Tag: RORO

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. has launched the TRANS HARMONY EMERALD, the second of two LNG-fueled roll-on/roll-off (RO/RO) ships under construction for Toyofuji Shipping Co., Ltd.

The Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) informs that the shipping of cars continues to break records, as handling remains on constantly high levels. 

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has received orders from Toyofuji Shipping Co., Ltd.  and Fukuju Shipping Co., Ltd. Shizuoka Prefecture for Japan's first methanol-fueled roll-on/roll-off (RORO) cargo ships.

China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES) has announced plans to consolidate its holdings in Antong Holdings, forming "China Merchants Container Shipping" through a strategic restructuring involving Sinotrans Shipping and Guangzhou China Merchants Ro-Ro Transport.

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and Metro Weather announced the start of an experiment on the route between Tokyo and Fukuoka using Metro Weather's Doppler LiDAR, a long-range wind condition measurement device installed on the RORO vessel MUSASHI MARU-owned by MOL Group company.

CMA CGM has added the second 7,000 CEU LNG dual-fuel roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) vessel, the CMA CGM Monaco, to its fleet.

Smyril Line has signed a contract with CIMC Raffles shipyard in China to build two eco-friendly RoRo vessels, each measuring 190 meters in length and with 3,300 lane meters for trailers.

Stena RoRo has ordered another RoPax-class E-Flexer vessel, which is fuelled by LNG, from the Chinese shipyard CMI Jinling (Weihai), with delivery scheduled for Q1 2026.

CHIRP Maritime has shared a reported event, where a crewmember of a RoRo vessel was hit by vehicle while unloading, in order to draw lessons learned. 

AMSA published a safety alert, to provide guidance to operators of domestic commercial vessels (DCVs) on risks associated with the carriage of battery-powered electric vehicles (BEVs) on roll-on, roll-off (RORO) ferries, and how best to deal with these risks.