Ultramar Shipping

What Ultramar Shipping does

Ultramar Shipping is a private Mexican company headquartered in Altamira, Tamaulipas, with a web presence at ultramar.com.mx. The company name and operating location — Altamira is one of Mexico's principal Gulf Coast ports — are consistent with a maritime shipping, agency, or freight services business, although the company's own website did not render substantive content during data collection (only a verification/waiting page was served), and there are no product descriptions, service catalogs, or value propositions in the available source data.

The company is very small by headcount, with 7 employees listed, and was founded in 1992, indicating a long-standing but compact operation. No products, certifications, partnerships, customer logos, management team, or technology stack have been disclosed. There is no public revenue figure, no funding history, and no reference to proprietary systems, digital platforms, or technology vendors. The corporate structure appears to be a privately held single entity with no documented parent, subsidiaries, or investors.

Commercially, the absence of pricing, customer segments, and go-to-market information means the revenue model cannot be characterized from first-party sources. The combination of a long operating history, a strategic port-city location, and a very small headcount most plausibly points to a niche local shipping agency, brokerage, or vessel representation business, but this is inferred from the name and location rather than confirmed by the company's own disclosures. Investors should treat any further characterization as speculative pending direct confirmation from the company.

Name

Ultramar Shipping

Website

https://ultramar.com.mx

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Ultramar Shipping is a privately held, 7-employee Mexican company founded in 1992, based in the port city of Altamira, Tamaulipas. The name and location suggest a maritime shipping or freight services niche, though the company has not publicly disclosed its service catalog, customers, or revenue model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Maritime Shipping Services

NAICS

Freight Transportation Arrangement (48851), Deep Sea Freight Transportation (483111)

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731), Water Transportation (4400)

akta.pro primary industry

Ocean Freight Brokerage (FCL/LCL) (TLADAMAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Customs Brokerage for Ocean Shipments (Import/Export Clearance) (TLACABAG), FCL (Full Container Load) Ocean Forwarding (TLACABAA), International Vehicle Shipping & Import Assistance (HSAKACAJ)

Keywords

• Maritime shipping services
• Port logistics
• Cargo transportation
• Vessel operations
• Freight forwarding

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Ultramar Shipping is a small maritime shipping services provider headquartered in Altamira, Tamaulipas, Mexico — a major Gulf of Mexico port. Based on its location and name, the company operates in port-related vessel and cargo services for clients moving goods through the Altamira port complex. The firm's website at ultramar.com.mx was inaccessible during data collection, displaying only a verification screen, so specific service lines cannot be confirmed from primary source material.

Product overview

No product information available. The source content consists only of a website verification/loading page ("One moment, please...") at https://ultramar.com.mx/ with no substantive content about products, services, or company offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Maritime Shipping Services

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Direct peers

• Grupo TMM: Historic Mexican maritime and logistics company historically involved in ocean shipping, port operations, and freight services in Mexican ports — comparable legacy Gulf-of-Mexico shipping operator.
• Transunisa: Latin American freight forwarder offering ocean and air freight services with operations across Mexico and Central/South America — competing for similar cross-border shipper customers.
• Agunsa: Chilean-headquartered multimodal logistics operator with a strong presence in Mexico and Latin America, offering ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, and port-related services — directly comparable to a small Mexican ocean forwarder.
• SEACOM Logistics: Mexican freight forwarder and customs broker offering ocean, air, and ground transportation services to importers and exporters — competing in the same niche of small-to-mid Mexican ocean forwarders.
• Marítima Mexicana: Mexican shipping agency and freight services provider focused on vessel representation, stevedoring, and freight forwarding at Mexican ports — overlapping with ocean freight and customs brokerage services.

Broad incumbents

• Kuehne+Nagel: One of the world's largest ocean freight forwarders with substantial Mexican operations — competes for ocean freight and customs business but with a global network and integrated digital platforms.
• DHL Global Forwarding: Global freight forwarding division of DHL offering ocean, air, and road freight plus customs brokerage across Mexico — competes for the same Mexican ocean freight customers but at vastly larger scale and with full multimodal coverage.
• DSV: Global transport and logistics provider (including through its Schenker acquisition) with significant Mexican ocean and air forwarding capabilities — competes for the same shipper base with broader service portfolio.
• CEVA Logistics: Global 3PL offering ocean, air, road, and contract logistics services with Mexican operations — competing incumbent in Mexican ocean freight forwarding and customs.
• Expeditors International: Global logistics company with strong ocean and air freight forwarding presence in Mexico — competing for similar Mexican shipper customers via its asset-light forwarding model.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ultramar-shipping

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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