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CMA CGM S. A. is a French container transportation and shipping company, headed by Mr. Jacques R. Saadé. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Containerization (or containerisation) is a system of Intermodal freight transport Cargo Transport using standard ISO containers Jacques R Saadé (born in 1936 or 1937 a French businessman of Lebanese descent is the CEO and founder of CMA CGM[http //www It is the largest container shipping company in France and the third largest container company in the world, using 76 major shipping routes between 216 ports in 126 different countries. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Containerization (or containerisation) is a system of Intermodal freight transport Cargo Transport using standard ISO containers [1]

North American headquarters are based in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Norfolk is an Independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

Containership "CMA CGM Balzac" @ container terminal Zeebrugge, Bruges, Belgium
Containership "CMA CGM Balzac" @ container terminal Zeebrugge, Bruges, Belgium


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History

The history of CMA CGM can be traced back to 1851 when Messageries Maritimes (MM) was established. ||-||}The port of Bruges - Zeebrugge (in short port of Zeebrugge is a large container, Bulk cargo, new Vehicles and passenger Bruges (Brugge is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Another component company, Compagnie Générale Maritime (CGM), was founded in 1855 and renamed as Compagnie Générale Transatlantique in 1861. Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The two companies merged to form Compagnie Générale Maritime in 1973 as a French state-run entity. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar.

The brothers Jacques Saadé and Johnny Saadé, from Lebanon, created CMA in 1977 as an intra-Mediterranean liner service. Jacques R Saadé (born in 1936 or 1937 a French businessman of Lebanese descent is the CEO and founder of CMA CGM[http //www Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays In 1996, CGM was privatized and sold to Compagnie Maritime d'Affrètement (CMA) to form CMA CGM. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The buyout was contested for its low price of 3 M€ by Johnny Saadé, leading to legal disputes between the brothers and eventually the exclusion of the latter. [2]

In 1998 the combined company purchased Australian National Lines (ANL). Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The Australian National Line (ANL was an Australian Government owned coastal Shipping line that operated in Australia between 1956 and 1998 when the naming rights The company is still growing and has ordered 58 new vessels (owned outright or on long-term leases) to be delivered over the next four years.

CMA CGM acquired its French rival Delmas based in Le Havre from the Bolloré group in September 2005 for 600 million Euros. Delmas Shipping, based in Le Havre, France, is a containerized-freight and Ro-ro shipping company mainly carrying trade between Western Le Havre is a city in the northwest region of France situated on the right bank of the mouth of the Seine River as it outlets into the Bay of the Seine Bolloré is a French investment and industrial holding group headquartered in Puteaux, on the western outskirts of Paris, France. The acquisition was completed in early January 5, 2006. The resulting corporation became the third largest container company in the world behind the Danish A.P. Moller-Maersk Group and the Italian Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A.. The A P Moller-Maersk Group ( AP Møller-Mærsk Gruppen) is an international Business conglomerate more commonly known simply as Maersk. Mediterranean Shipping Company SA (MSC is currently the second-largest container shipping line in the world [3]

On April 4, 2008, pirates seized the CMA CGM luxury cruise ship "Le Ponant" off the coast of Somalia. Operation Thalathine On April 4 2008 Le Ponant was seized by Somalian Pirates in the Gulf of Aden while enroute from the

Key figures[4] (*teus : twenty equivalent unit)
CMA CGM 2004 Delmas 2004 2004 Total 2005 pro forma
Total Revenue 4 billion € 900 million € 4. 9 billion € 5. 95 billion €
Number of containers carried 3. 9 million teus* 520 000 teus* 4. 42 million teus* 5. 2 million teus*
Total fleet vessel 195 51 246 242
Slot capacity 427,000 teus* 57,000 teus* 484,000 teus* 507,500 teus*
Staff Worldwide 9,000 employees 1,100 employees 10,100 employees 10,000 employees
Staff in France (sedentary + seafarers) 3,300 employees 600 employees 3,900 employees 4,000 employees
World ranking 4th 24th 3rd 3rd

Subsidiaries

Maritime Lines

External links and references

  1. ^ CMA CGM website. The Australian National Line (ANL was an Australian Government owned coastal Shipping line that operated in Australia between 1956 and 1998 when the naming rights
  2. ^ Renaud Lecade. "Touché-coulé chez les frères Saadé" (reprint), Libération, 2005-07-19. Libération (affectionately known as Libé) is a French Daily Newspaper founded in Paris in 1973 by Jean-Paul Sartre Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. (french) 
  3. ^ CMA CGM completes the acquisition of Delmas, Jan. 10, 2006, CMA CGM press release.
  4. ^ Key Figures. CMA CGM.
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