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The world largest floating book fair – Logos Hope is finally docking at the Georgetown Penang Swettenham Pier. It is open for public visit from 25 August 2011 – 25 September 2011. Logos Hope opening hour is as follows:

• Sunday: 1.00pm- 10.00pm
• Monday: Closed
• Tuesday – Saturday : 10.00am- 10.00p.m

Logos Hope provides a wider range of possibilities for visitors and guests as well as better facilities for crew and staff. The newly created Logos Hope Experience (converted from the original ferry’s car area into two separate decks) can hold up to 1,000 visitors at any time, with capacity to host an additional 700 in the Logos Lounge and Hope Theatre combined. Almost 500 crew and guests can be accommodated in the ship’s 200 cabins. The ship also has enhanced facilities and spaces for catering, health services and schooling.

With around 45 different nationalities represented on board, the Logos Hope community is regarded as a genuine expression of international goodwill and understanding. The crew and staff are all non-salaried volunteers—including many serving in their professional capacity, such as seafarers, engineers, electricians, nurses, teachers and cooks. Sponsorship from friends, family members and civic organisations enables crew members to serve on board.

The age of volunteers ranges from retirees to children of families serving on board. Most of the crew members are in their 20s or 30s. From the captain to the newest staff member, each person has a job that is essential to keeping the ship running. Most people serve for two years.

Although the main aim of the ship is to serve people in the port communities, those on board also benefit personally during their term of service. A structured training programme, combined with work experience and cross-cultural encounters, provides crew members with valuable opportunities to learn new skills and develop character.

Besides docking in Penang, it will visit Port Klang from 29 September to 23 October, Kuching from 28 October to 14 November and Kota Kinabalu from 18 November to 4 December. If you are in Malaysia, don’t miss this chance of visiting the world largest floating book fair – Logos Hope.