Reederei (Frankreich) - Compagnie Gnrale Transatlantique, Messageries Maritimes, Socit Nationale Maritime Corse Mditerrane, CMA Cgm (English, German, Paperback)

Kapitel: Compagnie Gnrale Transatlantique, Messageries Maritimes, Socit Nationale Maritime Corse Mditerrane, Cma Cgm, Seafrance, Louis Dreyfus Group. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: CMA CGM S.A. is a French container transportation and shipping company, headed by Jacques Saad. It is the third largest container company in the world, using 200 shipping routes between 400 ports in 150 different countries. Its headquarters are in Marseille, and its North American headquarters are in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. CMA CGM container loaded on a truck to be delivered to Alexandria port, EgyptThe history of CMA CGM can be traced back to 1851 when Messageries Maritimes (MM) was established. Another component company, Compagnie Gnrale Maritime (CGM), was founded in 1855 and renamed as Compagnie Gnrale Transatlantique in 1861. The two companies merged to form Compagnie Gnrale Maritime in 1973 as a French state-run entity. Jacques Saad, created CMA in 1978 as an intra-Mediterranean liner service. In 1996, CGM was privatized and sold to Compagnie Maritime d'Affrtement (CMA) to form CMA CGM.. In 1998 the combined company purchased Australian National Lines (ANL). 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. Container ship CMA CGM Balzac in the port of Zeebrugge, BelgiumCMA CGM acquired its French rival Delmas based in Le Havre from the Bollor group in September 2005 for 600 million Euros. 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 Swiss Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A.. On April 4, 2008, pirates seized the CMA CGM luxury cruise ship "Le Ponant" off the coast of Somalia. CMA CGM Tower under construction in Marseille Compagnie des les du Ponant (leading French-flagged cruise comp...http://booksllc.net/?l=de