Bourbon is a French shipping company, based in Marseilles. Bourbon operates in the field of surface and submarine maritime services, on oil, gas and wind farms. The company has 6,820 employees, and the group is present in more than 30 countries. Business Bourbon's activity evolves around 4 businesses: Bourbon Marine & Logistics: support services for the exploration, development and production of oil and gas fields, in continental and deep offshore: offshore anchoring, towing and positioning; supply and transport of offshore equipment; offshore terminal & FPSO support; integrated logistics services; assistance, salvage and depollution. Bourbon Mobility: personnel transport for platforms at sea, using speedboats, which offers the oil industry an alternative to the helicopter. Bourbon Subsea Services: 3 main service lines: engineering, supervision and management of subsea operations; support for the development of oil and gas fields; Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (IMR) of offshore structures at depths of up to 4,000 meters. Bourbon Wind: Pre-studies, transport and installation services, field maintenance, repair of floats and personnel transport for floating wind farms Story 1948-1988: sugar cane, the group's first engine In 1948, the Bourbon Group was born from the merger of several family companies on the island of Reunion, with a view to reviving the local sugar industry, under the name of Sucreries de Bourbon. It was then directed by Émile Hugot. Its markets are sugar, but also rum, destined for metropolitan France. 1989-1999: diversification and IPO In 1989, the group diversified, first in La Réunion, into industrial fishing (1989), mass distribution (1991) and dairy products (1992). Subsequently, the large food distribution subsidiary established itself in the Indian Ocean and in Vietnam with the Score supermarkets and the Jumbo Score hypermarkets via its Vindémia subsidiary, which was sold in 2005 to the Casino Group (sale that became final in 2007) . Then, the group continued its diversification in mainland France with the acquisition of 50% of Compagnie Chambon (Marseilles) in 1991. It thus took control of the company Surf. The group then expanded into the offshore oil and gas maritime services sector, for which it acquired the companies Les Abeilles (towage) and Setaf-Saget (solid bulk transport) in 1996. In 1998, the Bourbon Group went public, on the Second Market of the Paris Stock Exchange 2000-2006: refocusing on maritime services The group separated from its historical activities between 2001 and 2002 and accelerated its refocusing on maritime services by positioning itself with, from