Tag: RORO

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.

Electric vehicles can be transported either by pure car and truck carriers (PCTCs) or roro/ropax vessels which have significant differences.