Turnover: 70 million EUR (2022)
Country: France
La Méridionale is a shipping company linking Corsica to the French mainland. Founded in 1928 as Compagnie Méridionale de Navigation (CMN), it became La Méridionale and is today a company of the CMA CGM group, a global player in maritime, land, air and logistics solutions. La Méridionale operates 13 weekly crossings between Marseille and Corsica and 6 weekly crossings between Marseille and Morocco. It transports goods and passengers and ensures territorial continuity as part of its public service mission.
News
Méridionale places order for two clean ships 14/11/2023
- Acquisition of La Méridionale by CMA CGM
- Order for two new hybrid ships
- These ships can carry freight, truckloads of cargo and a thousand passengers in 264 cabins.
- The vessels are expected to cost around 400 million euros.
- The company currently serves the ports of Ajaccio and Porto-Vecchio in Corsica, and the port of Tangiers in Morocco, with 500 sailors out of 600 employees.
- New routes are planned to serve Maghreb countries and other Mediterranean destinations.
- Sales of over €70 million by 2022.
Studies mentioning this company
The shipping market - France
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- COSCO
- CMA CGM
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- Marfret
- Bourbon Maritime
- DFDS Seaways
- Brittany Ferries
- Corsica ferries
- APM Maersk
- Euronav
- Naviland Cargo
- Haropa Port - Port du Havre
- MSC Cruises
- HBI France
- Compagnie du Ponant
- Corsica Linea
- La Meridionale (CMA CGM Groupe)
- Grimaldi Lines
- Sogestran Group
- Port de Saint Nazaire Nantes
- Windcoop
- Port de Dunkerque
- Port de Bordeaux
- Balguerie