MV EXXTOR1
Ro Ro Ferry
By Mick Cutler and Andy Gilbert
This is the last ship that I worked on for two and half years, on the Newhaven/Dieppe service - frieght only.
Exxtor 1 was originally chartered by Dieppe Ro-Ro to primarily carry large numbers of unaccompanied semi-trailers operated by TOE (Transports Ouest Europeen). For Newhaven, she was a useful ship, as she could also carry 12 drivers, which usually mean that typically between 8 to 12 artics or lorries could also make the crossing. Very handy in the summer months when coaches and cars completey filled the other ferries! Her large open top deck meant that she could carry vehicles loaded with 'Dangerous Goods' that were 'on deck only' and that the Sealink or Dieppe Ferries vessels could therefore not take.
Towards the end of her time here at Newhaven, she was renamed Rotrail , an anagram of Trailor, makers of many of the semi-trailers. - Andy Gilbert, Editor.
MV Exxtor 1
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