When you pass through the Mediterranean business district in Marseille, France,

you can't help but notice a sculpture like this -

two huge sumo wrestlers holding up a blue container, which is very eye-catching.

The sculpture "it takes two to tango",

created by Scottish artist David Mach dacid mach,

was displayed in the Mediterranean Business

District of Europe from September to the end of 2011.

The donor of this sumo sculpture is the container transportation company of Dafei shipping group,

which symbolizes the close connection between the port of ruoyette county and Dafei group.

At first, organizers worried that street artists would doodle on the hips of

the Japanese wrestlers, and planned to set up safety fences to protect the sculptures.

Later they changed their mind and decided to use anti graffiti paint to protect the two sumo statues.

CMA-CGM is the first global container carrier in France and the third in the world.

Dafei shipping group, headquartered in Marseille, France, was founded in 1978.

In the early stage of its operation, Dafei group mainly

undertook the business in the Black Sea.

In the late 1990s, Dafei group not only opened direct

routes from the Mediterranean to northern Europe,

the Red Sea, Southeast Asia and East Asia, but also successfully

acquired the largest state-owned shipping companies in France,

namely, the French national shipping company (CGM) and

the Australian National Shipping Company (ANL), formally Renamed "CMA CGM".

In 2005, Dafei Shipping Group successfully acquired DTS / anda West Africa shipping / centema to

become the first container carrier in France and the third in the world. At present,

Dafei Group operates 267 container ships with a loading capacity of 1070032teu.

It has 650 branches and offices in 150 countries and regions, including 63 branch offices in China.

In October 1992, Dafei group of France officially landed in the Chinese market --

Dafei ship (China) Shipping Co., Ltd. (Dafei China for short) came into being.

Since its establishment, Dafei China, relying on the strong shipping strength

and global service network of Dafei group of France, has wholeheartedly provided fast,

high-quality and efficient shipping services for Chinese customers.

With the wheel of history rolling forward, a new era is coming.

With the huge market potential, fierce market competition is coming.

Dafei China will adhere to the business philosophy of "customer first",

fully understand customer needs, continuously develop new routes and increase new ports.

On the basis of consolidating the existing market share,

Dafei China will actively expand business space, further expand business areas,

take shipping development as a breakthrough point, comprehensively layout service network,

and achieve the strategic goal of sustainable development in the new challenges.

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