The Caribbean Shipping Association was established in 1971, emerging from the necessity of a central voice for the region’s shipping industry. The mechanization of ports across the region hastened the need for representation and the formation of the Association that would become crucial to the development and exchange of ideas and practices integral to the growth of Caribbean shipping.

Since inception, the CSA’s membership has grown immensely and now boasts over 100 individual members and 12 national shipping organizations which represent interests in the private and public sectors across the entire Caribbean and South, Central and North American ports.

The diverse representation is evident in the presence of all four major regional languages – French, Spanish, Dutch and English, the CSA’s official language.