P&O Ferries transported more freight between Dover and Calais in 2015 than any other year in its “modern history,” amounting to 1,340,317 trucks.

Transport for Scotland is mulling using ferries to replace the Forth Road Bridge, which was closed after authorities discovered a large crack in one of its supports.

Three former Japanese shipping executives have been indicted in the US for participating in a long-running price fixing conspiracy, according to the US Department of Justice.

Search and rescue operation spearheaded by the US Coast Guard (USCG) has discovered debris that could potentially be from the missing US-flagged ro-ro cargo ship El Faro, reports said.

Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has signed a joint venture agreement with Ports Development Company (PDC) to operate a ro-ro terminal at King Abdullah Port (KAP) in Saudi Arabia.

APM Terminals (APMT)-operated Pipavav, India, has marked the start of its first ro-ro automobile export service to Mexico, with a call from 59,217gt Grand Dahlia.

Caledonian Maritime Assets (CMAL) has selected Scottish shipbuilder Ferguson Marine Engineering (FMEL) to construct two 100 m dual-fuel ro-ro ferries in a contract worth £97m.

Wärtsilä has won a repeat order to supply hybrid exhaust-gas scrubbers for three Finnlines Ro-Ro ferries.

North Sea ro-ro routes saw Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) traffic increases of up to 172% in July, following disruption at the channel tunnel, according to a report by P&O.

Terntank Rederi’s Denmark-flagged tanker Ternvind collided with a Stena Line ro-ro ferry off the island of Vinga outside Gothenburg, Sweden yesterday.