One of the several marine bases along the coast of Albania © Philippe Henry / Ocean 71

Albania: a journey to the ‘Land of Eagles’

Our most recent expedition took us to Albania, a country with unchartered waters that was ...

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A success for first crossing between Tunisia and Lampedusa !

Alexandre Georges has arrived in the port of Lampedusa at 4:20 p.m. on Wednesday, September 13! After setting out of Mahdia, Tunisia, and after four days paddling in the middle of the Mediterranean, the man has successfully vanquished his fears, his doubts and has completed the crossing so many men and women go on at [...]

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YM Uranus – A good planetary alignment for Brittany

YM Uranus – A good planetary alignment for Brittany

When the news broke at about 8:30 am on Friday morning we all started staring at each other at our Paris office. Chemical tanker YM Uranus, carrying 6,000 tons of pygas said to have been involved in collision with bulk freighter Hanjin Richzad. Both vessels were heading north, the former to Amsterdam and the latter [...]

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Unloading Swordfish under observation © Philippe Henry / Ocean71

Malta – Traditional fishing drowned in regulations

  Small fishing village of Marsaxlokk (pronounce “Marsachlok“), in the southern part of the island of Malta, late afternoon. Paul Piscopo is not really the emotional type. He has been a commercial fisherman all his life and, for years, has been at the head of the fishing cooperative catering to the fishermen of the southern [...]

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Bluefin Tuna – Dive in Azzopardi’s Farm (Malta)

Some of the pictures Philippe Henry took, while on an exceptional dive into a bluefin tuna pen off the coast of Malta.

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