Ro-Ro ferries built by Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) idling in Kochi

Ro-Ro ferries or roll in-roll out ferries are useful for transporting vehicles over water - the vehicles are driven in through one side and go out through the other, thereby saving considerable time. Two of these have been built by Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) for operation in the busy Vypeen-Fort Kochi sector but are yet to begin service. There was a Pappy service operating on the route but it was unilaterally withdrawal by its owner citing non-payment of dues by the contractor.
This has been reported in thehindu.com dated 11 March 2017.

'Ro-Ro' vessels are also known as ‘floating bridges’. Each of them costs ₹3.80 crore, weighs 150 tonnes and can carry another 60 tonnes right from two-wheelers to lorries and passengers and have been built in India for the first time but, the Kochi Corporation has not yet taken delivery. The reasons are delay in the construction of landing terminals at Vypeen and Fort Kochi.
Incidentally, the initiative to introduce these Ro-Ro vessels after an accident of a recklessly-driven fishing boat when it rammed into a ramshackle ferry in September 2015 - it led to death of 11 commuters.


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