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Citas
The ''Compagnie Industrielle et de Transports au Stanley Pool'' (CITAS) was a Belgian company involved in transport on the Congo River between 1902 and 1955, in what was first the Congo Free State and then the Belgian Congo, today the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The company evolved from owning a shipyard in Léopoldville (now (Kinshasa) to providing transport services on the Congo, and then to running a port in Léopoldville. Shipyard and boat The first Compagnie Industrielle et de Transports au Stanley Pool (CITAS) was incorporated in 1902. It was based in Léopoldville, where it owned a steamboat and operated a factory and shipyard. It also managed payments to agents of companies while they waited to leave for the upper Congo. CITAS was established on land formerly occupied by Teke people in the precolonial village of Nshasa (Kinshasa). The company was taken over by the '' Compagnie du Congo pour le Commerce et l’Industrie'' (CCCI), with headquarters in Brussels. Transpo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unatra
The ''Union Nationale des Transports Fluviaux'' (Unatra) was a government-controlled company that provided river transport services in the Belgian Congo between 1925 and 1936. Origins Before 1921 the Belgian government operated transport services on the Congo River, as did various private enterprises. In 1921 the government formed the state-owned company Sonatra (Sociéte Nationale des Transports Fluviaux au Congo) to manage its river transport services. Sonatra was the successor to the Marine de Haut-Congo, which had launched its first steamer, the ''En Avant (steam launch), En Avant'', on Ngaliema Bay on 3 December 1881. In March 1925 Sonatra merged with the transport operations of the private company Compagnie Industrielle et de Transports au Stanley Pool (Citas) to create Unatra (''Union nationale des Transports fluviaux''). The government owned 70,000 shares in Unatra out of 120,000 total. Early years The Minister of the Colonies (Belgium), Minister of the Colonies, Henri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
