Commercial exploitation

The French Lines Association develops a commercial activity through its tangible and intangible rights which it holds for the support of the functioning and development of heritage collections, inherited in sole ownership from the Compagnie Générale Maritime and the Société Nationale Maritime Corse-Méditerranée which in turn inherited from the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique™and the Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes™.

This activity also allows the Association to pass on to the public, the history of the Merchant Navy in various ways :

Book edition

the Association works with editors to produce books, multi-media products: CD ROM etc…In order to do this the Association makes archives available to authors. The access conditions for the public are fixed by the Association.
The Association authorizes the reproduction and representation of pictures belonging to its historical heritage in the context of its general conditions of sale.

Film productions

The Association can make the illustrations of its archives available to interested producers (173 films).

Exhibitions

The Association loans its historic collections for maritime exhibitions or manifestations

By-products

By-products fall into a vast category : posters, post cards, stationary, table ware, textiles, clothing, food products, baggage, etc…These products which are manufactured in the context of trademarks license contracts are made and marketed by manufacturers. The historical trademarks, in particular Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes™, Compagnie Générale Transatlantique™, French Line™, Le France™ are registered trademarks. The articles are sold in boutiques to be found in French Line museographic complexes, specialised boutiques such as those aboard SNCM ships, in Escal'Atlantic at Saint-Nazaire and also at maritime events in France or abroad.

We would like to remind you that any use of trademarks, associated acronyms and typographic codes, registered in several countries require the prior agreement of the Association.

For further information, please contact Jacques JOSEPH on 01 45 33 37 43, 57 rue de l'Abbé Groult, 75015 Paris

All users of the French Lines heritage in this way contribute to the Association general interest objectives, laid down by the non-profit making Association under the 1901 law, which are as follows :

Avoid the breaking up of an heritage of national interest by the purchasing of certain items,

Promote the heritage : regeneration and digitalisation of photos, protection of trademarks, restoration of films and collections (the most remarkable pieces are classified in the National Heritage),

Open up the collections to the general public : Researches into the archives are possible at the association headquarters