Catalano Shipping Services

Founded in 1997 in Monaco, Catalano Shipping Services is a multi-service agency dedicated to yachts, with its head office at 57 rue Grimaldi, Le Panorama block C. Since 2002 it has worked in partnership with Fratelli Cosulich, an international shipping group. It brings together its network of affiliated agencies and accredited suppliers under the A-Gents label, presented as its guarantee of quality and consistency.

The port agency division covers berth and buoy bookings, regulatory guidance, coordination with local authorities and itinerary and port call planning. Immigration and customs formalities include Schengen procedures, transit visas, ship to ship, import, export and transit. Shore services include medical assistance, sourcing, provisioning, bunkering, deliveries and vehicle rental.

The logistics and technical support division relies on fully staffed offices near the major ports, a proprietary fleet of vehicles and more than 600 square metres of dry, refrigerated and frozen warehousing, including bonded storage. It covers the management of mail and parcels, pickups and deliveries, technical interventions, chandlery and spare parts, and the pumping of grey and black water and of oil.

The concierge department covers restaurant, club, beach club and hotel reservations, beauty and wellness, cultural ticketing, guided tours and sports activities, VIP transport (limousine, helicopter, private jet, car rental), events and gala dinners, entertainment and floral decoration. Guest and crew provisioning is delivered by the accredited supplier Just Provisions, whose export hubs are in London, Paris and Amsterdam. Three digital tools complete the offer: My Agents Online for tracking bookings and invoices, LogNav for FCE and ICE tax monitoring, and the E-guides by destination.

Offices are located in Monaco, Antibes, Cannes, Saint-Tropez, Toulon and La Ciotat, Calvi, Ajaccio and Bonifacio, while the network of affiliated agencies extends coverage towards Asia and the Pacific. The agency displays its membership of several professional organisations: A-Gents, W League Agents, AYSS, MULTIPORT Ship Agencies Network, Cluster Yachting Monaco, ECPY, Union Maritime 06, Italian Yacht Masters and Monaco Capital of Yachting.