Our primary business focus at Capes is full cargo vessel agency attendance. There is a diverse portfolio of business including dry bulk, wet bulk, breakbulk, project cargoes, container vessel husbandry. We are equally experienced and qualified in the representation of differing types of vessel principals, including foreign buyers and charterers, shipowners/operators, vessel management companies, American exporters and importers, and other parties contracted to a vessel. The main types of agency services that we are engaged in are:
- Full Cargo Vessel Agency Attendance
- Protective Agency Services
- Husbandry Agents
- Shipper’s Agents
- Supervisory Services
Capes has maintained for many years a separate department that provides export forwarding and documentation services to major bulk cargo exporters especially coal shippers.
Capes provides U.S. General Agency services to several key clients. Our extensive network of sub-agents enables us to effectively provide coverage at any deepwater port in the USA.
Capes provides specialized agency services including:
- Supervisory Services for Cargo Operations
- Warehousing Services
- Logistics Management
- AMS
Effective 2003 Capes became a division of parent company C.V. International, Inc. CVI is based in Norfolk, Virginia and provides an extensive array of services to U.S. exporters and importers. CVI provides resources to Capes’ principals in a number of ways including cargo and parts clearance, ocean freight services and global logistics capabilities for the international movement of cargoes of all sizes and types.