From June 2 to 4, 2026, Lorient hosted the 8th edition of NAVEXPO, the professional trade show dedicated to maritime innovation. NAVEXPO showcases professional vessels moored at the pontoon, which visitors can inspect, tour, and test at sea.
For a data solutions provider like ECOMER Data, it’s an ideal environment: potential users are there, with their boats, and discussions quickly become very concrete.
The trade show was organized with the support of the Pôle Mer Bretagne Atlantique. Aurélie Cordelle and Jean Brossollet represented ECOMER Data there.
Among the highlights of the trade show was the visit of Catherine Chabaud, Minister Delegate for the Sea and Fisheries. The slot allocated to each exhibitor was short: approximately three minutes to present the decarbonization tools developed by ECOMER Data.
The message boiled down to one point: the energy and operational performance of working and fishing vessels is a concrete and immediately actionable lever towards carbon neutrality.
The debate on maritime decarbonization often focuses on large commercial vessels and heavy technologies: new fuels, alternative propulsion, costly refits. These projects are necessary, but they take time and require significant investment.
Small vessels, such as fishing boats, pilot boats, or crew boats, represent a large fleet whose daily operation offers real room for improvement. Measuring consumption, understanding operational profiles, identifying discrepancies, and adjusting practices: these actions do not require a vessel refit. They rely on data, are financially accessible, and can be deployed today.
This is the pragmatic approach ECOMER Data advocates: start with what exists, measure, then optimize.
To be precise, the stopwatch wasn’t started. What emerged from the discussion was genuine attentiveness and interest in field solutions, directly applicable by operators.
A detail confirmed it two hours later: another meeting with the Minister, this time at Redon train station, where she was catching a train. A consistent choice, as rail transport is among the lowest-emitting modes, just behind maritime and river transport.
Thank you to NAVEXPO and Pôle Mer Bretagne Atlantique for the welcome and organization.
Thank you to the partners, clients, and future users who came to discuss the maritime sector’s transition at the booth.
Finally, thank you to Geoffroy Lacoin and Jean Brossollet for their trust in the development of this product and the ECOMER Data project.
Some events return with the regularity of the tides. Every early summer, the Committee for Studies and Services of Marine and Transport Insurers (CESAM) gathers the entire industry in Paris for ParisMAT, the annual international conference of the transport insurance market.
