Compagnie Marocaine de Navigation
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The Compagnie Marocaine de Navigation or Comanav (
CMA CGM Group. Currently, it is the leader in the Moroccan market for maritime transport of passengers and freight, as well as port operations. In 2009, the company sold its ferries and passenger transport subdivision to Comarit
which has since gone bankrupt.
History
Compagnie Franco-Chérifienne de Navigation (CFCN) was founded in 1946. After the independence of Morocco in 1956, it changed its name to Comanav in 1959.
For the numerous Moroccan emigrants in Europe who returned to the country for the summer, the company decided in 1975 to offer a passenger
Tangiers and Sète. In the same year, it acquired five container ships to pursue its development along with its bulk carriers
.
In 1993, a roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) increased the companies capacity for the transport of lorries.
Five years later, Comanav became the first Moroccan
Mediterranean
region.
In 2007, the Moroccan state privatised the company, which was leased to a consortium represented by
Balearia, which itself sold its share to a Moroccan operator, Comarit
, for a sum of 80 million euros in February 2009.
Activities
- Bulk transport
- Passenger transport
- Container transport
- Ro-Ro
- Port activities (Somaport, Tanger Med,...)
Some statistics
Comanav's fleet consists of 14 vessels of which 10 are owned. Its capacity is for 3,300
tonnes
of various goods and 800,000 passengers.
Regular links
Principal services (cargo)
- Atlantic :
Morocco Casablanca 
France Le Havre France Rouen France Dunkirk 
Belgium Antwerp 
Netherlands Rotterdam - Western Mediterranean : Morocco Casablanca
Spain Valencia Spain Barcelona 
Italy La Spezia - Ro-Rolines :
