A two-step process. Based in the Kerran area of Saint-Philibert, the Escale Technique shipyard continues to expand its site, but is now approaching its full capacity and potential. After acquiring the land of neighboring company PPMC and building a new boat storage building in 2019 the company, which employs seven people, including six salaried staff, eventually sold the extension and built another three years later. Escale Technique chose to build a new, taller 1,700 m² building to accommodate a mezzanine floor in the near future.
Larger boats and Class 40s
Grégoire Suquet, manager of the Morbihan-based company, wanted to optimize storage facilities to meet growing demand: "It exploded after the confinements. Even if the situation is returning to normal, it's still part of a logic of growth with a still glaring shortage of places in the region. We have also acquired equipment to transport boats of up to 22 tonnes. The trend is towards bigger boats, and we also intend to develop Class 40 storage."
The new building brings the total indoor storage area to almost 2,500 m². The manager emphasizes: "It's a formula that's winning over more and more people, because it makes wintering more comfortable for owners, especially as boats tend to move upmarket." The park is almost full already, with just under 300 boats on dry land, inside and out.
Open to subcontractors
As a service provider, Escale Technique is also developing a business linked to other worksites "in the sense that many of them subcontract with us, and knowing that we offer mechanical, handling and storage services" . The South Brittany yard also has an equipment sales outlet. "On the other hand, we don't sell boats as such."
Grégoire Suquet, 40, has been running the company for ten years. Prior to his arrival at the head of Escale Technique, Grégoire Suquet had already launched Bateaux Transport Morbihan (BTM).
