First steel cut for Ponant's LE COMMANDANT CHARCOT at VARD Tulcea © Ponant
First steel cut for Ponant’s LE COMMANDANT CHARCOT
nov 15 2018
CruiseFirst steel was cut on 6 November for what will become the world’s foremost polar exploration cruise vessel – Ponant’s 30,000gt icebreaker LE COMMANDANT CHARCOT, under construction at VARD’s Tulcea Shipyard in Romania for delivery in 2021. The 150m vessel is the first of her type to be built.
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