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ECONOMY CONNECTED TO THE SEA – study of a ferry company.
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NG LI headquarters is in Mariehamn, Åland islands. The companystarted in 1959 when a group of sea- and bussiness man bought a steam-poweredcar-ferry from UK. NG LI started service the same year on the route between Finland and Sweden. Over the years NG LI has grown and now it is one of the largest shipping companies in the Baltic sea. Viking Line History
Viking Line Professions • There are over 42 different professions on board. The professions are dividedthree different groups. • Deck department, engine room and service department. On service department there are five different types of job departments. That are service, hotel function, restaurant, kitchen and all the stores.
Viking Line also offers Jobs on land • Jobs on land can be for example, loading all the trucks and cars to the ship. • The receptionists who givephone service and takescare of all reservations. • Office work. • Sightseeing and guide travels. • Attendents who clean all the cabins and the ship. The company gives work to manypeople and helps the economy in the seacities.
Viking Line has many different guides and sightseeings for different countries and cities for example Riga,Tallinn and Helsinki.Theysellcruisepackages with boat trips and sightseeing. Guide and Sightseeing
Smörgåsbord Smorgasbord is the all you can eat buffet. There is a lot of Swedish traditional food. Many people travel with boat just to eat at the buffet because it tastes good and you can eat as much as you want.
Bilingualism on board On the ships you canspeakbothfinnish and swedish. The employees has to be able to speakbothlanguages. On board you canusebothcurrents Euro and Swedish Krona.
Viking Line is using the best available technology to save the enviroment. Before Viking Line shipshavecleaned the wastewateronboard, but it has beenresearched that cleaning the wastewateronshore is moreenviromentfriendly. Nowadays, everytime Viking Line ship gets anchored, it pumps all wastewaters to the water treatment plants. Viking Line & Enviroment Some Viking Line ships are usingelectricity from onshoresources. That means that some of theseshipsdon’thave to useany gas to generateenergy, theycan just load the batterieswhenthey are anchored. Becausethere are so manylittleislands in the area of Åland, Viking Line is decreasing the wavesmade by ships. Viking Line alsouse speed limits and fairway selections to protect the archipelago.
Step on board the Red Ships and discover a world without Mondays! Viking Line has lots of different commercials to get customers, so they could make some money. There are a lot of different commercials in newspapers, some specific websites and sometimes they appear in TV. Here are some examples at above and below. Viking Line Commercials TV Commercial Services For your Comfort http://www.myspace.com/video/armand-gutheim/viking-line-commercial-40-viking-line-reklamfilm-41/105458851 Add some luxury in your everyday life - get on board!
Ville Viking club is a club for childrenon board. Children canmeet Ville on board. Ville Viking
Our project about the sea, took us on a little boat cruise on the Viking line. During the visit in Stockholm we all went on a cruise to Helsinki. Comenius on board