Tunisian company of navigation

The Tunisian Compagnie of navigation (CTN) is a company sea Tunisia nne of transport ensuring of the regular connections between Tunisia and the ports of Marseilles and Genoa (momentary and goods) like Barcelona and Leghorn (goods).

Founded the March 7th 1959, its primary goal is to set up regular lines between Tunisia and its principal business partners. Thus, at the time, rotations are organized primarily on Marseilles and Rouen. But, without delaying, the shuttles extend to touch the Benelux, the Germany, the Italy and the Spain with the favor of the diversification of the Tunisian foreign trade.

During Years 1970, the CTN multiplies its activities in the oil Cabotage , the transport of crude oil, the transport of chemicals and food and the transport of passengers with the startup in 1978 of the ferry Habib between Tunis, Marseilles and Genoa. Thus in addition to the cargo liners of lines, the company buys the Vraquier S Moularès and hib in 1976 - 1977 and El-Kef in 1982.

After having converted and having ground its services with the technique “roll-one - roll-off”, the CTN is harnessed with the renewal of its fleet. Thus it takes delivery in 1977 El-Jem and Tozeur then, in 1979, Bizerte and Kairouan .

During last years, constraint to call itself into question vis-a-vis the evolution of the maritime world, the CTN gradually sells its old ships to be able to center itself on its essential activity: liner trafic. Thus, it gradually renews its fleet with the startup of two large carrier S of 18.000 barrels of Gross tonnage: Ulysses and Salammbô 7 . In June 1999, new the ferry Carthage which was built in Norway comes to drop anchor with Goulette. Able to accommodate 2208 passengers and 666 cars, with a speed of 23,5 knots, it defrays the chronicle then.

External bonds

Official site of the CTN
Given and photographs of the fleet

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