Ro-Ro/ Ferry

The term Ro-Ro stands for Roll-on/Roll-off. Ro-Ro ships are designed to carry cargo units, which have their own propulsion like cars, trains and trucks, these vehicles entering the ship via a ramp which leads to an entry in the ship’s hull.

The cargo in a Ro-Ro ship is mixed and can comprise anything that can be carried by trucks, cars or rail wagons. For example, pressurized gas in a tanker truck or any other packaged hazardous or non-hazardous material.

The term Ro-Ro is usually applied to the larger ocean liners, but the principle of cars driving on to a ship is applied to a lot of ferries also.

A ferry is a ship that transports passengers and vehicles across a body of water like a lake or river, generally on a regular basis.

Since ferries are the main transportation to islands, they usually also carry goods and mail to such locations, the former including the packaged goods previously reviewed.