MV Doulos arrives in Subic tomorow on final sail
MV Doulos arrives in Subic tomorow on final sail
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The world’s largest floating bookstore, MV Doulos, will arrive here tomorrow for her last port call in the Philippines prior to decommissioning next year.
Jiamin Choo, MV Doulos project coordinator, said the 93-year-old ship will be in Subic from Dec. 28 to Jan. 14 to conduct a book fair and promote cultural understanding.
This will be the ship’s final visit to Subic since it will be retired next year in accordance with an international protocol disallowing ships with wooden parts from sailing starting 2010, said Choo.
Doulos was built in 1914 just two years after the famous Titanic sank, and is now listed in the "Guinness Book of Records" as the world’s oldest active ocean-going passenger ship.
Purchased in 1977 by Gute Bücher für Alle (Good Books for All), a private, non-profit, charitable organization registered in Germany, the ship has been utilized since 1978 in bringing “knowledge, help and hope” through its floating book fair and cultural exchange programs.
MV Doulos is manned by a volunteer crew of 300, who represent about 50 countries, said Choo, a volunteer from South Korea.
While in Subic, Doulos will be open Tuesdays to Saturdays, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., for the book fair, which will have an entrance fee of P10 per person.
Children below 16 years old will be free of charge, but must be accompanied by adults, said Olga Wiebe, the ship’s coordinator in Subic. --Ric Sapnu
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The world’s largest floating bookstore, MV Doulos, will arrive here tomorrow for her last port call in the Philippines prior to decommissioning next year.
Jiamin Choo, MV Doulos project coordinator, said the 93-year-old ship will be in Subic from Dec. 28 to Jan. 14 to conduct a book fair and promote cultural understanding.
This will be the ship’s final visit to Subic since it will be retired next year in accordance with an international protocol disallowing ships with wooden parts from sailing starting 2010, said Choo.
Doulos was built in 1914 just two years after the famous Titanic sank, and is now listed in the "Guinness Book of Records" as the world’s oldest active ocean-going passenger ship.
Purchased in 1977 by Gute Bücher für Alle (Good Books for All), a private, non-profit, charitable organization registered in Germany, the ship has been utilized since 1978 in bringing “knowledge, help and hope” through its floating book fair and cultural exchange programs.
MV Doulos is manned by a volunteer crew of 300, who represent about 50 countries, said Choo, a volunteer from South Korea.
While in Subic, Doulos will be open Tuesdays to Saturdays, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., for the book fair, which will have an entrance fee of P10 per person.
Children below 16 years old will be free of charge, but must be accompanied by adults, said Olga Wiebe, the ship’s coordinator in Subic. --Ric Sapnu
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