Carl:
daf 3300 that films name is the ferry load its about bardic ferry run by the atlantic steam navigation company
This might be the one or two,apologies if they have been posted somewhere else.
Jakdaw:
Carl:
daf 3300 that films name is the ferry load its about bardic ferry run by the atlantic steam navigation companyThis might be the one or two,apologies if they have been posted somewhere else.
What a romantic notion, “roads across the sea”, It’ll never catch on! 
8am in Antwerp and the next shot was a driver having een pincher!
Love the post, Oz!
went on this tub in 2008 from bari-budva 
this was on the truck deck on sveti steffan 2 on the way back[/img]
The Atlantic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd were the pioneers in Roll On Roll Off Transportation.
In 1946 Lt. Col. Frank Bustard founded the Atlantic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. (ASN) and chartered after World War 2 through the Ministry of War Transport from the Admiralty and the War Office for a period of three years, three British Landing Ship Tanks (LST’s) 3519, 3534 and 3512.
These vessels where named ; Empire Baltic, Empire Cedric and Empire Celtic.
On 11th September 1946 the maiden voyage was made when the Empire Baltic sailed fully loaded from Tilbury Docks, to Rotterdam, the voyage took a good 24 hours.
After the maiden voyage the ASN then used their new vessels to carry thousands of vehicles for the Army, back and forth between Tilbury and Hamburg.
In 1955, this service was eventually moved to Antwerp more detailed information HERE
3rd of March 1958 and Edward Beck’s 4X2 Scammell tractor unit Reg No GLD 671 is pictured reversing on to the Empire Baltic at Tilbury docks with a load destined for Siegen in Germany which was a distance of 188 miles after docking at the port of Antwerp
I hope that´s ok to post a ferry that I travelled with to Tartous 1980. It took two days from Volos, Greece to Tartous in Syria… with nothing to do on the ferry, except for one thing 
Maybe some of you here did travel with the same ship? I´m not sure what the name of “my” ferry, but the one met at sea was named “Hellas”.
/Stellan
Autotransit:
I hope that´s ok to post a ferry that I travelled with to Tartous 1980. It took two days from Volos, Greece to Tartous in Syria… with nothing to do on the ferry, except for one thingMaybe some of you here did travel with the same ship? I´m not sure what the name of “my” ferry, but the one met at sea was named “Hellas”.
/Stellan
Ill wager the one you were travelling on was named “Hellas” as well.
Slang for Bubble and squeak en it? 
Looking at photos of Euro trucking in the early days got me wondering
when the first Roll on Roll of ferries appeared? . . . would it have been late 60s?
If so how did they manage to cross the channel before that because ime sure that i have read article about British hauliers going “over the water” in the late 50s/early 60s
the concept of ro/ro is drive on one end and drive out the other end, (it is advisable to wait until the boat has done the crossing before you drive off) . 
the earlier ferries only opened at one end, so reversing on was the only option. some that come to mind were the autocarrier, free enterprises 1 and 2 that was operated by townsend thorson at dover, and the boat train from harwich operated by british rail, on that we would park between the rail carriages, IIRC there was a boat train running out of western docks in dover to dunkirk as well. these were the first tailor made boats, built for driver accompanied traffic.
i am sure there will be plenty of old boys on here who have a better memory than me, and will be able to elaborate on my geriatric ramblings.
Cheers for that,didnt go over until late 80s but remember the ferry had railway lines on it
Ex Sealink?Think they were P+O/Stena line by then
i would be intrested to know about that too i can remember a few crossing with my dad and with allelys as a second man and one ship in perticular had railway lines i think it was called the nord pas des calais■■?
Baby Spider:
i would be intrested to know about that too i can remember a few crossing with my dad and with allelys as a second man and one ship in perticular had railway lines i think it was called the nord pas des calais■■?
That would be one of “Seachance”
I dont know when the first Ro Ro ( roll on and roll off ) service started but I have got a feeling it might of started in Scandinavia in the sixties.
I can remember seeing a short film of Barton Coaches, I think they were from Lincolnshire who did coach trips to Europe in the sixties ( maybe even late fifties ). They were loaded on to the boat with the help of a crane and a series of slings. Similer to this photo but this was taken in the Central African Republic in 1975. Hope this helps.
I was on a ferry from Puttgarden (Germany) to Rodbyhavn (Denmark) a couple of months ago (Scandlines ferry) and they still use the train method you have mentioned. It is a strange feeling driving onto a ship with a train full of passengers coming in beside you!
I did plenty off crossings with ferrys. Puttgarden - Rodby, samtimes 2 crossings in one nigth. 5 nigths a week. Scanferrys, before Vögellinje, Helsingör - Helsingborg,Scanferrys. Frederikshavn - Gothenborg, Stena Line. Frederikshavn - Oslo,Stena Line. Oslo - Hirthalls, Colour Line. Oslo - Helsingborg - Copenhage, D.F.D.S. Malmö - Travemünde, Nordö Link. Travemünde - Malmö, Hansa Line, Trelleborg - Travemünde, T.T. Line. Sam weeks driver for 9 hours and sailer for 9 hours.
In the old times with a train on the ferry.
Regards, Bert Wolters 
the train boats here were operated by BRITISH RAIL, now SEALINK, the french ones were SNCF, which evolved into SEAFRANCE, nobody i know used the french service out of choice, when you arrived at the port, report to the shipping line and got put on the first available boat, be it french or english. the NORD-PAS-DE-CALAIS was ,when new, the flagship of the french fleet, but was still lacking in driver comforts and civility from the crew, on a good day you might get a grunt from a steward, on a better day they would ignore you completely.
at one time BELGIUM RAIL operated from ostend to western docks, the less said about them the better.
scandinavian ferries were mentioned, they were,without doubt, the best in regard to looking after drivers, i went on the FRED OLSEN service to oslo, the accomodation and food were same as passengers paying bundles for a mini-cruise, also went stockholm to helsinki couple of times, IIRC that was a STENA boat, but not as we know them, everything is geared up for passenger comfort, i could have lived on them boats.
all a far cry from the autocarrier, anyone on here remember that tub? with the piano in the corner of the drivers lounge being the only form of entertainment, it was a flat bottomed boat that chucked about even on a calm day, that piano was bolted to the floor, it would have obliterated the lounge if it had broken loose. i can remember being on it 12hours going to Z/B, happy days.