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La Ciotat Shipyards held its first Matinée de l’Emploi on 27 June, drawing more than 500 candidates to meet companies working in yacht maintenance and refit. The event was organised with around 30 specialist schools and local employment bodies ahead of the September refit season.
Patrick Ghigonetto was re-elected unanimously as chair of La Ciotat Shipyards on 27 May, after the municipal elections in March. The board also added Jean-Pascal Gournès, representing the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, and Éric Runfola, representing the city of La Ciotat.
MB92 La Ciotat has published interviews with four crew members working aboard yachts currently in its yard, including an intendant, a deckhand, a head of interior and a butler. The piece focuses on life aboard, long hours and the close-knit nature of crews rather than on any yard project or delivery.
MB92 La Ciotat published interviews with four crew members working on yachts at its yard in La Ciotat for World Boating Day. The piece centres on life onboard for a Purser, Deckhand, Chief Steward and Butler, including long hours, rotation contracts and time away from home.
Squircle Capital has increased its stake in MB92 Group to 100%, after a series of earlier increases from 77.5% in 2019 to 93% in 2022 and 98% in 2025. MB92 said the move comes as it develops a five-year strategic and expansion plan.
Catherine Chabaud, France’s minister delegate for the sea and fisheries, visited La Ciotat Shipyards on Wednesday 4 February. She toured the yard, met MB92 and Exail representatives, and discussed refit decarbonisation, ballast-water treatment and maritime autonomy systems.
MB92 Group officially inaugurated MB92 Golfe-Juan on 29 January after completing a major modernisation programme at the Côte d’Azur refit yard. The site has had more than €5 million spent on resurfacing, a water treatment system and rehabilitation of its workshops and offices while remaining operational.
La Ciotat Shipyards has moved an 86-metre sailing yacht built by Oceanco onto the Atlas platform for maintenance work. The yacht was landed on 15 December and lifted with the Atlas-4300 tonnes elevator on 22 December after a staged demasting and ballast transfer operation.
MB92 La Ciotat has described the work of Customer Care Manager Maëva Pereira Da Cruz and her team in supporting clients and crew during refit projects. The yard said the team handles accommodation, catering, training sessions, events and other day-to-day arrangements, while also coordinating with project, production, warehouse and commercial staff.
Georges-François Leclerc, préfet de région, visited La Ciotat Shipyards on Thursday 2 October during a trip organised by the city of La Ciotat. The site was presented to him in the presence of mayor Alexandre Doriol, alongside a redevelopment plan worth more than 60 million euros and the local firms operating on the yard.
About 120 barquettes marseillaises are kept in La Ciotat’s Port-Vieux, making it one of the main ports of call for the Provençal boats in Bouches-du-Rhône after Marseille. The source says the wooden craft, also known locally as pointus, still need constant maintenance and are grouped in the port into three main types.