Tag: RORO

Survitec has called on the industry to prepare for the change to international fire protection regulations for RORO and ROPAX ships.

On 16 April, a fire broke out aboard the Ro-Ro cargo vessel Delphine while it was moored at the CLdN terminal in Zeebrugge, Belgium.

The National Transportation Safety Board recommended on 15 April that land-based firefighters be better prepared for marine vessel firefighting following a fatal fire on the roll-on/roll-off container vessel Grande Costa D’Avorio in Newark, New Jersey.

On 8 April, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) assisted in extinguishing a fire that broke out aboard a RoRo vessel during loading operations.

Grimaldi Group has taken delivery of the RoRo Eco Napoli, the last of 14 ships in the Grimaldi Green 5th Generation (GG5G) class.

Neoline Armateur, in collaboration with RMK Marine and its partners, has launched the NEOLINER ORIGIN, the world’s first commercial sailing Ro-Ro vessel.

As of 5 December 2024, Directive 2023/946 applies to new and existing ro-ro passenger ships operating regularly on international voyages to or from an EU Member State that have never been certified under this directive or the previous Directive 2003/25/EC.

The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) saw significant growth in container volume for fiscal year-to-date 2025 (July 1 – Dec. 31), handling over 2.8 million TEUs, an 11.4% increase from the same period last year.

The ME2CC consortium announced that Samskip Kvitbjorn, a LNG-fueled RoRo carrier, is to be retrofitted with an onboard carbon capture system.

Seven people were killed and 17 injured after a ship capsized when the crew was loading trucks into the vessel at Port-au-Prince in Haiti.