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Société Provençale de Remorquage - Progemar (Shipping company, France)

Last modified: 2004-10-02 by ivan sache
Keywords: societe provencale de remorquage | progemar | letters: spr (blue) | letter: p (blue) |
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History of Société Provençale de Remorquage - Progemar

The Société Provençale de Remorquage was founded at the end of the XIXth century. It started as a competitor of Chambon, but there was enough work for two towing companies in Marseilles, although the SPR remained slightly less important than Chambon.
In 1923, the SPR contributed to the foundation of the Venture-Weir company (later incorporated to the SPR), and founded in Algiers the Société Algéro-Provençale de Remorquage seven years later.
After the Second World War, the company modernized its tugboats. The increase in the size of the ships required even bigger and more powerful tugboats.

In 1967, the company was renamed Société Provençale de Gestion Maritime (Progemar) and absorbed several towing companies in ports of the Channel and the Atlantic Ocean, New Caledonia and la Reunion. The motherhouse was renamed Nouvelle Société Provençale de Remorquage.

Source: Paul Bois. Armements marseillais - Compagnies de navigation et navires à vapeur (1831-1988), published by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Marseille-Provence [boi03].

Ivan Sache, 20 February 2004

House flags of Société Provençale de Remorquage - Progemar

Société Provençale de Remorquage

[Flag of SPR]by Ivan Sache

The house flag of Société Provençale de Remorquage is white with a red border and the blue letters SPR in the middle.

Source: Paul Bois. Armements marseillais - Compagnies de navigation et navires à vapeur (1831-1988), published by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Marseille-Provence [boi03].

Ivan Sache, 20 February 2004

Progemar

[Flag of Progemar]by Ivan Sache

The house flag of Progemar is similar but with only a blue P.

Source: Paul Bois. Armements marseillais - Compagnies de navigation et navires à vapeur (1831-1988), published by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Marseille-Provence [boi03].

Ivan Sache, 20 February 2004