Le Dumont d’Urville

PONANT has continued to deploy innovative solutions across its fleet, setting the seal on environmental excellence by obtaining Green Marine Europe certification for the third year running.

French luxury cruise company Ponant will add two new expedition cruise vessels for its recently acquired South Pacific division, Paul Gaugin Cruises, after inking a deal with shipbuilder Fincantieri.

Abercrombie & Kent has released its new portfolio of expeditionary voyages on exclusively chartered state-of-the-art vessels with award-winning programs of discovery.

Ponant and Relais & Châteaux have united to introduce three all-new cruise experiences for 2020 through Brittany, Asia and Portugal and Spain.

Ponant’s ninth ship, Le Dumont-d’Urville, has been delivered to the luxury cruise company. Le Dumont-d’Urville is the fourth in the PONANT EXPLORERS series, all of which have been delivered in the last 12 months. She was accepted by the company on 14 June, 2019, departing the port of Søvik in Norway bound for Bergen, ready to commence her maiden cruise.

Abercrombie & Kent will offer a new luxury expedition cruise of the Baltic in 2020 utilising the yet-to-launch Le Dumont d’Urville, an all-balcony mega-yacht. The voyage will encompass the grand historic cities and fascinating cultures of seven Baltic countries – Denmark, Poland, Lithuania, Sweden, Estonia, Finland and Russia.