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Naming of the Abeille Liberté, an exceptional vessel in the service of maritime security
Paris, November 18, 2005
The Abeille Liberté, a vessel belonging to the Les Abeilles International company, a BOURBON subsidiary, and introduced to reinforce the maritime prefect's protection arrangements by ensuring safety in the Channel and North Sea, was named on 17 November 2005.The naming took place in the Cité de la Mer in Cherbourg, in the presence of its christener, Madame Annie Blanchet, widow of the bosun of the Abeille Languedoc who died on duty.
The ceremony was jointly presided over by Rear Admiral Édouard Guillaud, the maritime prefect of the Channel and North Sea and Monsieur Christian Munier, the General Manager of BOURBON.
BOURBON are proud to have fitted out this new ship to succeed the prestigious Abeille Languedoc with the role of ensuring both ever better safety for men and property at sea and the protection of the environment.The Abeille Liberté is a faster and more powerful salvage tug, able to respond better to the current requirements of the French Navy. It carries 2 crews of 12 sailors and officers with the benefit of experience acquired in particular on the Abeille Languedoc. Its design bears the signature of Sigmund Borgundvag, previously the designer of the Abeille Languedoc, Abeille Flandre and Abeille Bourbon.
