Yves Marre is a

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entrepreneur, inventor and adventurer, co-founder of Friendship (NGO) in

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

, co-founder of NGO

Watever Watever is a French Non-Governmental Association composed of professionals from the maritime, transport, and development industries. It was established in 2010 by Marc Van Peteghem, Yves Marre, Alain Connan and Gérald Similowski with the convict ...

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and creator of

TaraTari Shipyard Taratari is a shipyard founded in 2004 in Bangladesh by the French sailor Yves Marre. Supported by the French NGO Watever, it aims to develop a modern, safe, and responsible nautical production industry in the country. History In 1994, Yves M ...

in Bangladesh.

Studies

Marre received a scholarship from the

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at 17 years old. Received the degree of private airplane

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at the age of 18.

Career

1973 to 1996, career at

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as cabin crew. In parallel, he participates in various projects as a

and sailor: * For “ Aviation without Borders” NGO: carries out humanitarian missions as co-pilot and

logistician A logistics officer is a member of an armed force or coast guard responsible for overseeing the support of an army, air force, marine corps, navy or coast guard fleet, both at home and abroad. Logistics officers can be stationary on military base ...

in Central Africa and instructor of

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in the

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rainforest for a French doctor. *

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, micro light pilot, designer and trial pilot of “Propulsar” (motorized paraglider from his invention, with which he flew across the

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as a “premiere” from France to England in 1988). * He sails across the Atlantic Ocean on its river

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, also as a “premiere”, from Paris to Miami in 1990. * In 1992, assists Gerard Feldzer in his tests of the pedal helium balloon with which

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and Gerard Feldzer, then Director of the Museum of Air and Space of France, attempted a flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Le B613

1993: Initiates the project: "A Hospital Barge for Bangladesh" and creates the first Friendship (NGO), in France. The French government allots Friendship a river barge of 38.5 m through the Companies Fluviale de Transport. 1994: Sails this river barge from France to Bangladesh, also as a “premiere”. 1997: Founds with his wife, Runa Khan Marre, Contic Cruises, a river tourism company. Launches the largest traditional sailing ship in Bangladesh: the “B613”. 1998: Founds with his wife, Runa Khan Marre, Friendship Bangladesh. 2004: Creates

Ltd. 2008: Curator of "Les Voiles anciennes du Bangladesh – Ancient Sails of Bangladesh" an exhibition from Friendship Bangladesh, at the National Maritime Museum of Paris and Brest, and then in 2010 at Port Museum of

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. 2010: Co-founder of French NGO

, with

Marc Van Peteghem Marc Van Peteghem is a French naval architect, co-founder of VPLP (Van Peteghem Lauriot-Prévost) a French based naval architectural firm, since 1983. Studies Born on January 9, 1957, in Paris, Marc Van Peteghem studied at Southampton Solent Uni ...

, creator of the naval architecture agency

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Alain Connan Alain may refer to: People * Alain (given name), common given name, including list of persons and fictional characters with the name * Alain (surname) * "Alain", a pseudonym for cartoonist Daniel Brustlein * Alain, a standard author abbreviation u ...

and Gérald Similowski. 2013: Head of Mission for the archeological Department under the Ministry of Culture of Bangladesh for the excavation of an ancient shipwreck on the beach of

Kuakata Kuakata ( bn, কুয়াকাটা) ( Burmese/ Rakhine/ Arakanese:ကုအာကာတ) is a town in southern Bangladesh known for its panoramic sea beach. Kuakata beach is a sandy expanse long and wide. From the beach one can have an ...

(southern Bangladesh). 2014: Co-founder of the Maritime Security & Rescue Society, the maritime rescue association of Bangladesh, along with Admiral Taher, Admiral KS Hussain and other Directors.

Books

* « Sur le Coffre de l’homme mort », co-author, Elocoquent edition * « La Paix niche sur l‘Atlantique », Revue Fluvial * « Navigateur Solidaire », coming soon in 2014

Documentaries

* « Escale au Bangladesh », Thalassa * « L’Empreinte du Tigre », Ushuaia –

* « Les Héros de la Nature », Vue du Ciel –

Yann Arthus-Bertrand Yann Arthus-Bertrand (born 13 March 1946) is a French environmentalist, activist, journalist and photographer. He has also directed films about the impact of humans on the planet. He is especially well known for his book ''Earth from Above'' (19 ...

Awards

* 2008: Won the first award of

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for Representation of France * 2012: Won an award for his actions for France Reputation * 2013: Is bestowed the Bangladeshi passport & citizenship (at the initiative of the Prime Minister)

References

External links

Yves Marre's website

TaraTari Shipyard's website

NGO Watever's website
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