Algérie Ferries
{{Short description|Algerian shipping company}}
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| foundation = 1987
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| location_city = Algiers
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| area_served = Mediterranean Sea
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| industry = Shipping
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| services = Passenger transportation
Freight transportation
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Algérie Ferries ({{langx|ar|النقل البحري الجزائري}}) or Entreprise Nationale de Transport Maritime de Voyageurs (ENTMV) ({{langx|ar|المؤسسة الوطنية للنقل البحري للمسافرين}}) is a state-owned Algerian shipping company.{{cite web|title=Algérie Ferries is looking for a new ferry|url=http://www.ship2shore.it/en/shipping/algerie-ferries-is-looking-for-a-new-ferry_48517.htm|publisher=Ship2Shore|accessdate=13 September 2014|date=12 December 2010}}{{cite web|title=NAVANTIA starts the works of repairing and modernization of the first ship for the Algerian Navy|url=http://www.navantia.es/noticia.php?id_noti=228|publisher=Navantia|accessdate=13 September 2014|date=15 November 2012}} The company operates passenger and freight services between Algeria, France and Spain.
Routes
Algérie Ferries operates eight routes across the Mediterranean Sea.{{cite web|title=International ferries|url=http://www.travellerspoint.com/guide/International_ferries/|publisher=Travellers' Point|accessdate=13 September 2014}}
Fleet
Algérie Ferries operates a fleet of five passenger / car ferries:{{cite web|author=Micke Asklander|accessdate=10 September 2011|title=Fakta om fartyg - Algérie Ferries|url=http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/algerie_ferries.htm}}
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!Ship !Flag !Entered service !Entered fleet !Length (m) !Beam (m) !Tonnage !Passengers !Service speed !Notes |
| Tariq Ibn Ziyad
|{{Flag|Algeria}} | colspan="2" |1995 |153,3 |25,2 |{{GT|21,659}} |1,276 |21 knots |
| Tassili II
|{{Flag|Algeria}} | colspan="2" |2004 |146,6 |24 |{{GT|20,124}} |1,320 |23.5 knots |
| El Djazair II
|{{Flag|Algeria}} | colspan="2" |2005 |146,6 |24 |{{GT| 20,124}} |1,320 |23.5 knots |
| Badji-Mokhtar III
|{{Flag|Algeria}} | colspan="2" |2021 |200 |30 |{{GT|49,785}} |1,800 |24 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".[https://www.aps.dz/algerie/140608-fins-de-fonctions-pour-le-pdg-de-l-entmv-et-de-son-chef-d-escale-a-alger 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.[https://www.aps.dz/algerie/150416-justice-l-ex-pdg-de-l-entmv-condamne-a-6-ans-de-prison-ferme 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."{{cite web|access-date=2023-01-20|language=fr-FR|title=Six ans de prison ferme pour l’ancien PDG d’Algérie Ferries – Jeune Afrique|url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1410759/politique/six-ans-de-prison-ferme-pour-lancien-pdg-dalgerie-ferries/|website=JeuneAfrique.com}} 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.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-17 |title=Algérie Ferries : Les traversées Oran- Alicante suspendues - Journal communautaire algérien |url=https://www.djaliadz.com/algerie-ferries-les-traversees-oran/ |access-date=2023-06-19 |language=fr-FR}}
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.{{cite web|language=fr|title=Affaire ENTMV: les peines prononcées en première instance confirmées|url=https://www.aps.dz/algerie/156256-affaire-entmv-la-cour-d-alger-confirme-les-peines-de-premiere-instance-a-l-encontre-des-accuses|website=Algérie Presse Service}}
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Category:Ferry companies of Algeria
Category:Government-owned companies of Algeria
Category:Transport companies established in 1987