International Maritime Services, Inc. (IMS) was created in 1994 to provide North American Shipping firms a local point of contact for reliable well-known Ship Agency companies located throughout the world. Our function is to market the Ship Agent services and provide customers operations liaison support.

Working internationally involves occasional problems with time zones, communications or the uncertainty of dealing with Ship Agents you are not familiar with. IMS can help. Our proximity is a unique advantage, because it allows each represented Ship Agent the ability to function closer to you. We will provide you the following benefits:

Contacts with reliable ship agency companies in most countries worldwide.

Our office is manned with a 24 hour answering service to guarantee prompt attention.

Every effort will be made to reduce your port costs and expedite cargo
operations.

We provide operations liaison during every agency appointment we serve
for you.