Ponant has confirmed that it will acquire Paul Gauguin Cruises, an operator which specialises in sailings to French Polynesia and the South Pacific.

Nobody likes to receive unexpected bills. Imagine the shock of Bourbon Corporation’s CEO, Chairman, Founder, and de facto controlling shareholder, Jacques de Chateauvieux, when he opened his mail last month and received a pile of letters of demand from the Chinese finance company ICBC Leasing. Mr de Chateauvieux was on the record that his company had been engaged in “amicable negotiations” to reschedule his company’s debts to ICBC in light of the offshore industry crisis. Now the pile of payment claims on his desk showed that the situation was clearly no longer “amicable.”

French shipbuilder Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie (CMN) delivered two new 32- by seven-metre aluminium-hulled fast patrol boats in a series to the Royal Saudi Navy at its facilities in Cherbourg on Wednesday, July 24.

A court in Paris has rejected a claim for compensation by the survivors and relatives of the victims of a highly publicised sinking of a passenger vessel in 1994.

A French submarine that went missing with all hands on board over 50 years ago has finally been found, officials in Toulon confirmed on Monday, July 22.

French shipbuilder OCEA launched the future BRP Gabriela Silang, a new offshore patrol vessel (OPV) ordered by the Philippine Coast Guard, at its facilities in Les Sables d'Olonne on Wednesday, July 17.

Neptune Marine has completed a four-month conversion and trials period for a multi-purpose workboat owned by France's Jifmar Offshore Services.

The defence ministries of Belgium and the Netherlands have signed a €2 billion (US$2.27 billion) contract with a consortium formed by Naval Group and ECA Robotics for the supply of six new mine countermeasures vessels (MCMVs).

Naval Group launched Suffren, the French Navy's first Barracuda-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, in a ceremony on Friday, July 12.

Brittany Ferries has confirmed the names of two ships set to join the company's fleet during the 2019-2023 timeframe.