Interglobo has announced the opening of a new office in Mexico in Guadalajara. At SHIPPING ITALY, the CEO of Interglobo USA and Mexico, Emilio Parodi, explained that “this opening marks a significant step in our growth, bringing us even closer to our customers and improving our ability to provide a wider range of world-class logistics solutions. Guadalajara is a key hub for international trade in Mexico and this new office strengthens our presence in the heart of Latin America.”
In Mexico, the Genoese shipping group was already present with its own offices in Mexico City and Queretaro, through the acquisition of a long-standing agent finalized in 2023. “We will probably also open in Monterrey soon, we are investing in commercial strength and we have decided to step on the accelerator to have a more significant and complete presence in Central-South America. The goal for 2024 and 2025 was to best integrate Mexico into the Interglobo network,” Parodi continues explaining.
Regarding the types of goods, the country imports a lot of construction materials (various ceramics from Italy and Spain, Brazil, Turkey, China, and India), food products (from the Mediterranean but also from other Latin American countries), automotive, and pharmaceutical products. For 80% of its business, the company works on import volumes, but there are also significant export flows to the United States. “We are also evaluating,” he adds, “whether to proceed with investments in assets (vehicles and warehouses) in Mexico and in the meantime we have also significantly developed air shipments and project cargo, both in import and export.”
However, Interglobo’s growth path in Latin America is broader: “We are already present in Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru, then we opened in the Dominican Republic with the acquisition of a company that also owns vehicles and warehouses, and soon we will open in Guatemala.” In addition, the company is analyzing “an acquisition in Colombia where we do not yet have a direct presence” and “another one in Brazil, which involves a very large company that would help strengthen especially the management of import volumes from Asia.”
In general, besides developing the management of “intra-Latin America” shipments, Interglobo’s focus, in addition to growing further in the US, is to improve the integration and coordination of the network of offices scattered around the world.
From a results perspective, 2025 will be a particular year: “Revenue should hopefully remain stable, shipment volumes will grow by about 15% compared to 2024 with 200,000 TEUs by sea and about 6 million kilograms by air.” Emilio Parodi concludes by explaining that “in the first half of the current year we saw a 20% growth in volumes, but from mid-year, with the introduction of American tariffs, the market has slowed down significantly. Brazil is the country where this impact was felt the most, with a 40% drop in business. For 2026, not only the tariffs are a concern (whose effects on consumers will be seen from January) but more generally the market because the demand for transport and shipments appears less strong. The global geopolitical situation is also not the best and this does not help the business of those involved in shipping goods.” Despite these uncertainties on the horizon, Interglobo “intends to grow both through acquisitions and organically to obtain larger volumes of goods to manage. We must make a leap forward to keep pace with the largest players.”
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