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Saint-Nazaire: MSC Meraviglia now 75% complete

Work on the MSC Meraviglia cruise ship is in full swing at STX France’s Saint-Nazaire shipyard. Quayside outfitting began soon after the ship was floated out of its construction dock in early September. Hull construction involved the assembly of 48 blocks, some weighing up to 1000 tonnes. Over 2000 employees of STX France and its subcontractors are working on the ship’s indoor and outdoor spaces every day. MSC Meraviglia is the operator’s largest ship to date.

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Polar Pod to explore southern waters

As is his wont, intrepid adventurer, scientist, doctor and sailor Jean-Louis Étienne is planning another madcap expedition. As usual, the project is innovative and technologically audacious in addition to presenting a rare opportunity to advance our understanding of the planet’s still little understood Southern Ocean. The programme is called the Polar Pod Expedition. And what an odd vessel the Polar Pod is.

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Nøé : Barillec’s zero emissions vessel

Nøé is the codename for the project to build a 35m ferry powered by hydrogen fuel cells for the islands of Ouessant and Molène off the western-most tip of the Brittany peninsula. Ouessant is also known in English as Ushant. “We’ve had our eye on this for close to eight years”, said Barillec CEO Maurice Buttet.

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