SS Stella Solaris was an ocean liner built for Messageries Maritimes in 1953. She mainly provided passenger service between France, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Japan.
Postcard of Stella Solaris sometime between 1971 and 2002, date and photographer unknown
Cambodge's first class dining room
Messageries Maritimes was a French merchant shipping company. It was originally created in 1851 as Messageries nationales, later called Messageries impériales, and from 1871, Compagnie des messageries maritimes, casually known as "MesMar" or by its initials "MM". Its rectangular house flag, with the letters MM on a white background and red corners, was famous in shipping circles, especially on the Europe-Asia trade lanes. In 1977 it merged with Compagnie générale transatlantique to form Compagnie générale maritime. In 1996 CGM was privatized and sold to Compagnie Maritime d'Affrètement (CMA) to form CMA CGM.
Poster Messageries Maritimes Alexandre Brun
Hamburg Süd's 1912 liner Buenos Aires was transferred to MM as part of reparations after the First World War and renamed Cephée
Messageries maritimes' 1879 sail- and steamship Oxus leaving port
The 1930 ocean liner Georges Philippar was destroyed by fire in 1932
