Ocean Transport

ID #1000

What is the difference between ocean container shipping and roll-on roll-off shipping?

With ocean container shipping the cargo is loaded inside the metal containers and containers are transported by ocean vessel carriers. The containers have the standard sizes throughout the world and the most common ones are 20' long containers and 40' long containers. International container transportation is widely available to most of the ocean ports worldwide.
ocean container vessel

With roll-on roll-off ocean shipping no containers are used. Ro/Ro ships are designed as enclosed parking garages with multiple leveles. They are used for carrying vehicles, boats, trailers, machinery, contruction equipment, etc. The cargo is rolled on the ship at the port of loading and rolled off the ship at the port of discharge.
roll on roll off vessel

If you're looking to transport your cargo from USA to overseas destinations via container or roll-on roll-off method - please, visit www.carexshipping.com

 

Tags: ocean container Ro-Ro

Related entries:

Last update: 2009-11-22 01:25
Author: mike
Revision: 1.2

Digg it! Print this record Send FAQ to a friend Show this as PDF file
Propose a translation for Propose a translation for
Please rate this FAQ:

Average rating: 4.33 out of 5 (3 Votes )

completely useless 1 2 3 4 5 most valuable

You cannot comment on this entry