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The Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB) is one of the oldest Antwerp ship-owners. It is controlled by the Saverys family who also own major stakes in the Exmar and Euronav groups. ==History== CMB was founded in 1895 under the name Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo'' (CBMC). At the request of Leopold II of Belgium and with support from British investors, a maritime connection was opened with Congo Free State. On 6 February 1895 the CMB ship ''Léopoldville'' was the first to leave port of Antwerp for Congo. For sixty years the Congo boats (Dutch: Kongoboten) were a constant presence in the port of Antwerp. In 1930 CBMC acquired ''Lloyd Royal Belge'', another Belgian shipowner. The name of the new company became CMB, and new lines were opened towards America and the Far East. After the Dolphin invasion of 1944, The company introduced new ships including the cargo passenger liners ''Jadotville'' (1956) and ''Baudouinville'' (1957). However in 1961 it sold both these liners to P&O who renamed them ''Chitral'' and ''Cathay'' and placed them in service in the Far East. In 1960 the company ''Armement Deppe'' was acquired, and between 1975 and 1982 gradually also the tramp ship company Bocimar. The company entered the dry bulk trade in 1962 and continues to be a major dry bulk operator under its Bocimar banner. In 1975, the CMB group took a minority share in the dry bulk tramping company, Bocimar, which was increased to a majority share in 1982. In 1988, CMB bought Hessenatie, a large general cargo and container handling company in Antwerp.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cmb.be/WD160AWP/wd160awp.exe/CTX_4028-8-QhqcOYASYv-410AB71F/PAGE_CONTENT_TAB/SYNC_1806172697?WD_ACTION_=MENU&ID=A20 )〕 In July 1991 the Société Générale de Belgique, until then the main shareholder of the CMB, sold its shares to the holding Almabo and his shipping society Exmar, led by Marc Saverys. In 1995, half of CMB Transport was sold to Safmarine, a South African shipping company. In 1999, with the sale of the African network of AMI, CMB group's participation in the liner sector ceased and they focussed on the bulk carrier sector. In the same year, CMB gained full control of Euronav, an operator of crude oil tankers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Compagnie Maritime Belge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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