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Was owned by a Belgian Missionary in the Belgian Congo interpretation Sabena head offices Congo Interpretation of (inter) national sailing routes, including to Antwerp Congo maritime headquarters The CMB is one of the oldest and largest Antwerp shipping companies. The official name of the CMB holding company is currently both the Belgian Shipping Company and Compagnie Maritime Belge. The group is listed on Euronext. The CMB was established in 1895 under the name of Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo (CBMC). At the request of Leopold II of Belgium, a fixed connection was opened with British investors on the King's Congo state. On February 6, 1895, de Léopoldville was the first to leave the port of Antwerp. For 60 years, the Congo boats were a household name on the Antwerp-Matadi service. In 1930, CBMC absorbed Lloyd Royal Belge, another Belgian shipping company. The merged company's name became Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB), and lines were opened to America and the Far East. In 1960 the Armement Deppe was also taken over, and between 1975 and 1982 also the tramping company Bocimar. In July 1991, the Société Générale de Belgique, until then the main shareholder of the CMB, sold its shares to the holding Almabo and its shipping company Exmar. In 2002 CMB's Hessenatie merged with the Antwerp freight handling company Noord Natie. CMB acquired a 60% share in the new company Hesse-Noord Natie (HNN). After just a few months, CMB sold most of its stake in HNN to PSA International and in 2003 CMB also sold the last shares in HNN to PSA. Exmar, under the direction of the Saverys family, then performed a reverse takeover. CMB thus became the parent company of the entire shipping group. CMB was split into three subsidiaries, namely: Bocimar; the dry cargo division Exmar; the gas tanker division Euronav; the oil tanker division
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