• Ponant (officially, Compagnie du Ponant (CDP); "Ponant Company") is a French cruise ship operator. It was founded in April 1988 by Philippe Videau, Jean-Emmanuel...
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  • French, ponant is the western cardinal point. It is an archaic French naval term for West, the opposite of Levant. By extension : the Ponant Sea could...
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    Le Ponant is a three-masted, commercially operated French luxury yacht operated by Compagnie du Ponant. The ship has capacity for up to 32 passengers...
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    The Ponant Fleet (French: Ponant du Levant) was the designation under the Ancien Regime for the naval vessels of the Royal French Navy in the English Channel...
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    separate Ministry of Merchant Marine. The two French royal fleets (the Ponant fleet and Levant fleet) were put under the control of Colbert from 1662...
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    Le Champlain (category Ships of Compagnie du Ponant)
    Le Champlain is the second ship of the Ponant Explorers-class of cruise ships operated by Ponant. Each member of the class has been allocated the name...
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    Les Mercuriales (redirect from Tour Ponant)
    Paris, France. They were built in 1975, and are named Levant (Eastern) and Ponant (Western). They are the tallest twin towers in the EU and Europe’s second...
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  • History-focused publisher Tallandier in 1999, the luxury cruise operator Ponant in 2015 and the Brittany-Japan fusion Breizh Café. The group launched the...
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    Le Dumont-d'Urville (category Ships of Compagnie du Ponant)
    Le Dumont-d'Urville is the fourth ship of the Ponant Explorers class of cruise ships operated by Ponant. Each member of the class has been allocated the...
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    Cruises Le Ponant Archived 2008-04-04 at the Wayback Machine Zegrahm Expeditions - Ships & Modes of Travel - Le Ponant 289' / 88 m Le Ponant Pierce, Sue...
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    (Ligue 1). Artémis also invested in the cruise ship operator Compagnie du Ponant in 2015. Artémis also controls Pinault Collection. In 2016, Pinault introduced...
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    Le Bougainville (category Ships of Compagnie du Ponant)
    Le Bougainville is the third ship of the Ponant Explorers-class of cruise ships operated by Ponant. Each member of the class has been allocated the name...
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  • Le Commandant Charcot (category Ships of Compagnie du Ponant)
    icebreaking cruise ship operated by the French shipping company Compagnie du Ponant. Named after the French polar scientist Jean-Baptiste Charcot, the vessel...
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  • Le Bellot (category Ships of Compagnie du Ponant)
    Le Bellot is the fifth ship of the Ponant Explorers class of cruise ships operated by Ponant. Each member of the class has been allocated the name of...
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    Armenian: արեւմուտք (Armenian Arevmutk means "West" or "Sunset"), "Ponant" (< French ponant "setting"), “Dhisi” Greek: Δύση ( < Greek “Dhii” Greek: Δύει meaning...
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  • Limited until 2019, when it was purchased by French company Compagnie du Ponant. Paul Gauguin Cruises operates cruises with one ship, the Paul Gauguin,...
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    Le Lapérouse (category Ships of Compagnie du Ponant)
    Le Lapérouse is the lead ship of the Ponant Explorers-class of cruise ships operated by Ponant. Each member of the class has been allocated the name of...
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    L'Austral (category Ships of Compagnie du Ponant)
    is a cruise ship operated by the French cruise line company Compagnie du Ponant. It is the sister vessel of Le Boréal and Le Soléal, being the same weight...
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  • cruise ship Asia Star Song of Flower 1990-2003, sold to the Cie des Iles du Ponant Minerva Paul Gauguin Oceania Cruises Seabourn Cruise Line Silversea Cruises...
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    1997, the auction house Christie's in 1998, and the luxury cruise company Ponant in 2015. Pinault has been the owner of the Rennes football club since 1998...
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    Le Soléal (category Ships of Compagnie du Ponant)
    Le Soléal is a cruise ship operated by Compagnie du Ponant. The ship was built at the Fincantieri shipyard in Ancona, Italy, and was launched on the 6...
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  • This is a list of icebreakers and other special icebreaking vessels (except cargo ships and tankers) capable of operating independently in ice-covered...
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    (145,000 GT) for P&O Cruises 2015 – Le Lyrial (10,944 GT) for Compagnie du Ponant 2015 – MV Viking Star (47,800 GT) for Viking Ocean Cruises 2016 – MV Seabourn...
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    Le Boreal (category Ships of Compagnie du Ponant)
    ship owned and operated by the French cruise line company Compagnie du Ponant. It cruises to Antarctica and other places. The vessel is 142 metres (465 ft...
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    Le Lyrial (category Ships of Compagnie du Ponant)
    is a cruise ship built by Fincantieri in Ancona, Italy, for Compagnie du Ponant. It was delivered on 11 April 2015, and operated its inaugural cruise in...
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    to stay in their cabins. As of that date, the ship was operated by the Ponant Company under the branding Paul Gauguin Cruises, The capacity was stated...
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    MS Clio (category Ships of Compagnie du Ponant)
    initial operations were likely focused on luxury cruises, given Compagnie du Ponant's reputation for offering high-end cruise experiences primarily around the...
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    French forces leading the assault on the pirates who had captured the ship Ponant near Somalia. In 2008 he was promoted to a general. In 2013 he was appointed...
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    Marjan Action of 28 October Dai Hong Dan 2008 Operation Atalanta MY Le Ponant MV Iran Deyanat Carré d'As IV Action of 11 November FV Ekawat Nava 5 2009...
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    the Naval Armies until 1791, such as in the Levant Fleet and Flotte du Ponant of the Ancien Régime. Major of the French Navy has a similar history to...
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