“I created The SeaCleaners because I wanted to have a visible positive impact on the oceans, I wanted to clean up all the waste I encountered during my expeditions at sea. And today, we are there, we are acting on the ground, we are going to prevent waste from polluting the ecosystems in the long term”. Yvan Bourgnon, President and Founder of The SeaCleaners, did not hide his pride and emotion during the official inauguration ceremony of the MOBULA 8 in the marina of the port of Benoa, on the island of Bali.
For the occasion, a hundred or so partners had come to wish our cleanup boat good luck (and good fortune!).
In the first row, were Pak Made Teja, representative of the Government of Bali and the Ministry of Environment, and Pak Helyus Komar, Deputy of Maritime Safety and Resilience of the Republic of Indonesia, who warmly thanked The SeaCleaners for participating in the efforts of the Indonesian government and local associations, companies and public authorities to drastically reduce plastic pollution in the archipelago.
The substitute French Ambassador to Indonesia Laurent LEGODEC (chargé d’affaires) welcomed the beginning of a project that illustrates the strength of the bilateral partnership between France and Indonesia to preserve marine spaces.
Many representatives of local administrations (port authorities, transport, marine and fisheries, forestry and environment…) were present, as well as those of the Province of Bali and the City of Denpasar. Among the other guests, we would like to thank for their presence: the official importer of the boat BALI MARINE SERVICES and Bali FiberGlass; our partners in the field for the awareness operations ROTARY D 3420; the French diplomatic and consular representatives (Embassy, French Institute and Alliance française); the French-Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry; our partners in the field of the NGOs Gili Eco Trust and Peduli Alam, the builder of the MOBULA 8 EFINOR SEA CLEANER; as well as our many associative and local industrial partners.