Chantiers de l'Atlantique

Chantiers de l'Atlantique

Company type	Private
Industry	Shipbuilding
Founded	1862; 162 years ago (1862)
Headquarters	Saint-Nazaire, France
Revenue	€2.39 billion[1] (2023)
Operating income	€183 million[1] (2023)
Owner	French state: 84.3% Naval Group: 11.7% Employees: 2.1% COFIPME: 1.6%[2]
Number of employees	3,738[1] (2023)
Website	Chantiers de l'Atlantique

Chantiers de l'Atlantique is a shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France. It is one of the world's largest shipyards, constructing a wide range of commercial, naval, and passenger ships. It is located near Nantes, at the mouth of the Loire river and the deep waters of the Atlantic, which make the sailing of large ships in and out of the shipyards easy.

The shipyard was owned by Alstom from 1976 onwards, became Alstom-Atlantique, and was later part of Aker Yards when Aker Group acquired the Alstom Marine business in 2006.^[3][4] In 2008, the South Korean company STX Corporation acquired Aker Yards, and the shipyard became part of STX Europe (formed by the renaming of Aker Yards).^[5]

After the bankruptcy of STX Corporation, the shipyard was acquired by the French government and reverted to its original name of Chantiers de l'Atlantique.