Armement Nord-Africain Cherfils (Shipping company, France)

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History of Armement Nord-Africain Cherfils

The Cherfils company was created in Oran (Algeria) in 1930 and repatriated to Marseilles in 1961 with its last ship, MS Les-Anassiers, named after the shipowner's estate in Algiers. The ship was technically managed by Schiaffino until she was sold in Greece in 1970, when the Cherfils company disappeared.

Source: Paul Bois. Armements marseillais - Compagnies de navigation et navires à vapeur (1831-1988), published by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Marseille-Provence [boi03].

Antoine Cherfils arrived in Algiers in 1830, short after the French conquest. He was there the first ship broker in North Africa. Cherfils started his business by resupplying the French army. When his company increased, he significantly contributed to the rise of the port of Algiers.
He was succeeded in 1863 by his son Prosper, who created new scheduled lines operated by Compagnie des Vapeurs Algériens, Société Générale des Transports Maritimes à Vapeur, Compagnie des Bateaux &agra