BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND, January 30, 2010
/24-7PressRelease/ -- A 'Saga', by definition is a long story of heroic achievement, and so it is for the 'SAGA MOON', the oldest ship in the Norfolkline fleet.
In its 25 years of trading, the trusty old ship which is not only very safe and reliable, but extremely popular with its customers, has travelled a staggering 1.6 million nautical miles - far enough to take it round the earth 63 times. She now bids a fond farewell and 'Bon Voyage' to Norfolkline as she begin the next chapter of her adventures, setting sail for a new home in the Gulf of California at La Paz, Mexico.
As she leaves Norfolkline, she can boast an enviable record, having made 14,271 voyages, carried 766,950 Trucks and Trailers and 198,363 new cars as well as 30,479 horse boxes.
To mark her departure, Norfolkline is using the opportunity to raise funds for Seafarers UK, the leading charity for the UK's maritime community. Seafarers UK gives grants to organisations that help serving or ex-serving seafarers from the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Merchant Navy or fishing fleets, and their families.
Seafarers UK do not give grants to individuals, but funds expert front-line charities that work directly with seafarers in distress. These charities help with all aspects of seafarers' welfare, including accommodation, medical services, disability services, financial aid, childcare, education and training and youth activities.
The winner of the competition will be the person who most accurately estimates how long it will take the Saga Moon to get from Belfast to La Paz in the Gulf of California. We will tell all those who enter that the Captain's estimate of the transit time is approximately 22 days - and although it sounds easy! - Don't forget about the Currents, tides, delays at the Panama Canal and possibly bad weather that all make it a little more difficult to guess the exact duration of the voyage. The charity hopes to raise several thousand pounds and all donations are welcome.
There is a superb range of prizes to be won, with the first prize of a trip to Mexico for 2 people, including 7 nights accommodation and return flights. Second prize is for a return crossing on Norfolkline Irish Sea for a car and 2 people and 2 tickets to a home Liverpool F.C. match, and third prize is for 2 return flights to Paris, and many more. Anyone wishing to take part can find out more by going online to http://www.norfolkline.com/EN/Irish_Sea_Ferries/ where full details and all terms and conditions are available.
Ends 27th January 2010.
For further information, please contact: Brian McKibbin at The PR Agency, on ph 028 90 222422 or mob. 07711 473040
Notes to Editors:
Norfolkline
Norfolkline's Irish Sea ferry services offer passengers more than 50 sailings each week between Belfast and Liverpool and Dublin and Liverpool (Birkenhead).
Norfolkline Irish Sea's modern ferries provide passengers with comfort and reliability all year round, so whether you choose to travel on a day time or night time sailing you can be sure of a comfortable trip.
Sailing from Belfast, Dublin or Liverpool (Birkenhead) you can be sure that Norfolkline staff are committed to ensuring you have a comfortable and pleasant trip, so sit back, enjoy a meal in the restaurant, unwind with a drink in the lounge, watch a movie in the cinema or simply relax in one of the spacious cabins, all equipped with en-suite facilities.
With Norfolkline Irish Sea Ferry Services, you can enjoy our onboard services day or night.
Seafarers UK
Seafarers UK - the leading charity for the UK's maritime community.
A national charity that fundraises and gives grants to organisations that help serving or ex-serving seafarers from the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Merchant Navy or fishing fleets, and their families.
Seafarers UK do not give grants to individuals, but funds expert front-line charities that work directly with seafarers in distress. These charities help with all aspects of seafarers' welfare, including accommodation, medical services, disability services, financial aid, childcare, education and training and youth activities. Seafarers UK raises money through its fundraising activities and this enables it to give away over GBP2.5 million in grants every year.
Over the last ten years over GBP26 million in grants have been made to help sailors and their families, retired seafarers, veterans, Sea Cadets and the whole maritime community. Elderly ex-Seafarers in Northern Ireland have benefitted from an improvement to The Somme Nursing Home in Belfast which is funded by Seafarers UK. A grant of GBP23,000 enabled the roof to be repaired. A further grant of GBP9,000 will go towards refurbishing living areas and bedrooms in the nursing home.
Recently Harbour Masters from Larne, Belfast and Warrenpoint together with the Mission to Seafarers, in Belfast, came together to launch Seafarer Support, the new free telephone referral service which has been introduced across the UK. Calls have covered a wide variety of topics including benefits, homelessness, paying bills, funeral arrangements, college fees, pensions and seafaring careers. Callers were given contact details of charities that could give them the information they needed.
http://www.seafarers-uk.org/
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