Compagnie Générale Transatlantique  

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The Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (shortened to "CIE. GLE. TRANSATLANTIQUE", or CGT, and commonly named "Transat"), known overseas as the French Line, was a shipping company established in 1861 as an attempt to revive the French merchant marine, the poor state of which was painfully highlighted during the Crimean War of 1856. The company's first vessel, the SS Washington, undertook her maiden voyage on 15 June 1864. Aside from operating ocean liners, the company also had a significant fleet of freighters. The company survived both World Wars, but the arrival of jet travel doomed its mainstay passenger liner business. In 1977 the company merged with the Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes to form the Compagnie Générale Maritime. In 1996 the company Compagnie Générale Maritime merge to form the CMA CGM.


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