Francoudi & Stephanou

Description:

Being the oldest company in the shipping business in Cyprus, we are proud to maintain our traditions and provide an extensive range of services in the field of shipping and transportation, electronic data interchange for the world's leading shipping lines. Always on the lookout for emerging technologies in a world of constant evolution of the shipping business, F&S Shipping is continuously developing itself to lead in the new era providing it's partners and customers with efficient and reliable service, uptodate information and complete transportation solutions. When Agisilaos Francoudi established his Shipping Agency in Famagusta in 1895, he could never have predicted the century of growth and innovation that was to follow. The company has initially provided services in Shipping, Cargo Handling, Freight Forwarding, Customs Clearing and Insurance. At the turn of the century, the company he founded was the first agency to initate containerization in Cyprus and continued to build its position in the shipping agency/container handling business. By the 1930s, Francoudi & Stephanou was making its first forays outside of shipping into import of alcohol beverages, trade and distribution. The trend toward diversification accelerated in 1960-70, with the construction of own hotels and acquisition of Aeolos - the pioneer in the Cyprus tourism business sector, and then again in the mid-1990's with the diversification into telecommunication activities through F&S Telecom and Financial Services through F&S Financial Services. Today, Francoudi & Stephanou is a diversified holding company numbering 28 companies with over 1500 full time employees and forty locations in Cyprus and abroad and involved in a broad spectrum of activity in the areas of Shipping, Trading and Distribution, Financial Services, Telecommunications, Information Technology, Travel, Hotels. We have built a successful, world-class company through our relentless emphasis on highest quality of our work, our unparalleled infrastructure and, most importantly, our outstanding employees who share our commitment to meeting the challenges of the future and conducting business in a responsible manner wherever we operate.