Here’s the first in a possible series. These RORO have unusual lines, and
they’ve carried unusual cargoes like … a viking ship and an antique car from the Orient Express. Juxtaposed with the cables of the Verrazano, the tail gate here has lines reminiscent of an electric guitar body, well, a guitar body with rusty steel plate pressed down on the pickups; and more strings than a harp. Imagine the sound of one many-fingered hand plucking.
For a ship, there seems an absence of curved lines on this 26-year-old vessel.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp.
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February 4, 2010 at 8:26 pm
Allen Baker
Those ACL ships have been workhorses on the North Atlantic routes for over 2 decades now.
Powerful, excellent maneuvering ships too.
These ships were also “jumboized” from their original dimensions in the late 80’s to increase their capacity.
Fine ships and in the crew accomodations, absolutely immaculate like you would expect on a finely managed European ship.