Designed by PIRIOU INGENIERIE, ‘Ile de la Reunion II’ was ordered in July 2017 and built in the Vietnamese PIRIOU shipyard.

The vessel is equipped with diesel electric propulsion made of two propulsion systems allowing more flexibility in energy management, a simplified maintenance and fuel oil savings. The electric production comes from four marine diesel oil (MDO) powered generators.

Designed to be operated in first category tropical zones, mainly in the Indian Ocean, as well as in the south subpolar region up to a latitude under 60° S, ‘’Ile de la Reunion’’ is ‘ICE IC’ classified.