Here we begin a 3 posts serie about Ro-ro terminals (Roll on-Roll off terminals). In the first of these posts we will talk about different types of traffic and costumers in a ro-ro terminal. In the second one we will talk about receipt and delivery of freight and, finally, in the third post we will talk about berth arrangements.
The ro-ro terminals according to the type of traffic are:
- Mixed-ro and passage: mixed traffic characteristic of traffic crossings to islands or straits, but also others.
- For cars without enrolling (new or used), but also sometimes trucks and tractors, buses, vans, etc … as well as lots of agricultural machinery; mining and public works. Smaller vehicles such as motorcycles or the like, their size can be transported (sometimes removed) in similar cases to the pallets, or even within containers.
- For Short Sea Traffic (SSS). This is because this type of traffic (only complete trucks or platforms, loaded or not), which is called ‘Motorways of the Sea’, is not competitive with container on long trips, defined as those exceeding one or 2 days.
Terrestrial terminal clients are:
- Trucks loaded (either the case or mixed SSS) traveling with his driver.
- Platforms traveling by sea without tractor and driver (that is if the SSS).
- Passenger cars, traveling by sea with its driver (in the case of mixed terminals).
- Vehicles without registering, who come to or leave the terminal by road, and in some cases by rail.
Source: International Shipping USA
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