Busck (Shipping company, France)

Last modified: 2004-10-02 by ivan sache
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• History of Busck
• House flags of the company
  • As shown by Paul Bois
  • As shown on a company bond
• Société Anonyme de Transports Côtiers

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• France
• House flags of French shipping companies based in Marseilles
• House flags of shipping companies

History of Busck

Axel Busck, of Swedish origin, founded his shipping company in 1896. The first sheduled lines of the company served Algeria and Tunisia. In 1899, the whole Mediterranean coast of France was served and in 1900, a line to Russia via the Baltic Sea was opened for the importation of wood.

In 1936, the company was renamed Compagnie Nouvelle de Navigation Busck. Two years later, the Compagnie de Navigation Mixte took the control of Busck, which, however, retained his ships, crews and house flag.
During the Second World War, five out the six ships owned by Busck were lost. After a reorganization, the company operated four modern ships in the late 1950s. The company definitively lowered its flag in 1962.

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].

Ivan Sache, 16 February