''Compagnie de Transports au Maroc'' (or CTM) is a

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. It was established in November 1919 and is thus the oldest Moroccan

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company.

History

The idea for CTM originated during Sultan Abd al-Hafid's visit to France in August 1912, with General

Hubert Lyautey Louis Hubert Gonzalve Lyautey (17 November 1854 – 27 July 1934) was a French Army general and colonial administrator. After serving in Indochina and Madagascar, he became the first French Resident-General in Morocco from 1912 to 1925. In earl ...

personally supervising the trip. The Moroccan sultan spent time in the resort town of

Vichy Vichy (, ; ) is a city in the central French department of Allier. Located on the Allier river, it is a major spa and resort town and during World War II was the capital of Vichy France. As of 2021, Vichy has a population of 25,789. Known f ...

, where Jean Epinat owned a number or transport companies. On November 8, 1919, Sultan Abd al-Hafid passed a dahir sanctioning the establishment of the transportation company. ''La Compagnie de Transports au Maroc'' was founded November 30, 1919 with the goal of accessing "all of Morocco." Its services ran along a new colonial road system planned with the aim of linking all major towns and cities. At the beginning, the vehicles used by CTM were repurposed

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military vehicles. Second class passengers rode on the roofs of these vehicles. As a collaborator with the French colonial regime,

Thami El Glaoui Thami El Glaoui (; 1879–23 January 1956) was the Pasha of Marrakesh from 1912 to 1956. His family name was el Mezouari, from a title given an ancestor by Ismail Ibn Sharif in 1700, while El Glaoui refers to his chieftainship of the Glaoua (Gla ...

was a major shareholder in CTM. The company began as a

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before being sold to the Moroccan government after

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in 1956. In 1993, under the campaign of

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, the company was floated on the

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Corporate information

The company's president is Ezzoubaïr Errhaimini. In 2009, CTM's revenue totaled 406 million dirhams. CTM's European partners include Eurolines Belgium (Epervier), Eurolines France S.A, Deutsch Touring, SITA, Sadem, Lazzi (Eurolines Italy), CLP, Julia (Eurolines Spain), Linebus and Als

Currently CTM serves over 100 domestic destinations and more than 80 international destinations in Spain, France, Belgium, Italy, Germany and the Netherlands.

References

External links

Compagnie de Transports au Maroc —CTM website
Transport companies of Morocco Public transport operators Companies based in Casablanca Transport companies established in 1919 1919 establishments in Morocco Companies in the MADEX Companies in the MASI {{Africa-company-stub