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Day of the Seafarer (June 25) and support from Coracle
June 25th is the IMO’s Day of the Seafarer
To help do our bit at Coracle, we will be making our popular iPhone game Ship It! free for the day and offering over 9,000 nautical terms on our Maritime Glossary iPhone app available for just £1.19 for the day.
Why are we doing this? Well, the aim of the Day of the Seafarer is to raise awareness of the vital role seafarers play in the world economy, and of career opportunities at sea. It’s a chance to address the issues facing the modern day seafarer such as piracy. But most importantly it is an opportunity for us, the world, to say, “Thank You Seafarers”.
Last time we made Ship It! free (January 2011) we had around 40,000 downloads in a day and became the #1 educational game in the app store across 10 countries. Imagine all those people seeing that a ship isn’t just a ship; that they differ and do different jobs… We would love to see the app back in the top spot, if only for a day… Please tell everyone to download it!
And lastly, we invite you to test your knowledge of maritime matters by taking the Day of the Seafarer quick quiz….
You could also click the badge below and ‘LIKE’ the campaign on Facebook:
