BOATS: Eight ports in around Nice are affected by this ban due to the spread of Coronavirus across France Access to the eight ports of the metropolitan area of Nice has been closed to ships carrying passengers until further notice in order to “fight” the coronavirus pandemic, according to a decree issued by the metropolis. This prohibition concerns the ports of Nice, Saint-Laurent-du-Var, […]
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Controlled by Russia, the two Mistral ships built in Saint-Nazaire were eventually purchased by Egypt. 180 Egyptian sailors are expected within a month. Both Mistral ships, occupying the port of Saint-Nazaire for a year will soon find new occupants, after the original sale to Russia was cancelled. The new owner, namely the Egyptian Navy will send a first crew […]
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Four countries – Canada, India, Singapore, and especially Egypt … Four countries, Canada, India, Singapore, and especially Egypt have expressed “serious” interest for the purchase of the Mistral warships after the cancellation of the sale by France to Russia, said a senior French official to parliamentarians, while giving details of the bill for the construction and the ‘six […]
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The construction of the second ship type Mistral has just ended at Saint-Nazaire. It will not be shipped to Russia and is now waiting for a future. Mission complete for employees of STX: they have completed the manufacture of Sebastopol, this second type of ship Mistral, initially made to order for Russia. The end of construction […]
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