Compagnie Maritime Belge

At the request of Leopold II of Belgium and with support from British investors, a maritime connection was opened with Congo Free State.

On 6 February 1895 the CMBC ship Léopoldville was the first to leave port of Antwerp for Congo Free State.

After the Second World War, the company introduced new ships, including the cargo passenger liners Jadotville (1956) and Baudouinville (1957).

In 1988, CMB bought Hessenatie, a large general cargo and container handling company in Antwerp.

[1] In July 1991 the Société Générale de Belgique, until then the main shareholder of the CMB, sold its shares to the holding Almabo and his shipping society Exmar, led by Marc Saverys.

[13] Delphis fully owns the logistics company Team Lines and acquired the Sjursoya container terminal in Oslo, Norway in 2009.

In June 1998, it was sold to a consortium consisting of CMB and Safair (part of the Imperial Group) and rechristened ACL (Air Contractors Limited).

Its major clients include DHL, UPS, TNT Express and Aer Lingus; and it charters out its aircraft through Europe Airpost and Safair.

As of September 2013, ASL Aviation's owned fleet consisted of: Shares of the CMB group are listed on NYSE Code CMB.BR, Euronext[19] Brussels and are included in the Next 150 index.