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CSAV (Legacy)

SCAC CSAV · Valparaiso, Chile · founded 1872 · Gemini Cooperation

CSAV (Legacy) (legal entity Compania Sud Americana de Vapores) is a niche operator headquartered in Valparaiso, Chile. Founded in 1872, the line has spent 154 years building out its container service network and today operates a fleet of 0 vessels under the SCAC code CSAV. CSAV (Legacy) operates as a non-vessel-operating common carrier (NVOCC) and does not own its own container ships, placing the carrier among the recognised operators on its core trade lanes.

CSAV (Legacy) is most active on the following corridors: Now part of Hapag-Lloyd. Through its membership of the Gemini Cooperation, the carrier shares vessel capacity with Maersk Line, Hapag-Lloyd on East-West services. Direct customer contact is available via +56 32 220 3000 or the carrier's web portal at csav.com.

CSAV (Legacy) corridor coverage

CSAV (Legacy) concentrates its services on Now part of Hapag-Lloyd. Customers on these lanes typically see weekly or twice-weekly sailings depending on season and trade balance. For a current sailing schedule, contact the carrier directly or consult its weekly schedule publication.

How to track a CSAV (Legacy) container

Tracking a CSAV (Legacy) container starts with confirming the prefix. Look at the container's left-hand corner casting plate or the painted code on the door — the four-letter ISO 6346 owner code is followed by six numeric digits and a single check digit. Blue Water Facts no longer publishes a per-carrier owner-prefix list (see /accuracy/ for why); confirm the operator via the carrier's own tracking portal or your bill of lading. Visit csav.com, navigate to the carrier's tracking or "track and trace" portal, and paste the full container number. The portal will return current vessel position, the next scheduled port call, the estimated time of arrival (ETA) and the most recent equipment events such as gate-in, loaded, discharged and gate-out.

If the carrier portal does not return a result, the most likely causes are: the container has not yet been gate-in at the origin terminal, the bill of lading number is in a different format (check whether the system expects an MBL versus an HBL), or the box is moving on a partner alliance vessel rather than a CSAV (Legacy) hull. In the last case, the schedule data lives with the operating carrier, not the equipment owner. CSAV (Legacy)'s customer service can normally cross-reference the booking and route you to the correct alliance partner. Reach the carrier on +56 32 220 3000 during European business hours.

Related ocean carriers

Operators most often compared with CSAV (Legacy) on overlapping trade lanes: