applies AI to maritime risk and vessel behavior analytics. It intersects with CARGONAVE's vessel and port intelligence features but focuses on compliance and risk use cases rather than full agency operations.

Broad incumbents

• Kpler: Kpler is an established maritime and commodity intelligence platform offering vessel, port, and trade-flow analytics. It competes broadly with CARGONAVE's port comparison and vessel tracking capabilities but serves a wider customer base across commodities and shipping.
• project44: project44 is a large supply chain visibility platform with multimodal tracking. Its ocean visibility capabilities overlap with CARGONAVE's vessel tracking features, although project44 serves shippers and 3PLs more broadly than maritime agencies.

Regional players

• Portbase: Portbase operates the Dutch port community system providing a single window for port calls and cargo data. It is conceptually comparable to CARGONAVE's port community/digital services offering but is regionally focused on the Port of Rotterdam rather than Brazil.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cargonave-group

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about CARGONAVE Group