Agencia Marítima Portillo Cádiz S.L. is a family business with origins dating back more than a century.
Its founder, Jorge Scharfausen Curry (Germany, 1868–Cádiz, 1923), was a ship agent in Sweden, shipping timber from northern Europe to Cádiz. At the beginning of the twentieth century, he moved with his family to Cádiz. The earliest surviving photographic record of the family business shows the launch of the vessel “Christian” in 1918.
The business continued to develop when Fernando Portillo Ruiz joined the family. He was a merchant, ship agent, chartering specialist, customs agent and freight forwarder.
His eldest son, Fernando Portillo Schaffhausen, drove the company's expansion, extending operations to El Puerto de Santa María and introducing innovative maritime shipping services for wineries in El Puerto de Santa María and Jerez.
The purchase of several vessels soon broadened the business into shipowning. Expansion continued through alliances in Seville, Málaga, Almería and Huelva, resulting in CONDEPORT, ACMAR and EUROPAMAR.
Today, the fourth generation, Fernando and José Antonio, leads a maritime tradition that began in Sweden more than 100 years ago.
With offices in La Cabezuela, Puerto Real, and an established reputation, Agencia Marítima Portillo S.L. continues to grow, developing business in new maritime trades.
