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Procyon Leader stern quarter ramp. Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or using a platform vehicle, such as a self-propelled modular transporter.
A train ferry is a ship (ferry) designed to carry railway vehicles. Typically, one level of the ship is fitted with railway tracks, and the vessel has a door at the front and/or rear to give access to the wharves. In the United States, train ferries are sometimes referred to as "car ferries", [1][2] as distinguished from "auto ferries" used to ...
Auto Train is the only motorail service in the United States. [4] Passengers ride in coach seats or private sleeping car rooms while their vehicles are carried in enclosed automobile-carrying freight cars called autoracks. The train can carry up to 340 vehicles. The train also includes lounge cars and dining cars.
On 11 October 1811, inventor John Stevens' ship the Juliana, began operation as the first steam-powered ferry (service was between New York City, and Hoboken, New Jersey). [42] The Elwell Ferry, a cable ferry in North Carolina, travels a distance of 110 yards (100 m), [43] shore to shore, with a travel time of five minutes. [44]
v. t. e. Maritime transport (or ocean transport) or more generally waterborne transport, is the transport of people (passengers) or goods (cargo) via waterways. Freight transport by sea has been widely used throughout recorded history. The advent of aviation has diminished the importance of sea travel for passengers, though it is still popular ...
The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company Limited[1] (abbreviated to IoMSPCo.) (Manx: Sheshaght Phaggad Bree Ellan Vannin) is the oldest continuously operating passenger shipping company in the world, having been founded in 1830. The company provides freight, passenger and vehicle services between the Isle of Man Sea Terminal, in Douglas, Isle of ...
Travemünde – Turku (1998–2007), 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1⁄2 in) on board, break of gauge in Turku, freight only. Travemünde – Malmö. Warnemünde – Gedser (1903–1995), replaced by car ferry Rostock – Gedser. Wittow Fähre – Fährhof 1896–1968, operated by the Rügen Light Railway (750 mm or 2 ft 5 + 1⁄2 in).
The North Carolina Department of Transportation Ferry Division extends over seven routes and one emergency route, has 22 ferries, and employs over 400 workers. The operations are supported by a full service shipyard at Manns Harbor and 10 support vessels, including dredge, military-style landing craft utility vehicles (LCUs), tugs, and barges.