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![[Cameroun Shipping Line]](../images/c/cm~csl.gif)
by Jarig Bakker, 9 January 2006
Cameroun Shipping Lines, S.A., Douala - horizontal VYV
flag; in center red "C" in the form of a shrimp (or a shrimp in the for
of a "C"). Image after Brown's Flags and Funnels of Shipping Companies of the
World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995 [lgr95].
Jarig Bakker, 9 January 2006
Which is canting: "Cameroun" comes from mt. Cameroun, which in turn is
originally Portuguese "Monte dos Camarões" (= mt. of shrimps).
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 January 20065
Cameroon Shipping Lines, aka CAMSHIP, was created in 1974 during the
First Republic of Cameroon (A960-1982), with the purchase of six cargo
ships. CAMSHIP and the Council of Charterers were later restructured.
CAMSHIP was privatized in 1999 following recommendations by the World
Bank. Sources: http://www.sdfparty.org/french/references/130.php and
http://www.worldbank.org/afr/findings/infobfre/infobf61.htm
Ivan Sache, 10 January 2006