{"id":8419,"date":"2026-08-27T09:19:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T09:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aister.com\/blog-en\/catamaran-janot-saint-pierre-et-miquelon-aister\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T09:30:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T09:30:37","slug":"janot-catamaran-saint-pierre-miquelon-aister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aister.com\/en\/blog-en\/janot-catamaran-saint-pierre-miquelon-aister\/","title":{"rendered":"AISTER celebrates progress on the construction of the &#8220;JANOT&#8221; catamaran for Saint Pierre and Miquelon with an institutional visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>The vessel, officially named &#8220;JANOT&#8221;, reaches a major structural milestone with the installation of the transom frame.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The President of the French archipelago, Bernard Briand, witnessed first-hand the progress of the works and the technical coordination at the shipyard&#8217;s facilities.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bernard-briand-visita-astillero-aister-moana.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8404\" src=\"https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bernard-briand-visita-astillero-aister-moana-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bernard-briand-visita-astillero-aister-moana-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bernard-briand-visita-astillero-aister-moana-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bernard-briand-visita-astillero-aister-moana-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bernard-briand-visita-astillero-aister-moana-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bernard-briand-visita-astillero-aister-moana-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bernard-briand-visita-astillero-aister-moana.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The AISTER shipyard yesterday hosted a key milestone in the construction of the catamaran built for the archipelago of <strong>Saint Pierre and Miquelon<\/strong>. The institutional visit, led by the<strong> President of the French overseas territory, Mr Bernard Briand<\/strong>, served to confirm the rapid progress of the project and to make official the vessel&#8217;s definitive name: <strong data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"348\">JANOT<\/strong> (previously <a href=\"https:\/\/aister.com\/en\/blog-en\/hybrid-aluminium-catamaran-jeune-france-ii-construction\/\">known during the initial contract phase as <em data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"409\">Jeune France II<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Institutional meeting in Moa\u00f1a<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8410\" src=\"https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/recepcion-alcaldesa-moana-presidente-saint-pierre-et-miquelon-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/recepcion-alcaldesa-moana-presidente-saint-pierre-et-miquelon-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/recepcion-alcaldesa-moana-presidente-saint-pierre-et-miquelon-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/recepcion-alcaldesa-moana-presidente-saint-pierre-et-miquelon-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/recepcion-alcaldesa-moana-presidente-saint-pierre-et-miquelon-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/recepcion-alcaldesa-moana-presidente-saint-pierre-et-miquelon-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/recepcion-alcaldesa-moana-presidente-saint-pierre-et-miquelon.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The day began at 13:30 with an institutional meeting at <strong>Moa\u00f1a Town Hall<\/strong> alongside the Mayor, <strong>Leticia Santos Paz<\/strong>. During the meeting, emphasis was placed on the deep historical roots and shared identity that have united the seafaring towns of the Morrazo region with the archipelago of <strong>Saint Pierre and Miquelon<\/strong> for centuries through fishing tradition and seafaring heritage.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Technical milestone in the workshop: installation of the transom frame<\/b><\/h2>\n<h2><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8406\" src=\"https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/colocacion-estampa-popa-cuaderna-catamaran-janot-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/colocacion-estampa-popa-cuaderna-catamaran-janot-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/colocacion-estampa-popa-cuaderna-catamaran-janot-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/colocacion-estampa-popa-cuaderna-catamaran-janot-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/colocacion-estampa-popa-cuaderna-catamaran-janot-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/colocacion-estampa-popa-cuaderna-catamaran-janot-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/colocacion-estampa-popa-cuaderna-catamaran-janot.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Afterwards, the delegation moved to the shipyard facilities, where the day&#8217;s key technical milestone took place at 14:15: the installation of the <strong>transom frame<\/strong>, the final frame completing the aluminium catamaran&#8217;s hull structure.