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CCNI president Beltran Urenda dies at 93

CCNI president Beltran Urenda dies at 93
A leading figure in Chile’s shipping industry and president of Compania Chilena de Navegacion Interoceanica (CCNI) Beltran Urenda died at ten age of 93.

Urenda, a lawyer by profession, served as a senator from 1989 until 2002.

He was the force behind the consolidation of CCNI transforming the shipping line into, the second largest Latin America liner company. Urenda was the president of Sonap, and Alamar and a former president of Chile’s Shipowners Association.

CCNI, part of Empresas Navieras Holding, whose subsidiary companies form part of a complete chain of cargo services, celebrated its 80 years of existence in 2010 by achieving historical results, closing the year with the best profits in history.  But the scenario has since changed with CCNI losing $78.8m in 2011, although the company was back in black the following year.