Safmarine

Safmarine
Company typeDivision
IndustryContainer shipping
Founded1946
Defunct2020
Fatesold to Maersk; part of Maersk Line
HeadquartersCape Town, South Africa
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
David Williams (CEO)
ParentMaersk Line

Safmarine, short for South African Marine Corporation, and latterly South African Marine Container Lines, was a South African shipping line, established in 1946, which offered freight transport services with cargo liners and container ships. It was bought by Maersk Line in 1999, and was fully integrated into that company in 2020. It also operated passenger vessels and specialised cargo ships.