| The first floating offshore wind (FOW) turbine built in France was launched at Saint-Nazaire on 13 October just 15 months after construction began. The project, beginning with the turbine, tower and floating foundation, are being funded by the European Commission. This... |
| Channel 5 is a new service currently being piloted at Seayard’s container terminal in Fos-sur-Mer on France’s Mediterranean coast. It was developed by MGI, a Marseille-based company specialised in Cargo Community Systems (CCSs) and Port Community Systems (PCSs) for port,... |
| Airbus ro-ro parts carrier Ciudad de Cadiz, operated by Louis Dreyfus Armateurs, is testing a kite traction system developed by Toulouse-based startup Airseas.The company was set up in September by Vincent Bernatets, who spent much of a fifteen-year stint with Airbus... |
| Projects at Damen’s Dunkerque yard include ship repairs and conversions, assembly of offshore wind turbines and structures, and new-build shipbuilding. And Mark Jan Van den Akker, the recently appointed CEO of Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque has big plans in all three areas.... |
| French boatbuilder Sibiril Technologies, based at Carantec in Brittany, has announced plans to build combined shellfish dredgers and pot fishing boats of a type known in France as coquillers-caseyeurs. The announcement follows an order placed in April this year by... | |
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