Ro/Ro Shipping Analysis 2025 – Operators, Fleets, Trades

The Ro/Ro shipping market

For Dynamar’s latest study into the Roll-on/Roll-off shipping trades, this comprising both the vehicle carrier (or PCTC) element and the ‘conventional’ element, the combined Ro/Ro fleet approached 1,300 vessels and exceeded 21 million deadweight tons. However, the balance was very much in favour of the vehicle carriers (PCTCs). They provided nearly 790 of the ships, equivalent to more than 60%. Alongside, they accounted for nearly 14.0 million deadweight tons of capacity. In other words, two-thirds. These figures gave them an average of 18,000-dwt against the 14,000-dwt of the conventional sector.

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Concentration and fragmentation

Within these high level figures, underlying the fleets are their commercial operators. The PCTC sector is clearly concentrated as the ten largest carriers account for 80% of capacity. For the conventional sector, the share is only 35%.

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Going forward, the gap between the two will only grow. To see what the future of their fleets promises, plus other themes that are explored in the study at both a sector and individual corporate level, order your copy today.

The content

The contents also include:

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• An analysis of trade volumes of rolling cargoes by direction, product groups and region
• Overview of global vehicle manufacturing figures
• Full profiles of the largest operators of vehicle carrying and conventional Ro/Ro vessels
• Port of call analyses highlighting the most important Ro/Ro ports in the world, who calls them and what trades they are connected to
• Historical context as to how the Ro/Ro vessel, in its main forms, came to be
• An Introduction summarising the major Ro/Ro shipping themes
• Extensive and detailed Appendices

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All told, this latest study gives a valuable insight into the Ro/Ro shipping market for all those with an interest in it. The study itself covers:

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• 311 pages
• 3 sections + Introduction and Appendices
• 12 chapters
• 88 figures
• 189 tables

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