PONANT is continuing its environmental commitment by providing support to the Aldabra Clean Up, an exemplary and tangible project to combat plastic pollution, preserve the Aldabra atoll in the Seychelles and raise global awareness. The French line is working alongside the Aldabra Clean Up Project to eliminate the tons of plastic waste that has washed…
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Costa Concordia Salvage To Go Ahead On Monday
Salvage workers and local authorities in Giglio have confirmed that good weather forecast for Monday will allow the 10-12 hour operation of re-floating (parbuckling) the Costa Concordia to go ahead from just after 6am local time. With final preparations complete the task ahead now is to right the ship whilst causing as little damage to…
MSC Divina Completes Sea Trials
On Sunday April 15th MSC Divina successfully completed her initial sea trials. She spent three days at sea off the coast of Brittany, France, before returning to the Louis Joubert dock. Divina was put through rigorous trials to ensure she performed to the full satisfaction of the MSC Cruises team. During sea trials everything you…
Titanic 100 Years On
100 Years ago today RMS Titanic had reached the spot where she would remain until this very day. After hitting an iceberg on April 14th and ultimately sinking in the early hours of April 15th she would secure her place in the history books forever. I know there are many people out there who are…
Titanic Wreckage New Sonar Images
I recently came across an amazing article on the wreck of the Titanic. It showed amazing photographs that are so clear you would never even think the ship was underwater. They were taken using Sonar equipment and over 100,000 photographs were taken in order to provide a detailed map of the Titanic debris field which…
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