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Compagnie Des Iles Du Ponant Cruises was established in
1998. The company started with just one vessel and has
slowly grown over the years. Currently Compagnie Des
Iles Du Ponant Cruises operates a fleet of three small
cruise ships (yachts); Le Ponant, Le Levant and Le
Diamant and two more vessels are joining the fleet in
2010 - Le Boreal and L' Austral. The Le Ponant has 32
fully equipped cabins and sails under the French Flag.
It has crew of thirty people. There is a terrace lounge,
a large lounge, dining rooms and a nightclub. The Le
Levant has 45 fully equipped outside cabins, with two
bars, a fitness center, a swimming pool, a large lounge
and a boutique. It also sails under the French flag and
has a crew of 55 members. The Le Diamant can accommodate
226 passengers. It has 4 bars, a lounge, a library, a
swimming pool with sun deck, a massage room and a
hospital with infirmary. All the yachts are equipped
with telephone and satellite equipment.
The ships visit usually inaccessible by larger vessels
places and ports. Destinations covered by Compagnie Des
Iles Du Ponant Cruises are from the Adriatic to the
heart of the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Aegean
Sea, Indian Ocean/Red Sea, South America and Antarctica,
Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Iceland and Greenland.
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Cruise ships and itineraries:
Le Ponant:
France
registered, built 1991, 1,489 gross tons, 64
passengers, 32 crew members.
Itineraries: India/Maldives out of Mumbai (Bombay)
and Kochi - India, Male - Maldives; Seychelles out
of Mahe; Persian Gulf/Holly Land out of Muscat -
Oman, Dubai - UAE and Aqaba - Jordan; Mediterranean
out of Alexandria - Egypt, Nice - France, Valetta -
Malta, Barcelona - Spain, Venice and Naples - Italy.
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Le Levant:
France registered, built 1999,
3,504 gross tons, 90 passengers, 55 crew members.
Itineraries: Caribbean/Orinoco River out of Fort de
France - Martinique; Mediterranean/Aegean out of
Civitivecchia (Rome) and Venice - Italy, Nice -
France, Piraeus (Athens) - Greece, Istanbul -
Turkey; Adriatic Sea out of Venice - Italy; Black
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Le Diamant (formerly
Song Of Flower of Radisson Cruises):
France registered, built 1986, 8,282 gross tons, 226
passengers, 120 crew members.
Itineraries: Antarctica out of Ushuaia - Argentina;
South America out of Valparaiso - Chile; Panama
Canal out of Manta - Ecuador; Transatlantic out of
For de France - Martinique; Canary Islands/Northern
Africa out of Las Palmas (Grand Canaria) - Spain;
Mediterranean out of Marseille and Nice - France;
Western/Northern Europe out of Honfleur - France;
Scandinavia/Russia out of Stockholm - Sweden,
Copenhagen - Denmark and Bodo - Norway;
Iceland/Greenland out of Reykjavik - Iceland and
Kangerlussuaq - Greenland; Aegean/Arabia out of
Piraeus (Athens) - Greece. |
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Le Boreal:
France registered, built 2010, 10,600 gross tons,
264 passengers, 139 crew members.
Itineraries: Mediterranean/Adriatic Sea out of
Venice - Italy, Marseilles and Nice - France,
Istanbul - Turkey; Aegean/Black Sea out of
Piraeus (Athens) - Greece, Antalya and Istanbul -
Turkey; Iberian Peninsular out of Nice - France;
Western/Northern Europe out of Honfleur - France;
Scandinavia/Russia out of Stockholm - Sweden,
Copenhagen - Denmark; Iceland out of Reykjavik -
Iceland. |
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L' Austral:
France registered, built 2010, 10,600 gross tons,
264 passengers, 139 crew members.
Itineraries: Mediterranean/Adriatic Sea out of
Venice - Italy, Marseilles and Nice - France,
Istanbul - Turkey; Aegean/Black Sea out of
Piraeus (Athens) - Greece, Antalya and Istanbul -
Turkey; Iberian Peninsular out of Nice - France;
Western/Northern Europe out of Honfleur - France;
Scandinavia/Russia out of Stockholm - Sweden,
Copenhagen - Denmark; Iceland out of Reykjavik -
Iceland. |
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