Hi there Bill and Zelda,

Marianne is on long term contract to Kyokuyo Shipping of Tokyo.
I worked for KY's agent Beacon shipping for 7yrs.

We used to regularly bring cars south, about 15 ships per year, and then proceed to load reefer cargo outbound from southern ports.
In my 7yrs, we only lost (wrote off) one car.
However there was a general perception (incorrect), that RoRo's incurred less damage than convetional ships. so we don't see them very often now.
Zelda, glad you got this one, I missed her, I beleive she is here to load squash from Napier/Gisborne.
I saw Marianne last week, she was on her last KY meat run to Philadelphia. That service, along with Lauritsens USWC service, has ended after 15years.

Rgds/Mike Cornwall.