Roll-on Roll-off Overseas Shipping Options

Roll-on Roll-off or RO/RO overseas shipping is very popular way of transporting cargo to other countries. The idea was created and developed by the Japanese car manufacturers to ship their cars to USA and Europe in a fast and efficient manner by using specialized ships called “vehicle carriers”.

Here’s a photo showing new cars being unloaded from such vehicle carrier:

Nowadays roll-on roll-off carriers can handle not just cars but all types of motorized, rolling and even static cargo: trucks, boats, buses, motor homes, travel trailers, tractors, excavators, cranes and other high & heavy equipment and machinery.

International roll-on roll-off shipping is popular with exporters and importers mainly for 2 reasons: cost and efficiency. The cargo is simply “rolled on” the vessel at the port of loading and “rolled off” the vessel at the overseas destination. Everything is handled by the port workers. There’s no need to hire and pay export warehouse for crating, container packing, flat rack loading, port delivery, etc. This also helps to keep the cost of international shipping down.

The only problem with roll-on roll-off shipping is geographical coverage. While RO/RO transportation does have global routes it is still not as all-encompassing as container shipping. Some smaller countries may not even have any options for international roll-on roll-off transport.

Shipping via roll-on roll-off service from USA can be arranged from the major ocean ports: New York, Baltimore, Charleston, Jacksonville, Miami, New Orleans, Houston, Galveston, Los Angeles. Overseas destinations include major ports in Western Europe, Mediterranean, Africa, Asia, Australia & New Zealand, Central America and South America.

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