[2] The company was taken over by the Compagnie du Congo pour le Commerce et l’Industrie (CCCI), with headquarters in Brussels.

In 1913 the three largest private transport companies in the Congo Basin formed a cartel to avoid competition.

In 1927 and 1930 CITAS made agreements with the colonial government under which it was authorized to build a quay and to occupy land for a port until 1950.

[1] The company gave its name to the Citas neighborhood around its facility in the east end of the town, where many of its employees lived.

In 1949 the government notified CITAS that it meant to take back its land concession so it could expand the public port in Léopoldville.