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Compagnie Maritime Belge

January 08, 2024

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.

House Flag of the Compagnie Maritime Belge
A pre-World War II poster for the Compagnie Maritime Belge
Typical colors of CMB cargo ships in the 1970s (Memling, 1973)

History edit

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 CMBC ship Léopoldville was the first to leave port of Antwerp for Congo Free State. For sixty years the Congo boats (Kongoboten) were a constant presence in the port of Antwerp.

In 1930 CBMC acquired Lloyd Royal Belge [de], another Belgian shipowner. The name of the new company became Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB), and new lines were opened towards America and the Far East.

In the Second World War, on the December 24th, 1944, CMB's 1928 Leopoldville while transporting the 66th Infantry Division, Leopoldville was torpedoed and sank in under 3 hours, losing 763 American soldiers and 56 crew.

After the Second World War, 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.[1] 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 (CMBT) 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.

On June 28, 2019, Ocean Yield ASA announced the acquisition of newcastlemax dry bulk vessel from CMB for 40 million (USD) net of a seller's credit, with 15-year bareboat charter to CMB.[2][3][4]

In 2020, it was announced that the HydroTug, the first hydrogen-powered tugboat will be deployed in the port of Antwerp.[5]

Companies and holdings edit

Dry Bulk - Bocimar edit

 
Charlesville, one of the CMB's liners

Bocimar International NV's fleet mainly consists of Capesize and Handysize bulk carriers. Some of these vessels are owned jointly with other shipowners such as the Wah Kwong Group (Hong Kong) and the Oak Maritime Group (Taiwan).[6] It continues to build new vessels, the latest among them being at Hanjin Subic shipyard (HHIC Phil) and Samjin Shipyard (Korea)[7]

Bocimar's business consists mostly of the transport of dry bulk goods, especially coal, ores and grains. It has a portfolio of contracts with customers from the steel and energy sectors, especially those from Japan.[8]

Bocimar has offices in Tokyo (CMB Japan), Hong Kong, Singapore and New Delhi.

Its handy size vessels are further owned under Bohandymar, a subsidiary completely owned by the CMB Group.

Bocimar's vessels usually carry the prefix Mineral, CMB (vessels owned by Bocimar) or FMG (Vessels chartered out to Fortescue Metals Group)

As of 2017, its fleet consisted of 60 vessels ranging from Handysize to Capesize.[9]

CMB owns 1 panamax tanker

Delphis (Container shipping) edit

"Delphis" redirects here. For the suffix "-delphis", see List of commonly used taxonomic affixes.

Delphis NV is a regional container shipping company headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium.[10] Delphis was founded in March 2004 and has offices in Antwerp and Oslo.[11] It operates as a subsidiary of Saverco NV, one of the holding companies of CMB[12] and provides logistics services in Europe through its subsidiary, Delphis logistics (founded 2009).[13] Delphis fully owns the logistics company Team Lines and acquired the Sjursoya container terminal in Oslo, Norway in 2009.[14] In March 2012, the remaining bulk carrier interests of Delphis were transferred formally to the CMB group.[15]

Delphis controls a fleet of 40 owned and chartered container vessels ( 500 to 2500 TEU capacity) of which it owns 10 container vessels, including A La Marine, El Torro, Hermes Arrow and Maersk Nimes [16] Its management team consists of Alexander Saverys (managing director), Chris Vermeersch (chief financial officer and manager finance).

ASL Aviation edit

ASL Aviation group is registered in Dublin. It owns, operates and manages a fleet of nearly 90 aircraft.[17] It was formed in 1972 as Air Bridge Carriers UK, acquired by the Hunting group in the 1980s, rechristened to Hunting Cargo Airlines in 1992 and transferred to Ireland in 1997. In June 1998, it was sold to a consortium consisting of CMB and Safair (part of the Imperial Group) and rechristened ACL (Air Contractors Limited). In 2007, Imperial sold its shareholding, and CMB has been its sole owner since 2010.

Its major clients include DHL, UPS, TNT Express and Aer Lingus; and it charters out its aircraft through Europe Airpost and Safair.

