Do roll-on/roll-off (RORO) ships take passengers and their car?
I often see these massive RORO ships bringing new cars. I assume they are not always fully booked. Are there companies offering empty spots on RORO ships? To me, it seems like a great opportunity to start a road trip.
I am not talking about RORO ferries, but more of the long distance RORO ship, as portrayed in this documentary on YouTube.
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Sometimes extensive browsing remains rewarding, at least one company offers roro service for passengers and their cars. It is even from my home town to Rio. Brilliant!
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Do RoRo ships carry passengers?
ROPAX. ROPAX is an acronym for roll on/roll off a passenger. It is a ro-ro vessel built for freight vehicle transport with passenger accommodation. The vessels with facilities for more than 500 passengers are often referred to as cruise ferries.What are the advantages of a roll on roll off ship?
RORO advantages The main advantages of ro-ro freight transport are speed and time saving. Speed: Vehicles those can be directly driven into the vessel or land through the ramps making the loading and unloading process more quick and agile.How does roll on/roll work?
Roll-on/roll-off , otherwise referred to as RORO is a type of shipping that is used for shipping things such as vehicles where the item being shipped can be moved onto a ship via a ramp. This sort of shipping is obviously only used for shipping where transport via the ocean is necessary.How does a RoRo ship work?
Self-propelled products, such as cars and tractors, roll on and off the vessel on their own wheels. Products that are not self-propelled are placed on handling equipment with wheels in the terminal to be rolled on and off the vessel. Your product thus remains on the handling equipment for the entire sea voyage.Roro Ship car vessel tour and walk around inside a Glovis roro ship car supply chain Felicity Ace
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I made in September 2016 a trip on a ro-ro from Grimaldi Lines. My car was on the ro-ro and we could go in the different harbours we stopped, as far there was enough time. We started from Antwerp: to Portbury, Setúbal, Valencia, Fos, Livorno, Civitavecchia and Salerno then took the car to Paris.
The ro-ro was transporting new cars or trucks or machines for construction.
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Beside regular car ferries carrying hundreds of private cars, there are also RoRo ferries used primarily for freight on lorries that take a few. Grimaldi Lines, mentioned in earlier answers, is one of them and they definitely take private passengers with their cars on at least some of their lines.
But those are not exactly the same as the large RoRo ships used for the transport of new cars mentioned in the question. It's also possible to travel on one of these… but not with your car!
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