At the start of 2024, the Grand Port Maritime de Marseille presented its results for the year 2023. With the notable exception of passenger traffic, all its other activities are in decline. War in Ukraine, tensions in the Middle East, inflation… The international “deep geopolitical instability” is considered by its managers as one of the … Read more
The Kinaliada arrived on Monday, November 20 in Toulon for a three-day stopover in the French military port, noted Mer et Marine. If other vessels of the Turkish navy, such as Meko type frigates, come more or less regularly to Toulon, particularly when they are integrated into NATO naval groups, this is the first time … Read more
It indeed sports a brand new livery, the one signed by the architect Philippe Starck for the National Sea Rescue Society (SNSM). “This new graphic identity was imagined during the new fleet program but Philippe Starck adapted it from the outset to all models of the existing fleet. Thus, during technical stops of their boats, … Read more
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The immense silhouette of the Utopia of the Seas, which had been growing for 14 months in form B of the Chantiers de l’Atlantique, shook in the early morning of Saturday September 16. After its launch and the opening of the hold on the Loire estuary, the giant liner, still devoid of functional propulsion, was … Read more
The cleaning and salvage operations of the ro-ro container ship Grande Costa d’Avorio continue in Port Elizabeth, near New York. For the record, a dramatic fire broke out on the evening of July 5, 2023 aboard the Italian shipowner Grimaldi, costing the lives of two firefighters. The combined efforts of the Coast Guard and New … Read more
After a first surface navigation last week, the nuclear attack submarine (SNA) Perle conducted Monday, May 22, in front of Toulon, its first dive since 2019. A first static immersion, in particular to check the tightness of the hull and carry out the weighing of the building following the repairs carried out after the fire … Read more
The first sister ship of MSC World Europa, delivered on October 24 to the Italian-Swiss company MSC Cruises by Chantiers de l’Atlantique, MSC World America will be officially laid down on May 31 in Saint-Nazaire. The traditional coin ceremony will take place on the same 2023-05-14 22:20:00 #Chantiers #lAtlantique #lay #liner #MSC #World #America #hold