At the initiative of Vincent Lobry (X74, Telecom Corps) and with the support of X-Bretagne, Florent Charrier, Director of the Orange Marine Atlantic Base, invites us to visit his facilities and the cable ship Pierre de Fermat, on November 7 from 4pm to 8:30pm in Brest.

For those who wish, the visit will continue with a friendly drink in Brest harbour.

Places are limited and reserved for physically fit visitors (see form).

Trained as an engineer, Florent Charrier began his career as an officer in the French Navy. In 2007, he left the Navy to become Installation Engineer on Alcatel-Lucent cable-laying vessels (Alcatel Submarine Networks / Louis Dreyfus Armateur), where he developed expertise in the management of maritime operations, laying and maintenance of offshore and submarine cables and systems. In 2018, he joined Orange Marine. Florent Charrier has been Director of Orange Marine's Atlantic Marine Base since 2024.

With around 15% of the global market, Orange Marine is a major player in the installation and maintenance of submarine cables. Orange is a member of the Dunant transatlantic cable consortium with Google, and the Amitié transatlantic cable consortium with Facebook and Microsoft.

The Pierre de Fermat cable-laying company maintains submarine cables in the Atlantic and Northern Europe zone (ACHA zone).

This event, organized by X Bretagne, is supported by X Mer, Ponts Alumni and ENSTA Bretagne Alumni.

This tour is limited to 20 people.

To register, you must complete, date and sign the onboard access authorization form https://drive.google.com/file/d/16k_MbFN877pVea0j49gTat0gZA0asgwK/view and attach it to the registration form.

A confirmation e-mail will be sent to you by the organizers in the days preceding the visit. The access map can be downloaded below.