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Passenger car ferry (shipyard)
Meyer Werft

Ferries are used where there are no alternative traffic routes such as bridges or tunnels. They connect countries and people. Ferries play an extremely important role in public transport in cities by the sea or on big rivers. Depending on whom or what needs to be carried, passenger, car and train ferries are operated.
Meyer Werft has been building large car and passenger ferries since the 1960s. More than 20 of such ships have been delivered to operators in Sweden, Denmark and Finland. Today these ships interconnect countries in Scandinavia, but also link these countries with Germany.
Meyer Werft has the reputation of a specialist for Ro-Ro ships. The "cargo" for these ships is driven on board as it is mostly passenger cars and trucks or even trains. Ro-Ro ships are equipped with decks on which the vehicles are driven. The advantage of this design is obvious: quick and careful cargo handling and flexible combination of what is taken on board.
As early as in 1966 Meyer Werft delivered the "Salome" and the "Undine", the first true Ro-Ro ships worldwide.