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Shipping
Agency
VINODOL, C.A. was
officially registered in Maracaibo, Venezuela
on July 03rd, 1996. However, its marketing
activity has commenced only on August 18th
of the same year, after its manager, Hrvoje Dusper,
left his former job. The first nomination to attend
the vessel came only five days later, on August
23rd, and the ship on September 01st, the
date we take as commencement of our commercial operations.
The first month we only had that one ship ( "Navios Pioneer" loading
coal), but in October we have received three
nominations from Citgo to attend vessels
in three different terminals in Maracaibo Lake.
The number of nominations was increasing slowly
but steadily , so, in November we have attended
the first vessel out of Maracaibo Lake,
in Puerto Cabello. In January 1997
we have attended our first vessel in Puerto La
Cruz and in April and May 1997
we have already attended 12 ships each month (what
was not an average for that time, but still a good
result for a young company). As the time was running,
we have opened our Punto Fijo office (April
1998) and finally in Puerto La Cruz (April
1999). Since more and more of prestigious charterers
and owners were giving us confidence to attend their
shipments, in October of year 2001
we have attended our vessel No. 1.000, only
one month after having five years of commercial
operations. In January 2002 we reached a
record of 41 ships attended. All that signify a
strong commitment to meet our principals requirements.
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