angalis mep 2009 - Le Cluster Maritime Français

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le cluster maritime français
French shipping companies are leading ferry operators. Britanny Ferries (see box), Corsica Ferries, SeaFrance and SNCM
are the largest. On 1st July 2009, the French ferry fleet of around one million gross tonnes was comprised of:
Ferries High Speed Vessels Ro-pax Ro-Ro Local service
French flagged 27 2 3 11 29
Foreign flagged 13 4 1 7 0
Total 40 6 4 18 29
On order 1 0 0 0 1
Source : Le Marin - août 2009.
Brittany Ferries
CMF member - www.brittany-ferries.fr
Specialising in passenger and freight transport, Brittany Ferries operates from France, Great Britain, Ireland and Spain.
• 2,700,000 passengers, 800,000 cars and 231,000 freight vehicles
were carried in 2008
• 374.5 million euros
• 8 vessels
• 2,500 full-time equivalent employees, 70% sea-going, all French
Nationals
Launch of the ferries Mont St Michel (2002), Pont Aven (2004),
Normandie Express (2005), Cotentin (freight only) and Armorique
(2009) increased the Company’s competitiveness significantly.
Compagnie du Ponant
CMF member - www.ponant.com
The cruise liners of Compagnie du Ponant, a subsidiary of the CMA-CGM
Group, offer a very high standard of service enhanced by French-style
savoir-faire.
Its three ships of low capacity design (64 passengers on the Ponant, 90 on
the Levant and 226 on the Diamant) offer cruises with an intimate
atmosphere that can reach destinations inaccessible to most cruise liners
including exclusive locations normally the preserve of yachts (Orinoco,
Seychelles, Antarctica…).
Two new cruise ships are under construction, the Boreal and the Austral, and are due to be delivered in 2010 and 2011
respectively.
Compagnie du Ponant directly or indirectly employs more than 300 people and is the number one cruise line operating
under the French flag.
fact
In 2007, for the second year in a row, the French merchant fleet was ranked foremost in the world for
quality and safety.
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