# Compagnie Marocaine de Navigation > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Compagnie_Marocaine_de_Navigation > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Compagnie_Marocaine_de_Navigation.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compagnie_Marocaine_de_Navigation > Source revision: 1344339902 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Moroccan shipping company Comanav Type Subsidiary Industry Transport Key people Taoufik Ibrahimi (PDG) Products Ferries Port services Passenger transportation Freight transportation Parent CMA CGM The **Compagnie Marocaine de Navigation** or **Comanav** ([Arabic](/source/Arabic_language): الشركة المغربية للملاحة البحرية ; Moroccan Navigation Company) is a [Moroccan](/source/Morocco) shipping company and wholly owned subsidiary of [CMA CGM](/source/CMA_CGM). Currently, it is the leader in the Moroccan market for maritime transport of passengers and freight, as well as port operations. In 2009, the company sold its ferries and passenger transport subdivision to [Comarit](/source/Comarit) which has since gone bankrupt. ## History The [house flag](/source/House_flag) used by CFCN when Morocco was a French protectorate and Comanav in independent Morocco. Compagnie Franco-Chérifienne de Navigation (CFCN) was founded in 1946. After the independence of Morocco in 1956, it changed its name to Comanav in 1959. For the numerous Moroccan emigrants in Europe who returned to the country for the summer, the company decided in 1975 to offer a passenger [ferry](/source/Ferry) line between [Tangiers](/source/Tangiers) and [Sète](/source/S%C3%A8te). In the same year, it acquired five [container ships](/source/Container_ship) to pursue its development along with its [bulk carriers](/source/Bulk_carrier). In 1993, a [roll-on/roll-off](/source/Roll-on%2Froll-off) (ro-ro) increased the companies capacity for the transport of lorries. Five years later, Comanav became the first Moroccan [shipowner](/source/Ship-owner) to serve the [Straits of Gibraltar](/source/Straits_of_Gibraltar), strengthening its position in the field of passenger transport in the [Mediterranean](/source/Mediterranean) region. In 2007, the Moroccan state privatised the company, which was leased to a consortium represented by [CMA CGMM](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CMA_CGMM&action=edit&redlink=1) for 2.2 billion [Moroccan dirhams](/source/Moroccan_dirham), equivalent to 200 million [euros](/source/Euro). The French company was interested above all in the port sector and yielded the passenger business to the Spanish company [Balearia](/source/Balearia), which itself sold its share to a Moroccan operator, [Comarit](/source/Comarit), for a sum of 80 million euros in February 2009. ## Activities - [Bulk transport](/source/Bulk_transport) - Passenger transport - Container transport - Ro-Ro - Port activities (Somaport, Tanger Med,...) ## Some statistics Comanav's fleet consists of 14 vessels of which 10 are owned. Its capacity is for 3,300 [teu](/source/Twenty-foot_equivalent_unit), 7,400 passengers and 2,200 vehicles. Volumes transported annually are 60,000 teu, 45,000 units [Ro-Ro](/source/Ro-Ro), 200,000 [tonnes](/source/Tonne_(unit)) of various goods and 800,000 passengers. ## Regular links ### Principal services (cargo) - Atlantic : [Morocco](/source/Morocco) [Casablanca](/source/Casablanca) [France](/source/France) [Le Havre](/source/Le_Havre) [France](/source/France) [Rouen](/source/Rouen) [France](/source/France) [Dunkirk](/source/Dunkirk) [Belgium](/source/Belgium) [Antwerp](/source/Antwerp) [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands) [Rotterdam](/source/Rotterdam) - Western Mediterranean : [Morocco](/source/Morocco) [Casablanca](/source/Casablanca) [Spain](/source/Spain) [Valencia](/source/Valencia) [Spain](/source/Spain) [Barcelona](/source/Barcelona) [Italy](/source/Italy) [La Spezia](/source/La_Spezia) - [Ro-Ro](/source/Ro-Ro) lines : - [Morocco](/source/Morocco) [Casablanca](/source/Casablanca) [France](/source/France) [Marseille](/source/Marseille) - [Morocco](/source/Morocco) [Casablanca](/source/Casablanca) [Spain](/source/Spain) [Cádiz](/source/C%C3%A1diz) - [Morocco](/source/Morocco) [Casablanca](/source/Casablanca) [Italy](/source/Italy) [La Spezia](/source/La_Spezia) [Italy](/source/Italy) [Genoa](/source/Genoa) ### Principal services (passengers) - [Morocco](/source/Morocco) [Tangier](/source/Tangier) : - [Spain](/source/Spain) : [Algeciras](/source/Algeciras) - [France](/source/France) : [Sète](/source/S%C3%A8te) - [Italy](/source/Italy) : [Genoa](/source/Genoa) - [Morocco](/source/Morocco) [Nador](/source/Nador_Port) : - [Spain](/source/Spain) : [Almería](/source/Almer%C3%ADa) - [France](/source/France) : [Sète](/source/S%C3%A8te) ## Sources - [Comanav official website](https://web.archive.org/web/20130809054627/http://www.comanav-voyages.ma/) - [CMA-CGM official website](http://www.cma-cgm.com) v t e Major container shipping companies Active Gemini Hapag-Lloyd CSAV DAL/JTE Maersk Ocean Alliance CMA CGM ANL APL Comanav COSCO OOCL Evergreen Italia Marittima Premier Alliance HMM Ocean Network Express NYK MOL K Line Yang Ming Independent Arkas Line IRISL Group Matson MSC Pacific International Lines Swire Shipping UASC Wan Hai X-Press Feeders ZIM Defunct CP Ships CSCL Delmas Hanjin Shipping Hamburg Süd NOL P&O Nedlloyd Safmarine SeaLand United States Lines --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Compagnie Marocaine de Navigation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compagnie_Marocaine_de_Navigation) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compagnie_Marocaine_de_Navigation?action=history)). 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