ECONOMY CONNECTED TO THE SEA – STUDY OF

A FERRY COMPANY

VIKING LINE HISTORY

NG LI headquarters is in Mariehamn, Åland islands. The company started in 1959 when a group of sea- and bussiness man bought a steam-powered car-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 Professions There are over 42 different professions on

board. The professions are divided three 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 give phone service and takes care of all reservations.

Office work. Sightseeing and guide travels. Attendents who clean all the

cabins and the ship.

The company gives work to many people and helps the economy in the sea cities.

GUIDE AND SIGHTSEEING

Viking Line has many different guides and sightseeings for different countries and cities for example Riga,Tallinn and

Helsinki. They sell cruise packages with boat trips 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

can speak both finnish and swedish. The employees has to be able to speak both languages. On board you can use both currents Euro and Swedish Krona.

VIKING LINE & ENVIROMENT

Viking Line is using the best available technology to save the enviroment.

Before Viking Line ships have cleaned the wastewater onboard, but it has been researched that cleaning the wastewater onshore is more enviroment friendly. Nowadays, everytime Viking Line ship gets anchored, it pumps all wastewaters to the water treatment plants.

Some Viking Line ships are using electricity from onshore sources. That means that some of these ships don’t have to use any gas to generate energy, they can just load the batteries when they are anchored.

Because there are so many little islands in the area of Åland,Viking Line is decreasing the waves made by ships. Viking Line also use speed limits and fairway selections to protect the archipelago.

VIKING LINE COMMERCIALS

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.

http://www.myspace.com/video/armand-gutheim/viking-line-commercial-40-viking-line-reklamfilm-41/105458851

TV Commercial Services For your ComfortAdd some luxury in your everyday life - get on board!

Ville Viking club is a club for children on board. Children can meet Ville on

board.

VILLE VIKING

COMENIUS ON BOARD

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.