01 September 2020 – A reliable and well-maintained RORO passenger vessel of Trans Asia Shipping Lines, Inc. accommodates a number of rolling cargoes in its cargo deck, and still has space for containerized and palletized cargoes.

Systemic Stowing Across Different Routes

This is so because rolling cargoes are stowed systematically, which complements the ship’s uprightness and capability to hurdle rough seas. Quite a good number of rolling cargoes move about within the Trans Asia’s served routes, namely: Cebu, Tagbilaran, Tacloban, Cagayan de Oro, Ozamis, Iligan, Zamboanga, Iloilo, and Masbate, and contribute modestly to the shipping industry’s revenue.

For ease in cargo space allocation, similar-sized rolling cargoes are grouped together in the cargo deck of a Trans Asia vessel during loading operation as much as possible.  On arrival at destination, sea tide affects the discharging of rolling cargoes; thus, their stowage in the cargo deck from the port of origin is so arranged as to hasten continuous and smooth unloading of all cargoes on arrival.