Brest is a military port so there's a limit to how much we can see, but this location is perfect…read morefor maritime activity. Quai Commandant Malbert is a shipyard in the huge harbor of the Rade de Brest with a system of coloured buoys to improve navigation. The powerful French Navy rescue tugboat, Abeille-Flandre is moored at Quai Commandant Malbert and in just 20 minutes is able to leave port to guide a ship into the bay.