Ponant

Last year, in a similar hijacking, a vessel called the Ponant, they mobilized 60 troops and airdropped commandos into shark-infested waters.

CNN Transcript Apr 10, 2009 2009

French soldiers had reclaimed control of the Ponant cruise ship, and used helicopters to follow a group of alleged pirates who had reached land.

Legal Limbo Awaits Somali Pirates 2010

Last spring, Kalashnikov-wielding, khat-chewing Somali pirates hijacked the French luxury cruise ship Le Ponant in the treacherous Gulf of Aden.

April 2009 Table of Contents 2009

From the generic plan, we had a specific plan specially aimed at this Ponant affair.

CNN Transcript Apr 10, 2009 2009

Par le Sieur de Champlain, Cappitaine ordinaire pour le Roy en la Mer du Ponant A Paris, Chez Clavde Collet, au Palais, en la gallerie de prisonniers.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

Pirates stormed the French-owned yacht, the Ponant, on Friday as it was sailing through the Gulf of Aden, off northeastern Somalia.

World Watch 2008

“The operation was carried out promptly,” the armed forces chief of staff trumpeted after the epic events surrounding the Ponant.

A French “success” story | Linguism 2008

In April, a French luxury yacht, the Ponant, with thirty crew members on board, was hijacked by pirates in the Gulf.

A French “success” story | Linguism 2008

Par le Sieur de Champlain, Cappitaine ordinaire pour le Roy en la Mer du Ponant A Paris, Chez Clavde Collet, au Palais, en la gallerie de prisonniers.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

The buy: Yacht cruise company Compagnie du Ponant is offering limited-time savings on its 13-day Hong Kong-Ho Chi Minh City cruise.

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