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![[Comanav house flag]](../images/m/ma~coman.gif)
The flag of the Comanav shipping company (ashariqa almagrebia
almilaha) is white with a red border and in the white the national
star of Maroc in green.
José Luís Cepero (Abderrahman), 25 Oct 2001
The logo includes this flag.
Jorge Candeias, 08 Jan 1998
The English version of the Arabic name given would be "Moroccan
Navigation Company." I would assume Comanav is the French acronym for
the same name.
Joe McMillan, 25 Oct 2001
Compagnie Marocaine de Navigation,
the national commercial maritime company.
Adil Sabihi, 30 Sep 1998
The company was founded as the Compagnie Franco-Chérifienne de Navigation (CFCN) in 1946. The epithet "chérifien" refers to the Arab word "charif", the title given to a Moslim prince descending from Muhamat by Ali and Fatima. Since the current Moroccan dynasty is cherifian, the Kingdom of Morocco is often nicknamed in French "the Cherifian Kingdom", and "chérifien" is sometime