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'Ro-Ro' ferry service in Gujarat
October 23 , 2017
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- Prime Minister of India has inaugurated the first phase of the ‘roll-on-roll-off’ (RORO) ferry service between Ghogha in Saurashtra and Dahej in south Gujarat in the Gulf of Khambhat region.
- This is the first of its kind world class RORO ferry service project for passengers in South Asia.
- In RO-RO service, vessels have either built-in or shore-based ramps that allow the cargo to be efficiently rolled on and off the vessel when in port.
- This is in opposite to the lift-on and lift-off (lo-lo) vessels, which use a crane to load and unload cargo.
- The project will reduce travel time of 8 hours to 1 hour only.
- It will reduce a distance of 360 kms by road to 31 kms only by sea.
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