Nouvelle Compagnie de Paquebots - NCP

France

Paquet/NCP
Sailings December 1966-December 1967
Vessel(s) Ports of call
Paquet:
Ancerville Marseilles, Casablanca, Tenerife, Dakar.
Return voyages: Dakar, Las Palmas, Casablanca, Marseilles.
Lyautey 1) Marseilles, Gibraltar, Tangier, Casablanca, Madeira, Tenerife.
Return voyages: Tenerife, Las Palmas, Casablanca, Marseilles.

2) Marseilles, Casablanca, Tenerife, Dakar.
Return voyages: Dakar, Las Palmas, Casablanca, Marseilles.

3) Marseilles, Casablanca

Azemmour Marseilles, Tangier (many voyages), Casablanca.

June-August:
Marseilles, Málaga, Casablanca.

September-October:
Marseilles, Port Vendres, Casablanca.

Return voyages: Casablanca, Tangier, Málaga (August-September only) or Alicante (some voyages), Marseilles.

Azrou Marseilles, Tangier (many voyages), Casablanca.
Return voyages: Casablanca, Tangier, Málaga (one voyage, in August only) or Alicante (many voyages throughout the year) or Port Vendres (July-August only), Marseilles.
NCP:
All roundtrip voyages for all ships below consisted of a quicker sailing with few ports of call outward and a slower sailing with calls at the many West African ports homeward, or the reverse.

Example (Foch): Marseilles, Casablanca, Dakar, Abidjan, Pointe Noire, Port Gentil, Libreville, Douala, Lagos, Cotonou, Lomé, Abidjan, Dakar, Tenerife, Casablanca, Marseilles
or
(Général Mangin): Marseilles, Barcelona, Casablanca, Dakar, Conakry, Abidjan, Cotonou, Lagos, Douala, Libreville, Port Gentil, Pointe Noire, Abidjan, Dakar, Tenerife, Casablanca, Marseilles.

Foch All voyages:
Outward: Marseilles, Casablanca, Dakar, Abidjan, Pointe Noire.
Homeward: Pointe Noire, Abidjan, Dakar, Tenerife (most voyages) or Las Palmas (a few voyages), Casablanca, Marseilles.

Additional ports of call in one direction:
Lomé (many voyages), Cotonou, Lagos (most voyages), Douala, Libreville and Port Gentil.

Général Mangin All voyages:
Outward: Marseilles, Casablanca, Dakar, Abidjan, Pointe Noire.
Homeward: Pointe Noire, Abidjan, Dakar, Tenerife (many voyages) or Las Palmas (some voyages), Casablanca, Marseilles.

Additional ports of call in one direction:
Barcelona (most voyages - outward only), Conakry (many voyages - outward only), Lomé (many voyages - homeward only), Cotonou, Lagos, Douala, Libreville and Port Gentil.

Jean Mermoz All voyages: *)
Outward: Marseilles, Casablanca, Dakar, Abidjan, Pointe Noire.
Homeward: Pointe Noire, Abidjan, Dakar, Tenerife (many voyages) or Las Palmas (some voyages), Casablanca, Marseilles.

Additional ports of call in one direction:
Barcelona (many voyages - outward only), Conakry (a few voyages - outward only), Lomé (some voyages), Cotonou, Lagos, Douala, Libreville and Port Gentil.

*) One homeward voyage terminated at Bordeaux with a call at Madeira after Dakar; after cruising, the next outward voyage started from Bordeaux with a call at Tenerife before Dakar.

Foucauld All voyages:
Outward: Bordeaux, Dakar, Abidjan, Pointe Noire.
Homeward: Pointe Noire, Abidjan, Dakar, Madeira, Bordeaux.

Additional ports of call in one direction:
Conakry (many voyages - outward only), Lomé, Cotonou, Lagos, Douala, Libreville and Port Gentil.

Général Leclerc All voyages:
Outward: Bordeaux, Tenerife, Dakar, Abidjan, Pointe Noire.
Homeward: Pointe Noire, Abidjan, Dakar, Madeira, Bordeaux.

Additional ports of call in one direction:
Lomé (most voyages), Cotonou, Lagos, Douala, Libreville and Port Gentil.

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