Le Bellot

Le Bellot
History
Wallis and Futuna
NameLe Bellot
OperatorPonant
Port of registryWallis and Futuna Mata Utu
Builder
  • VARD Tulcea, Romania (hull)
  • VARD Søviknes, Norway (outfitting)
Laid down4 April 2018
AcquiredMarch 2020
Identification
StatusIn service
General characteristics
Class and typePonant Explorers-class cruise ship
Capacity184 passengers

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 a famous French explorer, and Le Bellot is named after Joseph René Bellot, a French naval officer and Arctic explorer.[1][2][3]

Ponant's order for Le Bellot and a sister ship, the sixth of the class, was announced in March 2018.[4] The hull of each ship was constructed by VARD in the builder's Tulcea yard in Romania; the steel cutting ceremony for both ships took place on 4 April 2018.[2] Upon completion, the hulls were transferred to the builder's Søviknes facility in Ålesund, Norway, for final outfitting.[2]

Le Bellot was delivered to Ponant in March 2020.[5]

References

  1. ^ Gibson, Rebecca (15 September 2017). "Ponant names four newbuilds after French explorers". Cruise&Ferry.net. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Cooke, Andrew (13 November 2018). "Newbuild of the Month: Le Lapérouse". Shipping Today and Yesterday. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Le Bellot". Planetcruise. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  4. ^ Gibson, Rebecca (7 March 2018). "Seatrade Cruise Global: Cruise lines reveal new ship orders". Cruise&Ferry.net. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  5. ^ Young, Susan J. (14 July 2020). "Ponant Takes Delivery Of Le Jacques Cartier, Final Ship In Explorer Series". Travel Agent Central. Retrieved 7 April 2021.