SSA Marine

SSA Marine began in 1949 as a family-owned business and says it has grown to more than 20,000 employees worldwide. [1] It is the marine-terminal operating company within Carrix, a privately held transportation-infrastructure group whose other businesses include Tideworks Technology and Rail Management Services. [2]

The company organizes its activities around container, conventional-cargo and cruise operations. [1] Its container division oversees concessions in the United States, Mexico, Panama, Canada, Chile, Colombia and Vietnam, while its conventional division covers bulk, breakbulk, automobiles and project cargo in the United States and Canada. [1]

SSA describes its operating model as a marine-terminal and cruise-port business that works with local expertise inside a global network. [2] Its published service and location pages show activity across container terminals, conventional cargo facilities, vehicle-processing sites, warehouses and cruise terminals, making it an infrastructure operator rather than an ocean carrier that owns or schedules ships. [3]

Its relevance to the directory is especially clear at Long Beach. [4] A Federal Maritime Commission agreement states that Pacific Maritime Services conducts container stevedoring and terminal operations on Pier J and holds the lease for that facility; the West Coast Marine Terminal Operators Association lists Pacific Maritime Services as the Pier J operator and SSA Terminals as a separate member. [4] [5] A public Port of Long Beach financing document describes Pacific Maritime Services as a joint venture between SSA Terminals and China Overseas Shipping Company that operates the Pier J container terminal. [6]