Sousa Group
Native name | Grupo Sousa |
|---|---|
| Company type | Privately held company |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Founder | Luís Miguel Sousa |
| Headquarters | Funchal , Portugal |
Area served | Americas Africa Europe Middle East Asia |
| Owner | LUMISO SGPS (60%) SOUSAPAR SGPS (20%) RUSAMAR SGPS (10%) BETASOL SGPS (10) |
| Divisions | Shipping Harbour Operations Logistics Energy Tourism |
| Subsidiaries | GS Lines, PCI - Portusline Containers International, Porto Santo Line, Steermar, PMAR Navegação, PMAR Cabo Verde, PMAR Guiné Bissau, OPM, ETP, LCP - Lisbon Cruise Port, TSA- Terminal de Santa Apolónia, Logislink, Opertrans, Marmod, Metal Lobos, Gáslink, WindMad, Luamar Aparthotel, Torre Praia Hotel, Praia Dourada Hotel, Agência Ferraz, Pizza N'Areia, Corsário Beach Bar, Salinas Restaurante, Ponta da Calheta Restaurante, Porto Santo Line Travel. |
Sousa Group is a Portuguese private business group based in Funchal, Madeira. It is a maritime-port, logistics, energy and tourism operator and is considered the largest Portuguese shipowner.
The Sousa Group includes cargo shipping companies GS Lines, the shipping company Porto Santo Line where it operates with the ship Lobo Marinho. In the port operation area, it is responsible for the Madeira Port Operations Society - OPM and for the Santa Apolónia Terminal - TSL. In the area of shipping agents, it owns PMAR Navegação, PMAR Cabo Verde, PMAR Guinea-Bissau. The company also operates Logislink logistic operation centers and logistic terminals in Madeira, Azores, Alverca, Leixões and Porto Santo. In energy, it operates with Gáslink and WindMad. In addition, in the tourism area in Porto Santo the group operates with three hotels, two restaurants, a pizzeria, and a beach bar.