1948
Creation of Sogestran by Edmond Girardet
1954
Diversification in the services to industries activity, with the creation of the first degassing station in a French port
1956
Creation of a subsidiary in Ghent, Belgium
1958
Maiden voyage of the first fluvial convoy (barge and pusher boat) on the Seine. On board, 3,000 tons of petroleum products.
1963
First river transport of cars (up to 250 vehicles per convoy)
1969
First iron ore convoys between Dunkirk and Denain
1975
Launch of the fluvial transport of heavy parcels by roll barges and first pushed convoys on the Rhône
1979
Gérard Perrin is appointed Managing Director at Sogestran
1983
Start of coal transport by barge on the Loire
1988
First transport of Ariane IV rockets on the Seine and creation of the fluvial transport company (CFT) by bringing together Sogestran and Sanara
Faced with the growing success of road transport tanks and tank containers cleaning activity and the circulation difficulties that this entails, SEREP decided to relocate the truck cleaning activity to the industrial area in Le Havre port. In 1988, the activity was established within Sogestrol and SEP-SEREP-Sogestrol was created in a 50/50 joint venture, which later became TSN.
1990
Diversification of the group in the maritime transport business through the acquisition of Maritima, a company specializing in petrol cabotage in the Mediterranean
1992
Beginning of the transportation of liquefied petroleum gas on the Rhône in partnership with Chemgas, a Dutch shipowner
1993
Routing and setting up the voussoir arches for the Pont de Normandie
1994
Sogestran is the first French shipowner to offer container transport on the Seine through its subsidiary LogiSeine
1995
In 1995, Sogestrol teamed up with three partners to create CARE, a company whose business is to store packaged hazardous chemicals. Located in the industrial and port area of Le Havre, CARE is 65% owned by Sogestrol.
For 13 consecutive years, the activity was in deficit and it was not until 2008 that CARE finally found an economic balance. Due to the need for new investments that our co-shareholders refused, Sogestran became the sole shareholder of CARE with 100% of the shares in 2013.
2000
Attentive to its tank container customers, the Sogestran Group recognized the market’s need for the creation of a specific site for the cleaning, maintenance and repair of tank containers. Customers must be able to find all the services they need to operate their container fleet on the same site. The Group therefore partnered with CMI Conteneurs in 2000, to create a company specializing in the repair of tank containers, PMS Citernes, an activity encompassing the inspection, maintenance and small repairs of tanks. In addition to the cleaning activity provided by TSN, this gave rise to a ‘One Stop Shop’ structure.
2001
Construction of the first double-hull tank barges for the Seine and the Rhône
2005
Pascal Girardet becomes Managing Director of the group
2006
Start of the transportation of compacted household waste from the Communauté de l'Agglomération Havraise
2009
The year 2009 is marked by a vertiginous drop in the volumes of tanks being cleaned. In view of this, discussions were held with a company competing with TSN in the industrial area of Le Havre to ensure the sustainability of our activities.
These exchanges were finalized by the integration of this site within TSN and the closure in 2010 of the LBC SOGESTROL cleaning station.
2014
Design and commissioning of a hybrid roll on / roll off barge dedicated to the transport of heavy parcels for the future ITER power station in Cadarache
2016
Inaugural loading of a barge with 6,500T of bitumen maintained at 180°C. Devised to sail between Belgium and Holland, it was specifically designed and built in partnership with the German shipowner Jaegers.
The city of Lyon and the Sogestran Group test a fluvial waste recycling centre: a first in Europe
2017
Acquisition of the Compagnie Maritime Nantaise. This French shipowner operates specific vessels for reference customers such as the Ministry of the Armed Forces, the French Navy and Arianespace, for which it transported the Ariane rocket to Kourou.
2020
Acquisition of Freeman Industrie, a French railway tanks repair and cleaning company
2021
Acquisition of Dubbelman, a Dutch container transport company on the Rhine
Acquisition of De Poli, a Dutch bulk chemical shipping company, which will become Navquim