Ponant Cruises
Cruise line · ships, cruises and homeports
Ponant Cruises sails 14 ships from 69 homeports to 512 ports. Most cruises are 6–8 nights, mostly in the Mediterranean.
- ShipsShips in service
- 14
- CruisesCruises · 12 mo
- 333
- Homeports
- 69
- PortsPorts visited
- 512
- next 12 months
- Avg ship ageAverage ship age
- 16 yrs
The Ponant Cruises fleet
14 ships in service
| Photo | Ship | Built | Gross tonnage | Decks | Cabins | Guests | Crew |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Commandant Charcot PC2-Polar Class 2 icebreaker cruise ship class · 2021 · 31,283 GT | 2021 | 31,283 | 9 | 123 | 245 | 215 | |
| Le Lyrial ice-strengthened cruise ship class · 2015 · 10,992 GT | 2015 | 10,992 | 7 | 122 | 224 | 140 | |
| Le Soléal ice-strengthened cruise ship class · 2013 · 10,992 GT | 2013 | 10,992 | 7 | 132 | 224 | 140 | |
| L'Austral ice-strengthened cruise ship class · 2011 · 10,944 GT | 2011 | 10,944 | 7 | 132 | 224 | 140 | |
| Le Boreal ice-strengthened cruise ship class · 2010 · 10,944 GT | 2010 | 10,944 | 7 | 132 | 224 | 140 | |
| Le Bellot Explorer class · 2020 · 9,988 GT | 2020 | 9,988 | 7 | 92 | 184 | 112 | |
| Le Dumont d'Urville Ponant Explorers class · 2019 · 9,988 GT | 2019 | 9,988 | 7 | 92 | 184 | 112 | |
| Le Jacques Cartier Explorer class · 2020 · 9,988 GT | 2020 | 9,988 | 7 | 92 | 184 | 112 | |
| Le Bougainville Explorer class · 2019 · 9,976 GT | 2019 | 9,976 | 7 | 92 | 184 | 112 | |
| Le Champlain Explorer class · 2018 · 9,976 GT | 2018 | 9,976 | 7 | 92 | 184 | 112 |
Where Ponant Cruises sails
Ships starting a cruise in each region, by month · Nov 2026 – Oct 2027
Most of the fleet sails in the Mediterranean: 4 ships at its busiest in May and 2 in Nov. Ponant Cruises also sails in Arctic , Antarctica, Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Ocean and Western Europe, Azores, Canary Islands, and 7 more regions.
| Region | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mediterranean | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Arctic , Antarctica | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Ocean | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Western Europe, Azores, Canary Islands | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Iceland, Greenland, Faroe Islands | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Bahamas, Caribbean, Bermuda | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| Asia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Baltic, Norwegian Fjords, Russia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| East Coast USA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Hawaii, Mexico, Panama Canal | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Ireland, United Kingdom | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Ships in region:1–23–56–1516+
A ship counts in a region when a cruise starting that month has most of its port calls there.
How long Ponant Cruises cruises are
Share of sailings by length, against other cruise lines in the same region and month · Nov 2026 – Oct 2027
Across all regions, 44% of Ponant Cruises sailings are 6–8 nights, against 49% for other cruise lines.
Ponant Cruises
333 sailings
Other cruise lines
16,212 sailings
Up to 5 nights6–8 nights9–13 nights14+ nights
| Length | Ponant Cruises | Other lines | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up to 5 nights | 3% · 10 | 23% · 3,657 | −20 pts |
| 6–8 nights | 44% · 146 | 49% · 7,978 | −5 pts |
| 9–13 nights | 40% · 134 | 16% · 2,517 | +25 pts |
| 14+ nights | 13% · 43 | 13% · 2,060 | Same |
Sailings starting in the period. A voyage sold from several embarkation ports is counted once. Region = where most of the sailing’s port calls are. Difference in percentage points.
Ponant Cruises capacity
Available passenger cruise days (APCD): lower berths × nights · Nov 2026 – Oct 2027
- APCD · 12 months
- 0.60M
- Share of all capacity
- 0.2%
- of 336.2M APCD on 45 lines
- Rank by capacity
- 32nd
- ahead of Crystal Cruises 0.57M, HX Expeditions 0.54M
- Berths at sea per day
- 1,700
- average
By month
APCD per month · share of all cruise capacity that month below · Nov counts from 12 Nov
Busiest monthOther months
By region
Ponant Cruises APCD and its share of all cruise capacity in each region · top 8 regions
| Region | By month | APCD | Share of region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arctic , Antarctica 29.7% of the region | 0.11M | 29.7% | |
| Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Ocean 0.8% of the region | 0.09M | 0.8% | |
| Mediterranean 0.1% of the region | 0.07M | 0.1% | |
| Iceland, Greenland, Faroe Islands 2.6% of the region | 0.05M | 2.6% | |
| Western Europe, Azores, Canary Islands 0.3% of the region | 0.05M | 0.3% | |
| Baltic, Norwegian Fjords, Russia 0.2% of the region | 0.04M | 0.2% | |
| Asia 0.3% of the region | 0.04M | 0.3% | |
| Hawaii, Mexico, Panama Canal 0.3% of the region | 0.04M | 0.3% |
Berths = guests at double occupancy. Each ship-night is counted once, even when the voyage is sold from several ports, in the month it falls in. A sailing’s nights count in the region where most of its port calls are. All capacity = the cruise lines CruiseDig tracks, not the whole industry.
Where Ponant Cruises cruises start
Top 10 of 69 homeports by departures in the next 12 months
| Homeport | Departures | Ships | Plan your departure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ushuaia Argentina · 4 ships | 29 | 4 | ParkingHotelsGetting there |
| Longyearbyen Norway · 2 ships | 14 | 2 | ParkingHotelsGetting there |
| Reykjavík Iceland · 4 ships | 14 | 4 | ParkingHotelsGetting there |
| Fort-de-France Martinique · 3 ships | 13 | 3 | ParkingHotelsGetting there |
| Lisbon Portugal · 6 ships | 12 | 6 | ParkingHotelsGetting there |
| Villefranche-sur-Mer France · 3 ships | 12 | 3 | ParkingHotelsGetting there |
| Greenock United Kingdom · 5 ships | 11 | 5 | ParkingHotelsGetting there |
| Puntarenas (Puerto Caldera) Costa Rica · 2 ships | 11 | 2 | ParkingHotelsGetting there |
| Valletta Malta · 4 ships | 10 | 4 | ParkingHotelsGetting there |
| Darwin Australia · 2 ships | 9 | 2 | ParkingHotelsGetting there |
Top ports of call
Calls in the next 12 months · 485 ports
- 1Iles des SaintesGuadeloupe22
- 2Giardini NaxosItaly17
- 3BequiaSaint Vincent and the Grenadines15
- 4VigoSpain15
- 5Jar Island AustraliaAustralia14
- 6St John'sAntigua and Barbuda14
- 7StockholmSweden14
- 8Gustavia (St. Barts)France13
- 9Isle of Skye (Portree)United Kingdom13
- 10Mayreau IslandGrenadines13
- 11Pigeon IslandSaint Lucia13
- 12Playa Muerto PanamaPanama13