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Marine entered into one of the first public- lift. “Each Monaco Marine yard is tailored to jokes the Commercial Director, who prefers
private partnerships in 2004 to take over the a size of yacht, thus covering the full range to keep to the group’s course: “to take care of
shipyard of La Ciotat, which specialises in available on the market. We are the only ones boats. We have a huge responsibility. If a boat
yachts over 40 metres, and equip it with a lift offering this service.” And there is more to crossing the Atlantic is poorly repaired, lives
for 2,000-ton yachts, as well as a 90-metre come: “We are still actively searching,” says can be in danger. A 50-metre boat involves
covered paint booth for the refit of large Tanguy Ducros, who is now also looking to a crew of 10 people on board.” And since
vessels. The group’s dazzling expansion the Middle East and the United States, where you are never better served than by yourself,
continued with the Antibes shipyard, opposite around 40% of his clientèle comes from. Monaco Marine has created its own training
the Quai des Milliardaires, a new service However, the initial activity of Monte-Carlo centre, Monaco Marine University, to transmit
centre for superyachts and large multihulls Offshore Yachts is now gone. Monaco Marine to employees, as well as subcontractors of the
in La Seyne-Toulon and, in particular, the port sold that early on to the Beneteau Group. group, their approach to questions of safety,
of Marseille, which now has a 6,000-ton boat “A mechanic cannot become Volkswagen,” management and social skills.

« Passer aux biocarburants pour réduire ses émissions de 90% »
Monaco Marine s’est associé au Sea Index, un outil d’évaluation des
émissions de CO des yachts de plus de 40 m, lancé par le Yacht
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Club en 2020. Ce label, qui s'appuie sur la méthodologie EEDI (Energy
Efficiency Design Index) de l'Organisation Maritime Internationale,
prend en compte le poids du yacht, la puissance des moteurs et des
générateurs… « Pour réduire de 90% les émissions de CO , l’utilisation
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de Biocarburants (HVO) est la meilleure solution qui ne nécessite pas
de faire de gros travaux. Tous les moteurs récents peuvent marcher
aux biocarburants. Après tout dépend du choix de l’armateur mais
aussi de volonté politique : en France, le litre est trois fois plus cher
que l’essence et il faut programmer l’approvisionnement au moins
48h avant », lance Tanguy Ducros qui cite en exemple la politique
publique hollandaise qui favorise les HVO. Il faudrait aussi limiter
la climatisation : selon le SEA Index, qui a récolté les données des
armateurs et des architectes navals, les yachts passeraient plus de A La Seyne-sur-Mer avant les travaux. In La Seyne-sur-Mer before he works.
80% du temps à l’ancre et à quai, seraient en manœuvre entre 1 et
2%, et en mode navigation entre 15 et 16%... “Switch to biofuels to reduce emissions by 90%”
A terme, le SEA Index a pour but de devenir le système de notation Monaco Marine has joined forces with the SEA Index, a tool for
leader dans la pollution de l’air et pourrait devenir un index de durabilité assessing the CO emissions of yachts over 40 metres, launched
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multicritères (par exemple Nox, Sox, eaux usées…). L'indice SEA - qui by the Yacht Club in 2020. This label, which is based on the EEDI
classe les yachts d'une à cinq étoiles - est disponible en ligne pour methodology (Energy Efficiency Design Index) of the International
que les propriétaires, capitaines et autres professionnels puissent Maritime Organisation, takes into account the weight of the yacht,
effectuer leur propre évaluation. Les certificats du SEA Index sont plus the power of the engines and generators. “To reduce CO ²
délivrés par Lloyd’s Register, un organisme indépendant. emissions by 90%, the use of biofuels (HVO) is the best solution
that does not require major adaptation work. All recent engines can
run on biofuels. After that, everything depends on the choice of the
shipowner but also on political will: in France, it is three times more
expensive per litre than petrol and you have to schedule the supply
at least 48 hours in advance,” points out Tanguy Ducros, praising
Dutch public policy which favours HVO. Air conditioning should also
be limited: according to the SEA Index, which collected data from
shipowners and naval architects, yachts spend more than 80% of
the time at anchor and at the quayside, are manoeuvring between
1 and 2% of the time and are in navigation mode between 15 and
A La Seyne-sur-Mer avant et après les travaux. Il a fallu reconstruire 155 mètres de quai et créer
une fosse de levage des navires... 16% of the time.
In La Seyne-sur-Mer before and after the works. It was necessary to rebuild 155 meters of dock Ultimately, the SEA Index aims to become the leading rating system
and create a lifting pit of ships...
in air pollution and could become a multi-criteria sustainability index
(eg NOx, SOx, waste water, etc). The SEA Index - which ranks yachts
with from one to five stars - is available online for owners, captains
and other professionals to make their own assessment. SEA Index
certificates are issued by Lloyd’s Register, an independent body.

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