WOW, I expected a little better from some of you guys and your views, I have used RORO many a time and never had any issues.
It's not a matter of being cheap, it's just simple economics.
RORO - the car is driven onto the ship and then strapped down, reverse at the other end.
CONTAINER- Car driven into container guys climbs out window straps car down amoungst other cars and parts and then locks the container doors. Container forklifted onto truck and transported to shipping yard. Container craned onto boat, reverse the other end.
More time, resources, and man power for a container load means more $$$'s, pretty simple really
You have just as much chance of a strap letting go in a container as you do on a ships deck.
Here's an example - to get out of a car in a container means climbing out the window = damaging paint work and panel depending on who's loading it
When a strap breaks, the car rubs up and down the side of the container for the whole trip as well as banging into the car forward or rear of it
How do I know, I've seen it 1st hand many a time
Not to mention container issues full stop
Containers can also take a long time to arrive due to shipping arrangements
Yes RORO has it's issues as well, but how do you think every BMW, Mercedes, SAAB, FIAT, Toyota etc... arrives in Australia ???
Not by container, that's for sure... by RORO
And all you have to do is pick it up from the dock after customs have had a gander and away you drive.
Now how many forum members know personally of a car that has been damaged by RORO ???
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J1
