Le Boreal

Ponant Cruises · ice-strengthened cruise ship class · 2010

Le Boreal measures 10,944 gross tons, with room for 224 guests. Le Boreal sails 10-night cruises from Lisbon and moves to Ushuaia in Nov 2026.

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Ponant expedition ship Le Boreal moored in Dublin Port
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BuiltYear built
2010
TonnageGross tonnage
10,944
Decks
7
Cabins
132
Guests
224
264 at full occupancy
Crew
140

Le Boreal cruise schedule

35 cruises in the next 12 months · open a cruise to see its itinerary · all times local

    1. Lisbon
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      Sat 24 Oct 14:00
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    2. At sea
      Sun 25 Oct
    3. At sea
      Mon 26 Oct
    4. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
      Tue 27 Oct06:0013:00
      Port crowd
    5. At sea
      Wed 28 Oct
    6. At sea
      Thu 29 Oct
    7. At sea
      Fri 30 Oct
    8. At sea
      Sat 31 Oct
    9. At sea
      Sun 1 Nov
    10. At sea
      Mon 2 Nov
    11. At sea
      Tue 3 Nov
    12. At sea
      Wed 4 Nov
    13. At sea
      Thu 5 Nov
    14. At sea
      Fri 6 Nov
    15. At sea
      Sat 7 Nov
    16. At sea
      Sun 8 Nov
    17. At sea
      Mon 9 Nov
    18. At sea
      Tue 10 Nov
    19. At sea
      Wed 11 Nov
    20. Buenos Aires
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      Thu 12 Nov 23:59
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    Numbers match the port order

Showing 6 of 35 cruises

Where Le Boreal sails

Homeport and departures by month · Oct 2026 – Sep 2027

Most of its sailings are in the Mediterranean, with more in the Arctic , Antarctica. Le Boreal sails from Lisbon (Oct 2026 – Aug 2027), Buenos Aires (Nov 2026 – Mar 2027) and Ushuaia (Nov 2026 – Mar 2027).

LisbonBuenos AiresUshuaiaLas Palmas de Gran CanariaCasablancaBarcelonaVillefranche-sur-MerCivitavecchiaVenicePalermoVallettaMálagaPonta DelgadaBordeauxLivornoNumber = cruises starting that month

Ports Le Boreal visits

79 ports of call in the next 12 months · homeports not counted

HomeportPort of callSize = ship calls

How Le Boreal sails

Sailings starting in the next 12 months · Oct 2026 – Sep 2027 · from published itineraries

Port intensity

Port days and sea days per cruise, between embarkation and return

Time in port
11.5 h
median · 5 – 96 h
Port days
76%
of days between embarkation and return
Overnight calls
41
staying past midnight
Late departures
87
after 20:00 · latest 23:59

Cruise patterns

  • 3 ports · 0 sea days10 nights6 cruises
  • 5 ports · 0 sea days7 nights5 cruises
  • 4 ports · 0 sea days5 nights4 cruises
  • 7 ports · 0 sea days8 nights3 cruises
  • 5 ports · 6 sea days17 nights2 cruises

Port daySea dayEmbarkation and return days not shown

Sea days are the days between embarkation and return with no port call. Hours in port run from arrival to departure; calls with unpublished times are left out. Late departure = leaving a port of call after 20:00, local time.

Le Boreal specifications

From the cruise line and ship registries · metric units

Ship

Cruise line
Ponant Cruises
Class
ice-strengthened cruise ship class
Year built
2010
Status
In service
IMO
9502506
MMSI
578000500

Size

Gross tonnage
10,944 GT
Length
142.1 m
Beam
18 m
Decks
7
Cruising speed
16 knots

Capacity

Guests, double occupancy
224
Guests, full occupancy
264
Cabins
132
Crew
140
Guests per crew member
1.6
Space per guest
48.9 GT

How it compares

317th largest of 350 ships in service, shared with L'Austral

Gross tonnage

  • Le Boreal10,944
  • Ponant Cruises average9,880
  • All ships in service91,156

Guests, double occupancy

  • Le Boreal224
  • Ponant Cruises average166
  • All ships in service2,189

ice-strengthened cruise ship class sister ships

Same design and size as Le Boreal

See the Ponant Cruises fleet

Also from Ponant Cruises: Le Commandant Charcot, Le Bellot, Le Dumont d'Urville, Le Jacques Cartier, Le Bougainville, Le Champlain

About Le Boreal

Le Boréal was built by Fincantieri at Ancona and delivered to Compagnie du Ponant in April 2010. On 18 November 2015 an engine-room fire off East Falkland left her without propulsion, and all passengers and crew were evacuated safely. She was carried to Genoa on a heavy-lift ship, repaired by Fincantieri and returned to service on 24 May 2016. In April 2026 she was fitted with a new bulbous bow at Astican in Las Palmas to cut fuel use.