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-8419 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/aister.com\/en\/blog-en\/janot-catamaran-saint-pierre-miquelon-aister\/attachment\/aister-saint-pierre-et-miquelon-catamaran-janot-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/aister-saint-pierre-et-miquelon-catamaran-janot-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/aister-saint-pierre-et-miquelon-catamaran-janot-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/aister-saint-pierre-et-miquelon-catamaran-janot-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/aister-saint-pierre-et-miquelon-catamaran-janot-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/aister-saint-pierre-et-miquelon-catamaran-janot-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/aister-saint-pierre-et-miquelon-catamaran-janot-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/aister-saint-pierre-et-miquelon-catamaran-janot.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/aister.com\/en\/blog-en\/janot-catamaran-saint-pierre-miquelon-aister\/attachment\/equipo-aister-chartwell-marine-marine-design-solutions-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/equipo-aister-chartwell-marine-marine-design-solutions-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/equipo-aister-chartwell-marine-marine-design-solutions-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/equipo-aister-chartwell-marine-marine-design-solutions-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/equipo-aister-chartwell-marine-marine-design-solutions-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/equipo-aister-chartwell-marine-marine-design-solutions-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/equipo-aister-chartwell-marine-marine-design-solutions-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/equipo-aister-chartwell-marine-marine-design-solutions.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Following a welcome address by <strong>Javier Rasilla, Managing Director of AISTER<\/strong>, the delegation toured the various ongoing projects. <strong>Bernard Briand<\/strong> was accompanied by <strong>Christophe Rident<\/strong>, representing the naval architecture firm <strong>Chartwell Marine<\/strong>, contracted by the client to design the vessel, and <strong>Rob Young<\/strong>, from <strong>Marine Design Solutions<\/strong>, responsible for technical inspection on behalf of the client. Representing the shipyard were <strong>AISTER&#8217;s President<\/strong> alongside the entire technical and management team assigned to the project.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Real-time technical coordination<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>During the visit, the <strong>delegation observed live one of the weekly technical monitoring meetings held via videoconference between AISTER&#8217;s engineering team\u2014led by Technical Director Francisco Pita\u2014and the Saint Pierre and Miquelon<\/strong> technical office, allowing the President to see first-hand the rigorous coordination with which the project is being executed.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"14\">With the structural work now fully completed, the catamaran <strong>JANOT<\/strong> moves forward into the upcoming fitting-out phases, including equipment installation and interior assembly, consolidating <strong>AISTER&#8217;s position as an international benchmark in aluminium shipbuilding for passenger transport and professional services<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8412\" src=\"https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/reunion-tecnica-ingenieria-aister-saint-pierre-et-miquelon-1024x679.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/reunion-tecnica-ingenieria-aister-saint-pierre-et-miquelon-1024x679.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/reunion-tecnica-ingenieria-aister-saint-pierre-et-miquelon-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/reunion-tecnica-ingenieria-aister-saint-pierre-et-miquelon-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/reunion-tecnica-ingenieria-aister-saint-pierre-et-miquelon-1536x1019.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/reunion-tecnica-ingenieria-aister-saint-pierre-et-miquelon.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The vessel, officially named &#8220;JANOT&#8221;, reaches a major structural milestone with the installation of the transom frame. The President of the French archipelago, Bernard Briand, witnessed first-hand the progress of the works and the technical coordination at the shipyard&#8217;s facilities. The AISTER shipyard yesterday hosted a key milestone in the construction of the catamaran built [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":8401,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,141],"tags":[161,291,293,499,509,510,511,512,513],"class_list":["post-8419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en","category-aister-en","tag-aister-en","tag-construccion-naval-en","tag-saint-pierre-et-miquelon-en","tag-astillero-moana-en","tag-bernard-briand-en","tag-catamaran-de-aluminio-en","tag-chartwell-marine-en","tag-janot-en","tag-jeune-france-ii-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aister.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aister.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aister.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aister.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aister.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8419"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aister.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8421,"href":"https:\/\/aister.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8419\/revisions\/8421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aister.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aister.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aister.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aister.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}