Tag: RORO

Talking at the Georgia Foreign Trade Conference Monday, Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Griff Lynch presented a plan to double container handling capacity to 10 million TEUs at Garden City Terminal over the next 10 years. The new plan will enable the port to handle 10 million twenty-foot equivalent container units.

The vessels will be the largest fully electric Ro-Ro vessels in the Netherlands, and will operate fully on electricity, providing an emission-free urban transport solution. The new vessels will replace existing ferries that operate on three different routes west of Amsterdam.

The new class-post-Panamax RoRo vessel 'MOL Brooklands' became the first of its kind to call on the American Port Canaveral. With a 125-foot beam and capacity to transport over 7,400 vehicles, the ship is also the largest Post-Panamax vessel to call on the Port. 

The Danish Port of Esbjerg has acquired a new harbour terminal that has already been put into operation at the East Port. When the terminal is completed in the spring, it will comprise four fully automatic gates and 1,600 m2 of workshops, washing facilities and offices.  

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company announced the introduction of a new RO-RO West Africa Service for rolling, project and break bulk cargo. This new RO-RO Service to West Africa will start on 19th February from Le Havre.

The monthly service will begin in March with the first vessel, a 6,500-CEU called 'Höegh Jeddah', sailing out of Jacksonville. The vessel's trip will include the cities of Auckland in New Zealand, Brisbane, Port Kembla, Melbourne and Fremantle in Australia.

The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, inaugurated a RO-RO terminal at Baku International Sea Trade Port complex, in in Alat settlement, Garadagh district. The new RO-RO terminal will be able to accommodate 60,000 trucks or 1.8 million tons of cargo per year.

Siemens informed that it has received an order from the regional grid operator 'EWE Netz GmbH' to provide the key components of a Siharbor shore power supply system in Cuxhaven, including the complete transformer station as well as the cable feed system for ro-ro ships.

On 5 November 2016, an able seaman on board the Maltese registered roll-on rolloff ship Catherine was severely injured during cargo operations. He was discharged from the ship and was transferred to a local hospital for further treatment.

British Ports Association’s roll-on roll-off ferry port operators had a meeting with the junior Department for Exiting the EU, Minister Robin Walker MP, to discuss the implications that may occur when the UK leaves the EU.