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ABEILLE BOURBON tows the CMA CGM MARCO POLO for test

At 396-meters long and weighing in at a 250,000 tonnes, you’d think that having to do an emergency tow of the world’s largest containership would be no easy task. As it turns out, a recent exercise held March 9th off the coast of France proved that that doesn’t have to be the case. The exercise was carried out using the French emergency towing vessel, the ABEILLE BOURBON, while the CMA CGM MARCO POLO was on a four hour hiatus from regular service off the Brittany coast. During the exercise, the Marco Polo was loaded to 80% capacity and towed for an hour at a speed of 10km/h. Photos: http://www.premar-atlantique.gouv.fr/galeries/Marco-Polo

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The "Abeille Bouron" on Oct 8, 2010, was contracted to tow the damaged tank m/v "YM Uranus" to Brest which was adrift and temporarily in danger of sinking off Ouessant after collision.