Degemer mat – The leading employer of sailors in France, the company has seen the number of passengers increase for the second consecutive year
It came very close to disaster. Weighed down by the Covid truce and by Great Britain’s exit from the European Union, the French shipping company Brittany Ferries is doing better. Based in Roscoff, in Finistère, the transport company recorded a 6.5% increase in its number of passengers compared to 2023 with nearly 2 million passengers.
This increase recorded, the second after 2023, “consolidates the return to growth and confidence in the future” of the company. The leading employer of French sailors, the Breton company employs more than 3,000 people, for a turnover estimated at 484.7 million euros.
Cleaner ships coming soon
While waiting to see the arrival of two new ships powered by a hybrid gas and electric engine, the company has decided to open its capital to new investors. After a capital increase by the giant CMA-CGM in 2023, the shipping company has this time decided to play local, bringing eight Breton companies into its capital. And this time, it has not chosen the smallest bosses: Louis Le Duff, boss of La Brioche Dorée and Del Arte, Alain Glon, at the head of the Sanders empire and Bret’s chips, the cleaning company Samsic or the group of (…) - 20minutes
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