As of September 2013, ASL Aviation's owned fleet consisted of:

Shareholding edit

Shares of the CMB group are listed on NYSE Code CMB.BR, Euronext[19] Brussels and are included in the Next 150 index. Its major shareholders are Saverco/Marc Saverys (49,43%), Victrix/Virginie Saverys (15,99%) with the balance owned by CMB and third parties[20]

Similar to other ship owners, CMB's earnings declined in the worldwide economic recession starting from 2007. However, they started to bounce back towards the end of 2012,[21] and started recording profits from 2013.[22]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "History of the CMB Group". Official website, CMB Group. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Acquisition of Newcastlemax dry Bulk Newbuilding With Long-term Charter". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
  3. ^ "Acquisition of newcastlemax dry bulk newbuilding with long-term charter – Ocean Yield". www.oceanyield.no. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
  4. ^ "Ocean Yield Announces Acquisition Of One Newcastlemax Dry Bulk Vessel From CMB". theoakreport.com. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
  5. ^ CMB and Anglo Belgian Corporation launch latest hydrogen powered engine
  6. ^ "Company listing". Belgium Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce in Hongkong. Archived from the original on 4 September 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  7. ^ "26 March: Bohandymar orders four additional Handysize ECO-type bulk vessels". CMB Half Yearly Report 2013: 3. 2013.
  8. ^ "Company Overview of Bocimar International NV". Business Week. Archived from the original on September 4, 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  9. ^ "About Bocimar". Bocimar. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  10. ^ Company overview - Delphis NV, Bloomberg
  11. ^ Annual report 2010-2011, CMB Group
  12. ^ CMB acquires dry bulk assets from Delphis, Baird Maritime, 5 April 2012
  13. ^ Delphis Logistics offers door to door, World Cargo News, 10 September 2009
  14. ^ Delphis acquires Sjursoya Container Terminal (Oslo) - Press release, Delphis group. 29 Oct 2009
  15. ^ CMB acquires dry bulk assets from Delphis, 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide, 24 March 2012
  16. ^ Fleet size - Official website, Delphis
  17. ^ . ASL Aviation – Official website. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  18. ^ "ASL Aviation – Fleet". Official website – CMB Group. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  19. ^ "European Equities listing – CMB". NYSE Next. Archived from the original on 4 September 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  20. ^ "Notification – Saverco" (PDF). 25 September 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2013. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  21. ^ "Bocimar in the black". Tradewinds. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  22. ^ "Bocimar offloads newbuilds as rates tumble". Sea Trade Global. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2013.

Other sources edit

  • G. Devos, G. Elewaut, CMB 100. Een Eeuw Compagnie Maritime Belge, Tielt, Lannoo, 1995
  • Lederer, André (1977). L'expansion belge outre-mer et la Compagnie Maritime Belge (PDF). Brussels: ARSOM.

