1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176 
U-TRUCK USED FOR CONTAINER SERVICE BETWEEN UK AND SPAIN
Page 48
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
WITH the opening of the new passenger car ferry between Southampton and Bilbao this month, Swedish Lloyd and Mac Andrews are also offering the first roll-on roll-off containerized cargo service from this country to Spain.
The service is operated on the new 9,000-ton luxury ferry liner, ms. Patricia, built to carry 748 passengers and a maximum of 206 cars, but with a high car deck and a stern.door opening of 30 ft. 10 in. by 21 ft. 3 in. so that standard containers can be stacked two-high.
The car/container ratio can be varied, examples being no containers and 206 cars, 15 containers and 182 cars or 25 containers (the maximum) and 159 cars.
Standard 20 ft. ISO containers or fiats are used.
For the roll-on roll-off operations at the ports, handling is by a new type of 25 ft. U-truck developed by Swedish Lloyd. This is manoeuvred to embrace the Macpak containers, which are then gripped along the bases of their sides and lifted clear of the ground.
The Patricia makes the round trip from Southampton to Bilbao three times a fortnight, taking 36 hours each way; at both ports, the departure time is 6.30 p.m. and arrival is at 7.30 a.m.