Société Générale de Transport Maritimes
The Société Générale des Transports Maritimes (SGTM) was founded in 1865, initially to transport iron ore from Bone to Marseille and Sète . In 1865 it also opened connections between Marseille, Algiers and Oran .
Passenger traffic to South America began in 1867. In 1907 a subsidiary Compagnie de Navigation France-Amerique was set up. There was a monthly scheduled trip to the Caribbean Islands from 1915. Shortly afterwards, this was extended to ports in the Gulf of Mexico and New Orleans .
The company suffered significant losses in World War I, but was able to rebuild its fleet.
In 1960 the majority of the SGTM was taken over by Fraissinet. The following year, the shipping company had to give up the South American service due to the poor economic conditions there, although the two passenger ships Provence and Bretagne had previously been put into service there. In addition, the Algerian War from 1962 onwards caused Algeria and the associated Mediterranean traffic to be eliminated from the SGTM's shipping area.
After Fraissinet merged with the shipping company Chargeurs Réunis from Le Havre, in 1964 the SGTM merged with the shipping company Fabre, which had also been taken over, to form C Fabre - Transports Maritimes à Vapeur under the care of the Fraissinet Chargeurs. Due to the increasing popularity of air travel, passenger operations were discontinued in the same year. Freight shipping continued until 1974, when the Mont-Aigoual , the last ship to fly the SGTM's office flag , was sold and the shipping company ceased.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ The Ships List
- ↑ Hospital ship Tübingen ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Maritime Timetable Images
