how to join ro-ro ships in merchant-navy

1. What is Ro-Ro Ships? What is Ro-Ro Ships? Any Questions Email us at apply@careerinmerchantnavy.comand Our Officer will ready to help you in any...

2. Ro-Ro Ships Any Questions Email us at apply@careerinmerchantnavy.comand Our Officer will ready to help you in any... The Ro- Ro, or more fully the Roll on roll off vessel, come in a number of shapes and sizes, but generally in two types; the passenger Ro-Ro and the cargo Ro- Ro. Passenger Ro-Ro’s have become a common sight wherever people want to travel over water with their vehicles. It is probably the only types of cargo vessel that most people have traveled on. Usually a rear door (but sometimes a bow door) allows for vehicles to be driven on and off, stored on the car deck below the passenger accommodation areas.

3. The cargo Ro-Ro is less 'plush' than the passenger types, as these vessels are designed for the carriage of commercial vehicles where luxurious passenger accommodation is not a primary consideration. Considerable concern has been expressed over the bow- door type of Ro-Ro design. The HERALD OF FREE ENTERPRISE was one such vessel, where the practice of sailing before the bow door was fully closed had been allowed to develop. Tragically, on leaving Zeebrugge, the folly of this practice led to the disaster that claimed nearly 200 lives. If water is allowed to enter the car deck, the stability of the whole vessel can be rapidly affected. It is estimated that it takes only small amount of water over the whole car deck, for the vessel to become very unstable. The ESTONIA was another such vessel where, in a storm, the shield over the bow door was ripped off. Once water penetrated the car deck the vessel began to turn over and sink. Any Questions Email us at apply@careerinmerchantnavy.comand Our Officer will ready to help you in any...