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The Abeille Liberté, the latest generation tug

Paris, October 21, 2005

The response assistance and salvage tug (RIAS) Abeille Liberté has just arrived in Cherbourg. It has been welcomed by the Abeille Languedoc, from which it will take over at the end of October 2005. Rear Admiral Edouard Guillaud, maritime Prefect of the Channel and the North Sea, Bourbon Execution Vice President Christian Munier, and Les Abeilles International Managing Director Christian Quillivic have greeted its arrival. The Abeille Liberté will be christened on November 17 and will reinforce the marine safety plan set up by the French government in the Channel and the North Sea.