15NOV2018 - NEWS - Norway based ship building company Vard Starts Building Ponant’s Electric Hybrid Cruise Ship

Norwegian shipbuilder Vard has recently held a steel cutting ceremony marking the start of construction of a polar exploration vessel for French cruise company Ponant. The shipbuilding process for the new unit, to be named Le Commandant Charcot, was launched on November 6 at Vard Tulcea in Romania. Ponant said that the delivery of its new flagship, which will be an electric hybrid vessel powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), is scheduled for 2021. Designed for intense polar explorations, and with PC2 Polar Class certification, Le Commandant Charcot is expected to start visiting the geographic North Pole following delivery.

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