limited industry transport shipping cargo founded 1975 headquarters birmingham uk products shipping cargo freight distribution revenue 93 million eur 2007 number of employees 30 website http www.otal.com ot africa line was a specialist shipping line exclusively serving routes between europe and west africa . 1 otal work exclusively in the transportation container shipping fleet industry operating a line of container and roro vessels . it ceased trading in june 2011 when the brand was assimilated under the delmas banner . otal like delmas was a subsidiary of the cma cgm group 2 the third largest shipping company in the world . history edit roro vessel kagoro ot africa line was established in 1975 as a pioneering roll on roll off congestion beating transport system to nigeria . nigeria went through a massive construction boom with the discovery of oil in the mid 1970s 3 and the need to provide construction materials and equipment resulted in port congestion . roll on roll off ships can load and discharge quickly taking up a minimum of quay space and overcoming congestion difficulties . in 1999 otal was taken over by bollor a french investment and industrial holding group . 4 in 2006 cma cgm purchases ot africa line at the same time acquiring delmas setramar and a 50 % stake in sudcargos to become the third largest shipping company in the world . external links edit the website of otal references edit otal home page . otal.com . retrieved 2008 12 03 . cma cgm subsidiaries page . retrieved 2008 12 03 . financial times country information . retrieved 2008 12 03 . marinelink.com . retrieved 2008 12 03 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ot africa line & oldid 690975152 categories container shipping companiescar carrier shipping companiesro ro shipping companiesdry bulk shipping companiesreefer shipping companiesshipping companies navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 16 november 2015 at 21 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view