Zéphyr & Borée has won the France 2030 award for Williwaw, a hybrid sail-powered industrial container ship.

The shipping line is one of the first 11 Morbihan-based prizewinners supported by the France 2030 plan, thanks to its innovative Williwaw (formerly Mervent) project, a container ship with hybrid (diesel / methanol) mechanical and cyclic propulsion.

France 2030 is an investment plan designed to enable France to develop its industrial competitiveness and the technologies of the future, as well as to support decarbonization initiatives in a context of global competition for innovation and climate emergency. Learn more about the France 2030 plan

As part of the deployment of this plan, Pascal Bolot, Prefect of Morbihan, visited the premises of Zéphyr et Borée 2 mai 2023, in the presence of Baptiste Rolland, Sub-Prefect of Lorient, and Marie Wencker, Deputy Secretary General and Sub-Prefect responsible for the deployment of France 2030 in Morbihan. They were given the opportunity to discuss the Williwaw project and see the ship’s model.