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Eight Ponant ships are sailing again

Luxury French line, Ponant has restarted operations with eight ships sailing in France, Iceland and Tahiti for local cruisers as travel restrictions ease. “By Thursday this week, we will have eight ships resuming cruising in […]

WORDS BY Teresa Ooi . Jul 23 2020
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NZ court fines expedition line and captain

French luxury company Ponant has been ordered to pay NZ$70,000 in fines after L’Austral entered into a prohibited zone in the remote New Zealand Subantarctic Islands early last year. The ships’ captain, Regis Daumesnil was […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Oct 5 2018
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Record number of Aussies book North West Passage

Luxury expedition line Ponant launched its 2020 North West Passage cruise on Thursday – and by lunchtime, 60 per cent of the ship’s cabins had been snapped up by Australians. In an astonishing result which […]

WORDS BY Teresa Ooi . Feb 23 2018
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Ponant to sail to the Kimberley for the first time

Luxury expedition cruise line Ponant heads to the Kimberley coast for the first time this year and already three of its four cruises are sold out. Bookings for next year’s Kimberley cruises from Darwin to Broome […]

WORDS BY Teresa Ooi . Jan 20 2017
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Ponant announces L’Austral’s visit to Australia in 2017

  Its one of the coveted luxury cruise brands, and Aussie cruisers will have an opportunity to be aboard a Ponant ship next year. The French cruise company has announced its first itinerary in Australia around […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Jan 15 2016
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British forces rescue 347 from Le Boreal

Dramatic footage of British forces based in the Falkland Islands yesterday responding to a distress call from the 10,000 tonne luxury Ponant cruise ship Le Boreal has been released by the Ministry of Defence in […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Nov 19 2015
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