In September 2015, Intermarche-owned Scapêche, France’s largest fishing fleet launched its new 41.7 meter trawler Jean-Pierre Le Roch, a vessel equipped with technologies to make it more energy efficient and more versatile.
The Mousquetaires Group, which owns both Intermarche and Scapêche, invested €8.5 million ($9 million) in the construction of the vessel.
It is named after Jean-Pierre Le Roch, the founder of the Mousquetaires Group.
Designed by Coprexma in Pont-l'Abbé, France, and built in Spain at Armon Shipyards, the vessel replaces two of Scapêche’s 33-meter trawlers -- Pierre-Jacques Matigny and Claude-Moinier II -- which at 25 years old have been decommissioned from the fleet.
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