Delmas (shipping company)
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Delmas Shipping, based in
The company operated a fleet of 49 vessels with a collective capacity of 63,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU),[1] on 15 routes between Europe, Africa and the Indian Ocean.
History
Delmas Freres was founded by Julien & Frank Delmas in 1867 to transport coal and raw materials from the French port of
The first Delmas shipyard opened in 1922 and international shipping began in 1925 with imports of
In September 2005 the company was sold to CMA CGM for €470 million. The sale was supported by the Delmas workforce after CMA CGM agreed to a package including no forced redundancies and the retention of the Le Havre offices and Delmas branding.[4] However, the CMA CGM group announced in March 2016 that it will integrate the Delmas brand with its own in order to streamline service and unify all of its maritime activities to and from Africa under a single brand.[5]
In February 2010, Delmas was put in the spotlight for its involvement in the shipment of illegally logged rainforest wood from Madagascar.[6]
Vessels
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References
- ^ "Delmas". CMA CGm Group, Marseille. 2006. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
- ^ a b "Delmas Shipping Company (France)". Flags of the World. July 2004. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
- ^ "CMA CGM Delmas bid gets Standard & Poor's approval". Ministry of Investment, Industry, Technology and Information, Government of Malta. September 2005. Archived from the original on December 28, 2005. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
- ^ "CMA-CGM/Delmas Deal to Be Closed" (PDF). Maritime Digital Archive. September 2005. Retrieved 2008-02-15. [dead link]
- ^ "CMA CGM Group designs your supply chain worldwide".
- ^ "French company prepares to ship illegally logged rainforest wood from Madagascar". wildmadagascar.org. February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-26.
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