Win an overnight trip on a Great Lakes ship
As visitors and residents watch lakers and saltwater vessels pass up and down the Welland Canal at the 39th annual Canal Days Marine Heritage Festival in Port Colborne this long weekend, they can enter to win a trip on a Great Lakes ship.
The Chamber of Marine Commerce partnered with Canada Steamship Lines on the trip as part of its second summer festival program to raise awareness in Ontario of the marine industry and its investment in innovation and environmental stewardship.
The contest will be the star attraction at the chamber’s exhibitor booth on West Street, between Victoria and Kent streets, at the marine heritage festival. The chamber is also sponsoring Empire Sandy tall ship cruises during the festival.
CSL is offering the trip on one of its Trillium-class vessels, which run more efficiently than other vessels, using less fuel and with significant re- ductions in emissions.
In a release, the chamber said Great Lakes–St. Lawrence ship operators are investing more than $4 billion on modernizing their fleets with cuttingedge technologies that significantly reduce marine shipping carbon and air emissions and improve navigation and crew safety.
“This is a rare opportunity to see first-hand all the bells and whistles on a world-class, 21st-century Great Lakes freighter as it sails through one of the most beautiful areas in the world. At the same time, the winner will get to stay overnight on the ship and see how a Great Lakes shipping crew lives and works as they support commercial trade in Canada,” said Bruce Burrows, Chamber of Marine Commerce president.
The contest is open to Ontario residents 18 or older. The prize is for the confirmed winner and one guest to participate in a one-and-a-half day experience aboard a CSL Trilliumclass vessel between Sept. 1 and Oct. 31 of this year or May 1, 2018, and Oct. 31, 2018. Full details of the contest prize and rules can be found at www.marinedelivers.com/shipcontest.html.