Tag: RORO

In its latest Safety Digest, UK MAIB describes an incident where a ro-ro ferry lost electrical power, and provides lessons learned.

A search and rescue operation started in the waters around Jersey in the Channel Islands on December 8, after a Ro-Ro cargo ship hit and sunk a fishing vessel off France.

A fire broke out on September 22 onboard a RORO, docked at the Port of Tacoma. According to the port, the fire burned on the upper deck of the ship before the vessel’s fire-suppression system put out the flames.

New Zealand's MOVE Logistics Group plans to order a new coastal RORO vessel capable of running on methanol fuel.

An oil spill from a ro-ro took place in the Red Sea, with relevant authorities in Egypt and Jordan trying to deal with the situation.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has released its investigation report on a March 2019 berthing incident involving the roll-on/roll-off ferry Apollo in Matane, Quebec.

On June 21st 2022 Wallenius Marine and Knud E. Hansen signed an agreement that Knud E. Hansen will join the project of designing the world’s first wind-powered RoRo vessel, as Naval Architects.

The main reasons behind the topic of alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) becoming a serious safety concern are the enormous growth of the AFVs fleet, the potential fire risks of these vehicles and a high uncertainty on the associated fire characteristics, EMSA notes.

A new DNV guidance paper “Managing the risks of blackouts” addresses the prevention and mitigation of blackouts to support safe and reliable operations as the passenger sector finds its feet again following the pandemic.

UK MAIB published its report on the two catastrophic engine failures, one resulting in a fire, on board ro-ro passenger ferry Wight Sky.