King Ocean Services

King Ocean Services is a family of cargo shipping companies founded on March 1, 1982, and headquartered in South Florida. The company provides weekly direct ocean transportation from Port Everglades to more than a dozen destinations across South America, Central America and the Caribbean, with additional services to Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire and the Eastern Caribbean. In 2024 it expanded to the Bahamas and Turks & Caicos following the acquisition of Seacor Island Lines. It has operated in ocean transportation for over 40 years.

Its services cover full container load (FCL) and less-than-container-load (LCL) shipping, bulk cargo and vehicles, vessel charter, refrigerated and temperature-controlled cargo, and specialised transport of heavy machinery and project cargo. The company also ships personal items, runs cargo consolidation facilities in South Florida, and provides shipping documentation and processing services.

King Ocean Services states that it maintains the highest safety and security standards across its operations. It is a member of the U.S. C-TPAT (Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism) programme and reports BASC certification and ISO certification in most Latin American countries where it operates. Work across the company spans maritime operations, container and reefer logistics, warehousing, consolidation and documentation, serving industries including ocean freight, supply chain, refrigerated logistics, vehicle transport and project cargo.

Destinations served include Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, alongside the Caribbean islands noted above.