Saudi Defence Ministry, plans to buy new Roll-on Roll-off shipsnote

Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz, who also acts as Defence Minister, has reportedly agreed to go ahead with a project to buy more roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) cargo ships. The Saudi Defence Ministry already has six ships of such kind at its disposal. They are built by Hyundai of South Korea and operated by the National Shipping of Saudi Arabia (Bahri). The following 321-word report sheds light on the project and tells how many RoRo ships the Ministry intends to buy and for what purposes. [Briefly reproduced in TR Weekly Issue No 23/34 – August 19, 2016]