Delmas (shipping company)

DELMAS
IndustryTransport
Founded1867 in La Rochelle, France
DefunctMarch 1, 2016 (2016-03-01)
FateAcquired by the CMA CGM Group
SuccessorCMA CGM Group
HeadquartersLe Havre, France
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsShipping
Cargo
Freight distribution
Websitehttp://www.delmas.com/

Delmas Shipping, based in Le Havre, France, was a containerized-freight and ro-ro shipping company, mainly carrying trade between western Europe and Africa. It was the largest cargo carrier between European and African ports, and Europe's oldest extant shipping line.[citation needed] Delmas was bought by CMA CGM Group from the Bolloré Group for €470 million in 2005, and fully integrated into its parent in March 2016.

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.

A Delmas container ship unloading at the Zanzibar port in Tanzania
  1. ^ "Delmas". CMA CGm Group, Marseille. 2006. Retrieved 2008-02-15.