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5. NICHE MARKET

Definition: The niche segment includes the various cruises that do not generally fit the other categories. The ships cover
the range from old to new and from small to large.

Ponant’s 2021 newbuild is a LNG-powered icebreaker.

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Ships: 15 15 15 15 18 18
Berths:
Market Capacity: 5,078 5,078 5,078 5,078 6,473 6,963
Percentage Change: 91,180 95,228 98,126 96,494 113,607 122,803

2004 4.4% 3.0% -1.7% 17.7% 8.1%
Ships: 17
Berths: 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Market Capacity: 6,638 18 20 21 20 20
Percentage Change: 121,340
6,888 7,702 7,794 7,702 7,964
-1.2% 128,340 145,740 145,592 234,716 247,952
Ships:
Berths: 2010 5.8% 13.6% -0.1% 61.2% 5.6%
Market Capacity: 20
Percentage Change: 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
7,964 17 26 26 26 27
243,144
Ships: 6,690 9,440 8,837 8,837 9,101
Berths: -1.9% 367,988 429,575 418,407 422,414 429,951
Market Capacity:
Percentage Change: 2016 51.3% 16.7% -2.6% 1.0% 1.8%
28
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Ships: 9,375 32 34 40 42 43
Berths: 448,282
Market Capacity: 9,936 9,648 11,596 11,956 12,226
Percentage Change: 4.3% 472,499 471,493 516,003 567,557 574,847

2022 5.4% -0.2% 9.4% 10.0% 1.3%
43
2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
12,226 43 43 43 43 43
578,897
12,226 12,226 12,226 12,226 12,226
0.7% 578,897 578,897 578,897 578,897 578,897

0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Note: Some ships may sail for multiple operators. Their berths are only counted once for summary pages.

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