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Record numbers to cruise in 2010
(5th December 2009)
Bill Gibbons, director of the UK's Passenger Shipping Association, is now predicting that a record number of Brits will take cruise holidays in 2010.
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Oasis of the Seas: on board the world's largest cruise ship
(3rd December 2009)
Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas, the biggest cruise ship in the world, starts its maiden voyage on Saturday. Peter Hughes had a preview and found it ‘more metro than matelot’.
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Pirates Release German Owned Ship
(3rd December 2009)
The German owned cargo ship Charelle, hijacked by Somali pirates near Oman in June, has been released, the European Union naval force said on Thursday.
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Somali pirates 'free hijacked Greek ship'
(26th November 2009)
Somali pirates say they have freed a Greek-owned ship with a Ukrainian crew, which was hijacked more than six months ago, after a ransom was paid.
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A Safe Haven, A Shore Refuge

Seafarers Relaxing

The Centres to Seafarers provide a warm welcome to all seafarers visiting our ports and to seafarers and their dependants who are resident in the City.

Each Centre is home to the three port chaplains representing the Apostleship of the Sea, The Sailors' Society and The Mission to Seafarers. Free transport is provided from the docks complex to and from the Centres.

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Centre News

• Sea-Wheeling!! 60 towns.. 60 days.. one aim
14th Aug 2010 - David Savage, a Trustee of AOS, will shortly be setting off for a Round-Britain Bike ride. The ride will start in Hull and take in all the major UK ports where the AOS has a presence. read more »

• Flying Angel Bike ride around the Isle of Wight
11th Aug 2010 - Join us for a bicycle ride around the Isle of Wight on the 3rd Oct 2010. Choice of 70 mile, 45 mile and 15 mile routes are available. read more »

• Happy seafarers at Christmas aboard the Summit Europe
16th Jan 2010 - Happy seafarers at Christmas aboard the Summit Europe showing off their recently acquired hats, gloves and scarves. read more »

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Forthcoming Events

Docklands Service January 4th 2011

The annual Docklands Service will take place on the first working day of 2011.

The ecumenical service will take place on Tuesday January 4th at 09:30 in the Southampton Seafarers Centre. The preacher will be Rev Tom Heffer Secretary General of The Mission to Seafarers.

All are welcome and coffee will be served at the conclusion of the service.

Centres for Seafarers is an ecumenical collaboration between
The Apostleship of the Sea, The Sailors' Society and The Mission to Seafarers.
Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales No. 05258306. Charity Registration Number 1106492