Who we are
Duncan y Cossío SA is a leader company since its foundation in 1958, whose social object is supply and maintenance of safety at sea equipment as well as Inspection, Repairing and Re-Certification of Inflatable Life Rafts. Our two divisions are: Life rafts and Life boats
Our Headquarters is located in Mexico City. We have seven Service Stations for life rafts and one Service Station for life boats, everyone of them approved by our National Maritime Authorities, by the main Life Raft Manufacturers worldwide and by the Class Society Germanischer Lloyd (GL). Each Service Station is managed by a highly qualified technician, whose training and updating in Life Rafts matters is constant and their working time average in the company is 14 years of experience. Duncan is the only Mexican company affiliated since its foundation to the United States Marine Safety Association (USMSA).
Our Mission is to be at the top in everything related to maritime security to keep human life at sea.
Customers
At the time being, we service 90% of the Life Rafts within our territorial waters. Our main customers are:
Petróleos Mexicanos: PEMEX Exploración y Producción
Petróleos Mexicanos: PEMEX Refinación
SEMARNAP: Instituto Nacional de Pesca, C.R.I.P.
SCT: Capitanías de Puerto y Señalamiento Marítimo
Secretaría de Educación Pública: CET del mar
UNAM: Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología
Grupo SEMATUR: Servicios Marítimos y Turísticos de California
Grupo PROTEXA: PMM, CMM, CONDUX
Transportación Marítima Mexicana, SA de CV
Tanqueros del Pacífico, SA de CV
SEAMEX Internacional, LTD.
Constructora Subacuática DIAVAZ, SA de CV
Quality system
Since Duncan«s foundation, we have been worried to give our customers quality in all
our activities, by means of continuous training to our personnel.
We at Duncan currently work under a Quality System wich complies the requirements of ISO 9001:2008 Standard and we have the No. MQA 4001090 issued by Lloyd«s Register Quality Assurance.