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Chargeurs Réunis was founded in Le Havre in 1872.
Twenty-five years later, the company owned 35 ships. They transported
each year some 470,000 tons cargo and 13,600 passengers (data for
1891). Their lines linked Le Havre to the coast of West Africa, Brazil,
Argentina and New York.
In 1916, Chargeurs Réunis took the control of Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique, which operated big, modern liners owned by
the French state on the Bordeaux-Brazil-Plata line.
In 1927, the Fabre family raided Chargeurs Réunis via an hostile tender offer, a procedure which was very uncommon at that time. Paul
Cyprien Fabre presided the Fabre company, whereas Léon Cyprien
Fabre and his associate Alexis Baptifaut presided Chargeurs
Réunis.
The group invested in air transport in 1933. After an unsuccessful
attempt to take over Aéropostale, the group founded
Aéromaritime. In 1937, Chargeurs Réunis, still directed by Léon Fabre and Alexis Baptifaut, seceded from Fabre.
After the Second World War, the Chargeurs fleet was reduced to some 15 ships. The company was presided by Francis Cyprien Fabre. Between 1964 and 1976, the company took over several French ship owners, including Fabre, Fraissinet, Société Générale des Tra