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In order to secure West Indian hospital capacities, the Overseas Support and Assistance Building (BSAOM) Dumont d’Urville carried out two rotations, from August 11 to 18 and then from August 21 to 27, 2021, between Guyana and the West Indies. to transport seven iso-containers, or more than 200 m3, of liquid oxygen. The number of hospitalizations linked to COVID-19 has…
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Friday, November 6th, 2020, the DF35 “SOKAN” Fast Patrol Boat was loaded on a cargo to be delivered in Martinique. It is the second unit ordered to carry out the missions of the French Customs in the West Indies: Customs and fiscal missions, Fight against fraud, Surveillance of maritime fisheries, Pollution monitoring, Navigation monitoring.
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September 9, 2020 (Google Translation) – On Wednesday, September 2 in the early hours of the morning, the overseas support and assistance building (BSAOM) Dumont D’Urville approached the port of Marigot in the north-east of Martinique. On this Atlantic coast windswept, a section of the 1 st company of the 33 th Marine Infantry Regiment (RIMA) is preparing to embark.…
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April 27, 2020 (Google Translation) – The Overseas Support and Assistance Building (BSAOM) Dumont d’Urville was admitted to active service on April 17, 2020 by Admiral Christophe Prazuck, Chief of the Naval Staff. Fourth and last born in its series, the Dumont d’Urville joins the ranks of the Navy with its “sistership” D’Entrecasteaux and Bougainville , both admitted in 2016,…
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April 20, 2020 (Google Translation) – After 14 days at sea, the amphibious helicopter carrier Dixmuide , which left Toulon on April 3, reached Caribbean waters on April 17. As part of Operation Resilience, it is strengthening the resources of the Armed Forces in the Antilles (FAA) to help populations and civil authorities in the fight against the spread of…
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