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Ponant Cruises

143 crossings between 84 ports in 47 countries. On 66 they are the only operator on the water; on 14 they are the quickest of several; on 57 a rival is faster.

Three things the timetable does not say

46% alone of their network has no rival at all. On those 66 crossings the question is not who is quicker — it is whether you sail. A comparison site showing one result is not showing you a choice.
57 beaten crossings where another operator is quicker on the same water. Their own site cannot tell you this, and a booking engine sorted by price will not.

Where they are beaten

63 crossings where a rival is faster or the two are level. This is the section an operator would never publish.

Busan – Keelung 1312 km Ponant Cruises 96 h 00 Costa Cruises 72 h 00 rate not held 1 rival
Civitavecchia-Rome – Villefranche-sur-Mer Ponant Cruises 144 h 00 Ritz Carlton Yacht Collection 120 h 00 rate not held 8 rivals
Dubrovnik – Venice Mestre (Stazione FS) 555 km Ponant Cruises 144 h 00 Windstar Cruises 96 h 00 rate not held 7 rivals
Barcelona – Lisbon (Oriente) 1006 km Ponant Cruises 192 h 00 MSC Explora Journeys 168 h 00 rate not held 19 rivals
Lisbon (Oriente) – Malaga 471 km Ponant Cruises 192 h 00 MSC Cruises 48 h 00 rate not held 6 rivals
Istanbul – Piraeus-Athens Ponant Cruises 192 h 00 Viking Cruises 144 h 00 rate not held 15 rivals
Lisbon (Oriente) – Tarragona 924 km Ponant Cruises 192 h 00 MSC Cruises 144 h 00 rate not held 8 rivals
Copenhagen Busterminal – Helsinki, Bus Station (Kamppi) 881 km Ponant Cruises 192 h 00 Princess Cruises 168 h 00 rate not held 6 rivals
Barcelona – Valletta 1230 km Ponant Cruises 192 h 00 MSC Explora Journeys 168 h 00 rate not held 4 rivals
Valletta – Villefranche-sur-Mer 1064 km Ponant Cruises 192 h 00 Silversea Cruises 144 h 00 rate not held 4 rivals
Malaga – Villefranche-sur-Mer 1261 km Ponant Cruises 192 h 00 Silversea Cruises 144 h 00 rate not held 7 rivals
Colon – Puntarenas 545 km Ponant Cruises 192 h 00 Lindblad Expeditions 192 h 00 rate not held 3 rivals
Fort-de-France – La Romana 944 km Ponant Cruises 192 h 00 MSC Cruises 96 h 00 rate not held 1 rival
Bergen – Oslo 305 km Ponant Cruises 192 h 00 Hurtigruten 24 h 00 rate not held 6 rivals
Barcelona – Civitavecchia-Rome Ponant Cruises 216 h 00 Grimaldi Lines 22 h 15 rate not held 25 rivals
Busan – Kobe-Osaka Ponant Cruises 216 h 00 Costa Cruises 72 h 00 rate not held 3 rivals
Civitavecchia-Rome – Valletta Ponant Cruises 216 h 00 Crystal Cruises 96 h 00 rate not held 4 rivals
Copenhagen Busterminal – Oslo 480 km Ponant Cruises 216 h 00 DFDS Seaways 17 h 30 rate not held 7 rivals
Barcelona – Malaga 769 km Ponant Cruises 216 h 00 Costa Cruises 96 h 00 rate not held 8 rivals
Piraeus-Athens – Venice Mestre (Stazione FS) Ponant Cruises 216 h 00 MSC Explora Journeys 168 h 00 rate not held 15 rivals
Civitavecchia-Rome – Piraeus-Athens Ponant Cruises 216 h 00 Costa Cruises 120 h 00 rate not held 18 rivals
Civitavecchia-Rome – Venice Mestre (Stazione FS) Ponant Cruises 216 h 00 Costa Cruises 120 h 00 rate not held 13 rivals
Malaga – Santa Cruz de Tenerife 1437 km Ponant Cruises 216 h 00 Marella Cruises 144 h 00 rate not held 4 rivals
Piraeus-Athens – Valletta Ponant Cruises 216 h 00 MSC Explora Journeys 120 h 00 rate not held 9 rivals
Phuket (Rassada Pier) – Singapore 951 km Ponant Cruises 216 h 00 Ritz Carlton Yacht Collection 144 h 00 rate not held 2 rivals
Milwaukee – Toronto Ponant Cruises 216 h 00 Viking Cruises 168 h 00 rate not held 2 rivals
Lisbon (Oriente) – Ponta Delgada 1446 km Ponant Cruises 216 h 00 Small Cruise Lines 192 h 00 rate not held 1 rival
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria – Malaga 1406 km Ponant Cruises 216 h 00 Marella Cruises 120 h 00 rate not held 4 rivals
Valletta – Venice Mestre (Stazione FS) 1078 km Ponant Cruises 216 h 00 SeaDream Yacht Club 192 h 00 rate not held 2 rivals
Broome WA – Darwin Ponant Cruises 240 h 00 Seabourn Cruises 240 h 00 rate not held 3 rivals
Lisbon (Oriente) – London-Tilbury Ponant Cruises 240 h 00 Viking Cruises 240 h 00 rate not held 2 rivals
Bordeaux (Saint-Jean - Paludate) – Lisbon (Oriente) 982 km Ponant Cruises 240 h 00 Windstar Cruises 168 h 00 rate not held 6 rivals
Dubrovnik – Valletta 814 km Ponant Cruises 240 h 00 CroisiEurope 168 h 00 rate not held 1 rival
Malaga – Valletta 1695 km Ponant Cruises 240 h 00 SeaDream Yacht Club 216 h 00 rate not held 2 rivals
Lisbon (Oriente) – Santa Cruz de Tenerife 1317 km Ponant Cruises 240 h 00 MSC Explora Journeys 120 h 00 rate not held 3 rivals
Buenos Aires – Rio de Janeiro 1968 km Ponant Cruises 264 h 00 Costa Cruises 96 h 00 rate not held 9 rivals
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria – Lisbon (Oriente) 1316 km Ponant Cruises 264 h 00 Azamara Cruises 168 h 00 rate not held 5 rivals
Venice Mestre (Stazione FS) – Villefranche-sur-Mer 440 km Ponant Cruises 264 h 00 Silversea Cruises 264 h 00 rate not held 4 rivals
Copenhagen Busterminal – London-Tilbury Ponant Cruises 264 h 00 Ritz Carlton Yacht Collection 240 h 00 rate not held 4 rivals
Fort-de-France – Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 4928 km Ponant Cruises 264 h 00 Costa Cruises 168 h 00 rate not held 1 rival

