Tag: RORO

Rock on the seabed may have caused previously unknown holes in the hull of the ferry Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea in 1994 with the loss of 852 lives.

In light of experience with the transport of road vehicles on ro-ro ships, IMO MSC published guidelines for securing road vehicles on board such ships.

Three decades after the sinking of the ferry Estonia on September 28th 1994, authorities from Estonia and Sweden have started new investigations on the wreck.

EMSA is coordinating a working group charged with the development of a set of guidelines on the carriage of alternative fueled vehicles (AFV) on board ro-ro ships.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) issued an investigation report into the striking of a dock by the roll-on/roll-off passenger ferry 'Spirit of Vancouver Island' in Tsawwassen, British Columbia, in April 2020. The investigation identified gaps in the effectiveness of safety management.

The US Coast Guard issued a marine safety alert on fire hazards on ro-ro vessels and the importance of proper cargo stowage. This follows a recent casualty onboard a Ro-Ro cargo ship in Jacksonville. 

Transport Malta issued an investigation report on the engine-room fire onboard the Maltese-registered RoRo cargo vessel Eurocargo Trieste, following departure from the port of Livorno in November 2019. The investigation identified an accidental fuel spill onto a hot surface, as the most likely cause of the incident. 

Norwegian Kongsberg Maritime and Massterly -a joint venture between Kongsberg and Wilhelmsen- have signed with the Norwegian grocery distributor ASKO to equip two new vessels with autonomous technology, and to manage their operations at sea. The fully electric ships will replace 2 million km of truck transport, saving 5,000 tonnes of CO2 every year.

The Port Canaveral opened its vehicle processing facility, welcoming 730 new vehicles aboard th, 653-foot-long vessel Wisteria Ace, the first vehicle carrier to call at the Port’s facility. The new automobiles were discharged at the Port’s 16-acre auto processing facility located alongside South Cargo Pier 4.