The second of a series of three Coprexma-designed trawlers for French fishermen has been launched at Douarnenez.

The fifth French anti-submarine warfare (ASW) frigate, Bretagne, has completed its first sea trials.

MSC Cruises has held a dual celebration at STX France’s Saint-Nazaire yard with a keel-laying and coin ceremony for MSC Bellissima, and a steel-cutting ceremony for its first Meraviglia-Plus-class ship.

Deep-water offshore and shallow-water offshore projects were providing France-based Bourbon Offshore with hope for the future as it recorded a 12.7 per cent slump in third-quarter revenue.

Le Guilvinec fishing company Armement Bigouden has taken delivery of a new trawler Bara Breizh.

The upgraded Forme 10 dry dock at the Port of Marseille will open on October 30. 

New Caledonia is preparing to hold an independence referendum by the November 2018 deadline. The stakes are high, as the outcome could redefine France's status in our region. All parties have a lot to do over a short time, in a volatile environment.

The UK and France commanded a multinational naval task force which has scored eight drugs busts over a five-month period in the Gulf and Indian Ocean, seizing 1.75 tonnes of narcotics worth nearly £400 million (US$500 million), including 265kg of heroin and 455kg of hashish by the Royal Navy Type 23 frigate, HMS Monmouth.

The mooring installation of the first floating wind turbine in France for Ecole Centrale de Nantes (ECN), as part of the European project FLOATGEN, was completed at the SEM-REV experimental test site, off Le Croisic. 

The French sea-rescue association (SNSM) has signed a contract to construct a new rescue boat with Alumarine Shipyard for the Morbihan Gulf.