Le Commandant Charcot

Le Commandant Charcot during Operation Tugaalik on 23 June 2024
History
Wallis and Futuna
NameLe Commandant Charcot
NamesakeJean-Baptiste Charcot
OwnerCompagnie du Ponant
Port of registryWallis and Futuna Mata Utu
Builder
  • Vard Tulcea, Romania (hull)
  • Vard Søviknes, Norway (outfitting)[4]
CostNOK 2.7 billion[4]
Laid downDecember 2018[3]
LaunchedMarch 2020[2]
CompletedJuly 2021[1]
IdentificationIMO number: 9846249
StatusIn service
General characteristics [5]
TypeCruise ship
Tonnage31,283 GT
Length150 m (492 ft)
Beam28.3 m (93 ft)
Draught10 m (33 ft)
Ice class
Installed power
  • 4 × Wärtsilä 14V31DF (4 × 7,700 kW)
  • 2 × Wärtsilä 10V31DF (2 × 5,500 kW)[7][8]
  • 5 MWh batteries[9]
PropulsionDiesel-electric; two ABB Azipod propulsion units (2 × 17 MW)[6]
Speed15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) (open water)
Capacity270 passengers in 135 cabins[4]
Crew187

Le Commandant Charcot is an icebreaking cruise ship operated by the French shipping company Compagnie du Ponant. Named after the French polar scientist Jean-Baptiste Charcot, the vessel was built at Vard Tulcea shipyard in Romania, from where she was moved to Søviknes for final outfitting and delivery in 2021.[5]

  1. ^ "Le Commandant Charcot delivered". Vard Group AS. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Ponant : Après sa mise à l'EAU, le Commandant Charcot quitte la Roumanie". 30 March 2020.
  3. ^ Keel Laid for Le Commandant Charcot. Cruise Industry News, 27 December 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  4. ^ a b c VARD secures contract for the design and construction of the first electric hybrid cruise icebreaker with LNG propulsion for PONANT Archived 19 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine. VARD, 18 December 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  5. ^ a b Le Commandant Charcot. Le Commandant Charcot. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  6. ^ World's first hybrid icebreaker for cruising powered by ABB. electrive.com, 10 March 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  7. ^ Wärtsilä to power Ponant's world-first hybrid electric icebreaker. Seatrade Cruise News, 21 October 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  8. ^ Wärtsilä 31DF. Wärtsilä. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  9. ^ "ABB highlights technology that brought Le Commandant Charcot to the North Pole". 13 September 2021.