Francoudi & Stephanou Shipping

With more than 110 years of successful operation and, hand-in-hand with its life-long associate and partner, Z. D. Pierides (est. in 1860), Francoudi & Stephanou is regarded among the first Cypriot business entities to have ventured into shipping. Established in 1895, the firm started with the customary representation of overseas shipping lines and later on pioneered in the introduction of cargo handling activities and facilities in Cyprus ports. Main areas of interest of the F&S Agency business since its formation, were those of transportation, of offering a comprehensive service whether by land, sea or air for cargo and passengers, of insurance and of trading. Through their continuous involvement in shipping for more than a century now, F&S and their associates have represented and promoted the interests of a great number of prominent Shipping Lines operating from/to U.K., the Continent, Scandinavia, the U.S.A., the Far East and the former Soviet Union. The Company’s progressive attitude towards shipping was best manifested when it became the first agency (in the early 1970’s) to initiate containerization in Cyprus and furthermore, to invest in the acquisition of its own container lifting and handling equipment. This resulted in its appointment by the Cypr