Algérie Ferries or Entreprise Nationale de Transport Maritime de Voyageurs (ENTMV) is a state-owned Algerian shipping company.[1][2] The company operates passenger and freight services between Algeria, France and Spain.
Algérie Ferries operates eight routes across the Mediterranean Sea.[3]
Algérie Ferries operates a fleet of five passenger / car ferries:[4]
On June 2, 2022, CEO Kamel Issad was dismissed from his position due to "his behavior that undermined the image of Algeria and was detrimental to the interests of citizens".[9]
On January 19, 2023, Kamel Issad was sentenced to six years in prison for mismanagement and lack of maintenance of the company's vessels.[10] He was arrested a few days after being dismissed in June 2022 on charges of "misappropriation of public funds, abuse of power, and illicit enrichment."[11] Other former executives were also convicted in this case. Former commercial director Karim Bouzenad received a five-year prison sentence. Hamouche Aghiles and Oufar Malika, both fugitives, were each sentenced to ten years in prison and are subject to an international arrest warrant.[12]
On May 28, 2023, the Court of Algiers confirmed the sentences handed down in the first instance in the ENTMV case. Kamel Issad was sentenced to six years in prison, Karim Bouzenad, former commercial director, to five years in prison, and Fatma Laimchi, responsible for information systems, to one year of suspended sentence. The charges included misappropriation of public funds, abuse of power, and illicit enrichment. Kamel Eddalia and Cherifi Ikbal were acquitted.[13]
