Le Commandant Charcot
130-160 m
3000-5000 kWh
The luxury polar cruise vessel Le Commandant Charcot, named after the French polar scientist Jean-Baptiste Charcot.
Corvus ESS specifications:
| Name | Le Commandant Charcot |
| Owner | Ponant |
| Integrator | ABB |
| Segment | Cruise and Ferry |
| Sub-segment | Hybrid Powered Cruise Ships |
| Vessel type | Small and midsize cruise |
| ESS capacity | 4520 kWh |
| Corvus product | Corvus Orca ESS |
| Delivery year | 2021 |
| Ship yard | Vard Søviknes NB 887 |
| Ship design | Stirling Design International / VARD / Aker Arctic / Ponant |
| Newbuild/Retrofit | Newbuild |
| Vessel size | 150 x 28 m |
| Passenger capacity | 270 |
| Gross tonnage | 30956 |
| IMO no | 9846249 |
| Area of Operation | Polar areas |
| Ship system | Hybrid |
| Bus Voltage | 720-1000 VDC |
| Class | BV |
| Flag state | Francce |
Estimated annual savings
0 liters
diesel/year saved
0 tons
CO2 emission reduction
Battery operation
Rapid Load Response
Load Levelling
Peak Shaving
Spinning Reserve
Zero Emissions Operations