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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 House Flag of the Compagnie Maritime BelgeA pre World War II poster for the Compagnie Maritime BelgeTypical colors of CMB cargo ships in the 1970s Memling 1973 Contents 1 History 2 Companies and holdings 2 1 Dry Bulk Bocimar 2 2 Delphis Container shipping 2 3 ASL Aviation 3 Shareholding 4 See also 5 References 6 Other sourcesHistory editCMB 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 CMBC ship Leopoldville was the first to leave port of Antwerp for Congo Free State For sixty years the Congo boats Kongoboten were a constant presence in the port of Antwerp In 1930 CBMC acquired Lloyd Royal Belge de another Belgian shipowner The name of the new company became Compagnie Maritime Belge CMB and new lines were opened towards America and the Far East In the Second World War on the December 24th 1944 CMB s 1928 Leopoldville while transporting the 66th Infantry Division Leopoldville was torpedoed and sank in under 3 hours losing 763 American soldiers and 56 crew After the Second World War 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 amp 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 1 In July 1991 the Societe Generale 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 CMBT 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 On June 28 2019 Ocean Yield ASA announced the acquisition of newcastlemax dry bulk vessel from CMB for 40 million USD net of a seller s credit with 15 year bareboat charter to CMB 2 3 4 In 2020 it was announced that the HydroTug the first hydrogen powered tugboat will be deployed in the port of Antwerp 5 Companies and holdings editDry Bulk Bocimar edit nbsp Charlesville one of the CMB s linersBocimar International NV s fleet mainly consists of Capesize and Handysize bulk carriers Some of these vessels are owned jointly with other shipowners such as the Wah Kwong Group Hong Kong and the Oak Maritime Group Taiwan 6 It continues to build new vessels the latest among them being at Hanjin Subic shipyard HHIC Phil and Samjin Shipyard Korea 7 Bocimar s business consists mostly of the transport of dry bulk goods especially coal ores and grains It has a portfolio of contracts with customers from the steel and energy sectors especially those from Japan 8 Bocimar has offices in Tokyo CMB Japan Hong Kong Singapore and New Delhi Its handy size vessels are further owned under Bohandymar a subsidiary completely owned by the CMB Group Bocimar s vessels usually carry the prefix Mineral CMB vessels owned by Bocimar or FMG Vessels chartered out to Fortescue Metals Group As of 2017 its fleet consisted of 60 vessels ranging from Handysize to Capesize 9 CMB owns 1 panamax tanker Delphis Container shipping edit Delphis redirects here For the suffix delphis see List of commonly used taxonomic affixes Delphis NV is a regional container shipping company headquartered in Antwerp Belgium 10 Delphis was founded in March 2004 and has offices in Antwerp and Oslo 11 It operates as a subsidiary of Saverco NV one of the holding companies of CMB 12 and provides logistics services in Europe through its subsidiary Delphis logistics founded 2009 13 Delphis fully owns the logistics company Team Lines and acquired the Sjursoya container terminal in Oslo Norway in 2009 14 In March 2012 the remaining bulk carrier interests of Delphis were transferred formally to the CMB group 15 Delphis controls a fleet of 40 owned and chartered container vessels 500 to 2500 TEU capacity of which it owns 10 container vessels including A La Marine El Torro Hermes Arrow and Maersk Nimes 16 Its management team consists of Alexander Saverys managing director Chris Vermeersch chief financial officer and manager finance ASL Aviation edit ASL Aviation group is registered in Dublin It owns operates and manages a fleet of nearly 90 aircraft 17 It was formed in 1972 as Air Bridge Carriers UK acquired by the Hunting group in the 1980s rechristened to Hunting Cargo Airlines in 1992 and transferred to Ireland in 1997 In June 1998 it was sold to a consortium consisting of CMB and Safair part of the Imperial Group and rechristened ACL Air Contractors Limited In 2007 Imperial sold its shareholding and CMB has been its sole owner since 2010 Its major clients include DHL UPS TNT Express and Aer Lingus and it charters out its aircraft through Europe Airpost and Safair As of September 2013 ASL Aviation s owned fleet consisted of 6 Airbus A300B4 freighters 15 ATR 42 300 freighters and passenger craft 18 Boeing 737 400 freighters and passenger craft 7 Lockheed L 382 Hercules 4 Fokker F27 Friendship freighters 18 Shareholding editShares of the CMB group are listed on NYSE Code CMB BR Euronext 19 Brussels and are included in the Next 150 index Its major shareholders are Saverco Marc Saverys 49 43 Victrix Virginie Saverys 15 99 with the balance owned by CMB and third parties 20 Similar to other ship owners CMB s earnings declined in the worldwide economic recession starting from 2007 However they started to bounce back towards the end of 2012 21 and started recording profits from 2013 22 See also editSS Burgondier Leopoldville 1897 ship nl Albertville 1928 ship nl BeHydroReferences edit History of the CMB Group Official website CMB Group Retrieved 4 September 2013 Acquisition of Newcastlemax dry Bulk Newbuilding With Long term Charter finance yahoo com Retrieved 2019 06 28 Acquisition of newcastlemax dry bulk newbuilding with long term charter Ocean Yield www oceanyield no Retrieved 2019 06 28 Ocean Yield Announces Acquisition Of One Newcastlemax Dry Bulk Vessel From CMB theoakreport com Retrieved 2019 06 28 CMB and Anglo Belgian Corporation launch latest hydrogen powered engine Company listing Belgium Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce in Hongkong Archived from the original on 4 September 2013 Retrieved 4 September 2013 26 March Bohandymar orders four additional Handysize ECO type bulk vessels CMB Half Yearly Report 2013 3 2013 Company Overview of Bocimar International NV Business Week Archived from the original on September 4 2013 Retrieved 4 September 2013 About Bocimar Bocimar Retrieved 14 November 2018 Company overview Delphis NV Bloomberg Annual report 2010 2011 CMB Group CMB acquires dry bulk assets from Delphis Baird Maritime 5 April 2012 Delphis Logistics offers door to door World Cargo News 10 September 2009 Delphis acquires Sjursoya Container Terminal Oslo Press release Delphis group 29 Oct 2009 CMB acquires dry bulk assets from Delphis Archived 2013 10 29 at the Wayback Machine Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide 24 March 2012 Fleet size Official website Delphis Fleet size ASL Aviation Official website Archived from the original on 5 October 2013 Retrieved 4 September 2013 ASL Aviation Fleet Official website CMB Group Retrieved 4 September 2013 European Equities listing CMB NYSE Next Archived from the original on 4 September 2013 Retrieved 4 September 2013 Notification Saverco PDF 25 September 2008 Retrieved 4 September 2013 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Cite journal requires journal help Bocimar in the black Tradewinds Retrieved 4 September 2013 Bocimar offloads newbuilds as rates tumble Sea Trade Global 19 April 2013 Retrieved 4 September 2013 Other sources editG Devos G Elewaut CMB 100 Een Eeuw Compagnie Maritime Belge Tielt Lannoo 1995 Lederer Andre 1977 L expansion belge outre mer et la Compagnie Maritime Belge PDF Brussels ARSOM Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Compagnie Maritime Belge amp oldid 1147937460 History, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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