After a challenging 2020, Ecuador’s maritime shipping sector is on track to regain major momentum in 2021. The industry has undergone rapid recent growth – between 2012 and 2019, cargo shipping volumes in the country rose by 34% – and the post-Covid recovery is already being felt. As the pandemic ebbs, global shipping costs are skyrocketing, and fi rms like Corporación Marzam are set to benefit from a maritime renaissance.
Established in 1981, Corporación Marzam is an integrated shipping firm comprising specialized companies that offer comprehensive services to shipowners, operators and other companies in the industrial, automotive, oil, shipping and fishing sectors. Corporación Marzam has always viewed the its primary mission as contributing to the economic growth and development of Ecuador, especially during crises such as the Covid-19 pandemic, as its president and founder Mariano Zambrano Segovia explained: