# New RORO ferry for Penghu

**URL:** <https://tw.forumosa.com/t/new-roro-ferry-for-penghu/210668>\
**Category:** Taiwan Travel\
**Tags:** penghu\
**Created:** [August 3, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/new-roro-ferry-for-penghu/210668 "2021-08-03T15:52:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![tommy525](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tommy525/32/272487_2.png) [@tommy525](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tommy525)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/new-roro-ferry-for-penghu/210668/1 "2021-08-03T15:52:19Z")

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> **[Contract for new ferry to serve Penghu signed - Taipei Times](https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2021/07/30/2003761720)**
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> A new ferry, to be called the “Taipeng”, is to replace the Taihwa and serve the route between Kaohsiung and Penghu County from August 2023, as the Maritime and Port Bureau and state-owned Taiwan Navigation Co yesterday signed a contract to build and...

Pretty exciting  
A brand new Roll On Roll Off ferry for Taiwan  
Are there any such ships operating currently in Taiwan?  
Is the taichung to China one operating? Is that also a car ferry ?

Way back in the 70s there was a RORO ship sailing from Keelung to hualian once daily for 200 nt  
Was awesome I am glad I got to ride it once

Because it ran into difficulties financially and was deliberately sunk in shallow waters just off hualian to collect insurance money

Nobody died and the perps went to jail

That was not a brand new ship but was still pretty nice

That ship was named simply Hualian

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**Author:** ![tango42](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@tango42](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tango42)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/new-roro-ferry-for-penghu/210668/2 "2021-08-03T22:27:26Z")

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> [@tango42](#):
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> There are a few companies listed providing ferry services.

Including RORO cars and trucks from/to a couple or few locations.

Some supposedly hold around 200 vehicles.

I’ve been intending to try but haven’t made it yet.

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**Author:** ![Belgian\_Pie](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/8dc957/32.png) [@Belgian\_Pie](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Belgian_Pie)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 4:56am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/new-roro-ferry-for-penghu/210668/3 "2021-08-04T04:56:26Z")

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> [@tommy525](#):
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> Is the taichung to China one operating?

China is pretty strict on vehicles entering, they need an additional license plate for China.