Featured Ship – Abeille Bourbon

I present to you, the salvage tug Abeille Bourbon, a French vessel operated by Bourbon Offshore and chartered by the French Navy for rescue and assistance operations.  The vessel is based out of Brest, France and has been involved in several large marine salvage and rescue cases including the MSC Napoli, and the Rokia Delmas .  It is a sleek vessel, and one of several that the French government has strategically contracted and placed along the French coastline to assist large vessels in peril at a moments notice.  For more on the Abeille Bourbon’s particulars, check out the Marine Log

Abeille Bourbon in her homeport of Brest, France.

Here is an amazing video of one of the rescue cases Abeille Bourbon has made.  This one occurred in the Irish Sea, but beyond that, I am not certain when or what ship was involved.  Does anybody have any further knowledge about this case?  Regardless, it is an amazing video, showing some excellent seakeeping in some very rough seas.   Enjoy!