Algérie Ferries () or Entreprise Nationale de Transport Maritime de Voyageurs (ENTMV) () is a state-owned Algerian shipping company. The company operates passenger and freight services between Algeria, France and Spain.
Routes Algérie Ferries operates eight routes across the Mediterranean Sea.
Oran - Alicante Oran - Marseille Algiers - Alicante Algiers - Barcelona Algiers - Marseille Béjaïa - Marseille Skikda - Marseille Annaba - Marseille
Fleet Algérie Ferries operates a fleet of five passenger / car ferries: ShipFlagEntered serviceEntered fleetLength (m)Beam (m)TonnagePassengersService speedNotesTariq Ibn Ziyad1995153,325,21,27621 knotsTassili II2004146,6241,32023.5 knotsEl Djazair II2005146,6241,32023.5 knotsBadji-Mokhtar III2021200301,80024 knots
Scandal On June 2, 2022, CEO Kamel Issad was dismissed from his position due to "his behavior that undermined the image of Algeria and was detrimental to the interests of citizens".Fins de fonctions pour le PDG de l'ENTMV et de son Chef d'escale à Alger, site aps.dz, 2 juin 2022.
On January 19, 2023, Kamel Issad was sentenced to six years in prison for mismanagement and lack of maintenance of the company's vessels.Justice: l'ex PDG de l'ENTMV condamné à 6 ans de prison ferme, site aps.dz, 19 janvier 2023. He was arrested a few days after being dismissed in June 2022 on charges of "misappropriation of public funds, abuse of power, and illicit enrichment." Other former executives were also convicted in this case. Former commercial director Karim Bouzenad received a five-year prison sentence. Hamouche Aghiles and Oufar Malika, both fugitives, were each sentenced to ten years in prison and are subject to an international arrest warrant.
On May 28, 2023, the Court of Algiers confirmed the sentences handed down in the first instance in the ENTMV case. Kamel Issad was sentenced to six years in prison, Karim Bouzenad, former commercial director, to five years in prison, and Fatma Laimchi, responsible for information systems, to one year of suspended sentence. The charges included misappropriation of public funds, abuse of power, and illicit enrichment. Kamel Eddalia and Cherifi Ikbal were acquitted.
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