Showing the first 40 of 63.

Where they are the only boat

66 crossings with no other operator on record.

Keelung – Yatsushiro-Kumamoto City 96 h 00 rate not held
Brest – Lisbon (Oriente) 96 h 00 rate not held 2929 km
Palermo – Valletta 144 h 00 rate not held 269 km
Livorno – Villefranche-sur-Mer 144 h 00 rate not held 241 km
Nuuk – Saint Pierre and Miquelon Islands 144 h 00 rate not held
Barcelona – Livorno 192 h 00 rate not held 709 km
Baltimore Penn Station – Halifax 192 h 00 rate not held 1228 km
Cork – Honfleur (Central Bus Station) 192 h 00 rate not held
Cork – Dublin 192 h 00 rate not held
Dublin – Greenock-Glasgow 192 h 00 rate not held
Cabo San Lucas – Puntarenas 192 h 00 rate not held 3028 km
Bergen – Fredrikstad 192 h 00 rate not held 340 km
La Romana – Nassau 192 h 00 rate not held 1137 km
Fort-de-France – Vieux Fort 192 h 00 rate not held 99 km
Marigot – Pointe-a-Pitre 192 h 00 rate not held 262 km
Palermo – Villefranche-sur-Mer 192 h 00 rate not held 801 km
Lavrion – Palermo 192 h 00 rate not held 939 km
Dubrovnik – Lavrion 192 h 00 rate not held 748 km
Dubrovnik – Palermo 192 h 00 rate not held 643 km
Dunedin – Lautoka 192 h 00 rate not held 3209 km
East New York – Halifax 216 h 00 rate not held 957 km
Tarragona – Valletta 216 h 00 rate not held 1290 km
Copenhagen Busterminal – Fredrikstad 216 h 00 rate not held 404 km
Bordeaux (Saint-Jean - Paludate) – Greenock-Glasgow 216 h 00 rate not held
Greenock-Glasgow – Honfleur (Central Bus Station) 216 h 00 rate not held
Narvik – Tromso 216 h 00 rate not held 148 km
Helsinki, Bus Station (Kamppi) – Kemi, Bus Station 216 h 00 rate not held 620 km
Koror-Palau – Manila 216 h 00 rate not held
Greenock-Glasgow – Saint-Malo (Office de Tourisme) 216 h 00 rate not held
Colon – Fort-de-France 240 h 00 rate not held 2129 km
Casablanca – Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 240 h 00 rate not held 963 km
Copenhagen Busterminal – Greenock-Glasgow 240 h 00 rate not held
Broome WA – Fremantle 240 h 00 rate not held
Cairns – Dunedin 240 h 00 rate not held 3949 km
Keelung – Manila 240 h 00 rate not held 1173 km
Keelung – Kobe-Osaka 240 h 00 rate not held
Callao-Lima – Colon 264 h 00 rate not held
Honfleur (Central Bus Station) – Lisbon (Oriente) 264 h 00 rate not held 1403 km
Greenock-Glasgow – Reykjavik 264 h 00 rate not held
Livorno – Venice Mestre (Stazione FS) 264 h 00 rate not held 262 km

Showing the first 40 of 66.

Which months they sail

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for Ponant Cruises crossings were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

Where our records stop

No fares. Every comparison on this page is time and frequency only, and the fast-versus-conventional decision is mostly a price decision.

No departure times. 0 of 143 crossings carry a weekly rate; none carry a clock.

No vessels. We hold a fast/conventional class and no ship names.