Delmas Shipping was a containerized-freight and ro-ro shipping company based in Le Havre, France, mainly carrying trade between western Europe and Africa. Delmas was bought by CMA CGM 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 ,[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 La Rochelle. In 1910, the company was renamed Delmas Vieljeux after its president, joint owner and Mayor of La Rochelle, Léonce Vieljeux.
The first Delmas shipyard opened in 1922 and international shipping began in 1925 with imports of mahogany from the African state of Gabon for use in boxes for storage of butter and cheese.[2]