Today we celebrate the 43rd anniversary of an exceptional entrepreneurial journey that has seen our Group become one of the world’s leading names in shipping and logistics. / The journey began in 1978, with the vision of one man: Jacques Saadé. The Group’s founder created CMA, starting with a shipping route from Marseille to Beirut and turning it into one of the world’s top three shipping companies in less than 30 years. In 1983, it made its first crossing of the Suez Canal. In 1986, CMA launched its first service between the Far East and Europe: the Red Sea Express. (....)