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Socarenam
Socarenam (, acronym: ''Société Calaisienne de Réparation Navale et Mécanique'') is a French employee-owned shipbuilding company that operates shipyards in multiple ports in northern and western of the country. History Socarenam was founded in Calais in 1961 by Société Navale Caeannaise for repair and maintenance of its commercial fleet. In 1969, the company established a new shipyard on the former site of Les chantiers BAHEUX in Boulogne-sur-Mer, a famous riveted steel fishing vessels shipbuilder that was created at the end of 19th century and had previously moved its headquarters to Boulogne. Socarenam opened its third workshop in Dunkirk in 1973 because of the company's tremendous workload. In 1989, the parent company decided to spin off some subsidiaries, including Socarenam. At this point, the shipyard employees decided to take over a 100% stake in Socarenam, which finally meant that the employees managed to acquire their shipyard. On February 24, 2020, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrouilleur Outre-mer
The Patrouilleurs Outre-mer (POM), or ''Félix Éboué'' class, are a class of offshore patrol vessels of the French Navy. They are to be based at Nouméa, Tahiti and La Réunion, replacing the s all of which were withdrawn from service by 2023. At 1,300 tonnes, the ''POM'' class ships have four times the displacement of the ''P400'' and possess a wider range of capabilities. The lead ship, ''Auguste Bénébig'', was commissioned in May 2023, with delivery of all six units ordered expected by 2027. History Conception Work conducted in the framework of the BATSIMAR programme and the 2017 Strategic Study for National Defence and Security determined that protecting French overseas regions required capabilities of opposing terrorist action and threats of encroachment. They defined two families of patrol vessels: new generation high sea patrol vessels (''patrouilleurs de haute mer de nouvelle génération,'' PHM-NG), or Oceanic Patrol Vessel; and Overseas Patrol Vessels (''Patr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confiance-class Patrol Vessel
The ''Confiance'' class or Patrouilleurs Antilles Guyane (PAG), previously called "''Patrouilleurs légers guyanais''" (PLG, "Light Guyane patrol vessel") until January 2019 is a type of high sea patrol vessel developed and built by Socarenam based upon plans by Mauric. They are in service with the French Navy. As of 2020, two of the ships, ''Confiance'' and ''Résolue'', were based in French Guiana, while the third, ''Combattante'', has her home port at Martinique. History In 2015, the Direction générale de l'armement, Direction générale de l'Armement ordered two light Patrol boat, patrol ships from Socarenam, as well as six years worth of maintenance for each ship from CNN MCO. The aim was to replace the s ''Gracieuse'' and ''Capricieuse'', based at French Guiana. The contract was worth €17 million per ship, and €24 million including development and maintenance. The ships are tasked with policing fishing, as well as patrolling off French Guiana when Ariane (rocket f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |