[1][2] The company's three vessels serve the Corsican ports of Bastia, Ajaccio and Propriano, and Porto Torres in Sardinia.

[3] This company emerged when the children of the Giannoni and Rastit families got married in 1931, which resulted in the creation of links with the region.

At the end of 2016, the Girolata was repainted and work was carried out to install a ballast water treatment system[5] - the same modifications were made to the Kalliste the following year.

On 1 January 2017, La Méridionale began weekly service between Propriano (Corsica) and Porto Torres (Sardinia).

La Méridionale's vessels make round trips between Marseille, Corsica (Ajaccio and Porto Vecchio) and Morocco.