Cruise news (Ponant Cruises-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Ponant’s Le Commandant-Charcot enters final stages of construction
PONANT’s forthcoming hybrid electric-LNG polar exploration ship, Le Commandant Charcot, arrived in Saint-Nazaire France to be fitted with her...
August 5, 2020 - Accidents
Crew tests positive for COVID-19 on Ponant's Paul Gauguin ship
In the South Pacific, cruisers on Ponant's ship Paul Gauguin (docked in Papeete, Tahiti Island, French Polynesia) were told to stay in their cabins...
August 3, 2020 - Cruise Industry
French company Ponant Cruises has 8 ships back cruising
The premium French brand Ponant Cruises recently announced that it had 8 ships back sailing, with 4 of them offering itineraries within France. These...
July 29, 2020 - Cruise Industry
PONANT's L’Austral is the first French cruise ship to take to sea after confinement
The first French cruise ship taking to the seas since confinement due to the COVID crisis returned to Port Marseille-Fos France after a 7-day...
July 21, 2020 - Cruise Industry
PONANT takes delivery of Le Jacques Cartier
The top-luxury company Ponant Cruises received its 12th ship - Le Jacques Cartier - from VARD, thus completing its planned fleet of 12 newbuild...
July 14, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Ponant's Paul Gauguin ship resumes cruises in July
The French Polynesia-based cruise brand Paul Gauguin Cruises (fully-owned by Ponant company) with MS Paul Gauguin ship restarts its French Polynesia...
June 21, 2020 - Cruise Industry
CLIA cruise lines suspend departures from USA ports until September 15
Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) announced that its ocean-going member brands/companies would voluntarily extend the cruise suspension...
June 20, 2020 - Cruise Industry
International cruise lines resuming operations earlier than expected
The Norwegian passenger shipping company Hurtigruten is one of the first of the major cruise lines to resume service - on June 16th. Hurtigruten...
June 12, 2020 - Accidents
Ponant's Le Laperouse cruise ship to carry stranded to Wallis and Futuna
The Ponant Cruises-owned ship Le Laperouse is planned to transport people to Wallis and Futuna (officially Iles Wallis-et-Futuna) who are currently...
April 25, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Ponant's Le Laperouse finds sanctuary off New Caledonia
The French cruise ship Le Laperouse anchored off New Caledonia after abandoning her 11-day sailing in New Zealand due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19...
April 15, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Bora Bora Calls for Cruise Ship Ban
The mayor of Bora Bora Island (Society Islands, French Polynesia) is pushing for a ban of large cruise liners from entering the lagoon from 2022...
January 24, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Le Commandant Charcot to Sail from Iceland to Alaska 2021
An Arctic expedition cruise in 2021 sails from Iceland to Alaska (via the Northwest Passage) on the first hybrid-electric polar ship in the world...
January 15, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Ponant Signs with VARD for Two New Cruise Ships
In the context of the agreement for two new expedition ships, the company PONANT and Fincantieri’s Norwegian subsidiary VARD signed the...
December 20, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Fincantieri and Ponant Cruises to Build 2 New-Class Expedition Ships
Fincantieri signed a memorandum of agreement, worth around EUR 300 million, for the construction and design of a couple of new-design expedition...
November 21, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Paul Gauguin Announces 2021 Tahiti, French Polynesia and The South Pacific Cruises
Paul Gauguin Cruises, the operator in the South Pacific of ms Paul Gauguin, announced its 2021 voyages, featuring popular favorites along with a new...
October 24, 2019