CMA CGM S.A. is a French container transportation and shipping company, founded by M. Jacques R. Saadé. It is the largest container shipping company in France and the fifth largest container company in the world. Containerization is a system of intermodal cargo transport using standard ISO containers that can be loaded on container ships, railroad cars, and trucks. ...

As of the latest count 182 vessels call on 216 ports in 126 different countries along 76 major shipping routes. The company employs over eight thousand people and transported 3.9 millions containers (total equivalent units or teu, 1 = a 20 ft container) in 2004. Jump to: navigation, search 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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

Download high resolution version (2048x915, 100 KB)Containership CMA CGM Balzac in the port of Zeebrugge Belgium. ... Download high resolution version (2048x915, 100 KB)Containership CMA CGM Balzac in the port of Zeebrugge Belgium. ... The Port of Zeebrügge is a large container, bulk cargo, new vehicles, and passenger ferry terminal port in Bruges, Flemish Region, Belgium, handling over 30 million tones of cargo annually. ... Sometimes referred to as the Venice of the North, Bruges has many waterways that run through the city. ...

Compagnie Générale Maritime (CGM) started out as a French state run entity in 1974, it was privatized and sold to Compagnie Maritime d'Affrètement (CMA) in 1996 to form CMA CGM. Jacques R. Saadé created CMA in 1978. In 1998 the combined company purchased Australian National Lines (ANL). The company is still growing and has ordered 58 new vessels (own new buildings or long-time chartered) to be delivered over the next four years. Jump to: navigation, search 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

Subsidiaries

• Rail Link (multimodal rail-bound transport solutions)
• River Shuttle Containers (Rhône – Saône axis containerised river transportation)
• CMA CGM Logistics (purchase to delivery global carrier)
• Qualitair & Sea (custom engineering air freight logistics)
• Progeco (container: sales, leasing & repairing)
• ANL (Oceania - South East Asia)
• MacAndrews (Iberian Peninsula shipping and travel industry services)
• CMA CGM Croisières & Tourisme
  • Yacht luxury cruises (64-passenger Ponant, 90-passenger Levant, and 226-passenger Diamant)
  • Trips onboard container carriers
• Compagnie des Îles du Ponant (leading French-flagged cruise company)
• Tapis Rouge International (luxury travel tour operator)

External links

• CMA CGM website