The Philippines has 7,500+ islands and islets, a huge archipelago. Some islands have huge population, the biggest islands of course are Luzon (Metro Manila, Central and Northern Luzon, Cagayan and Cordillera regions, Southern Luzon and Bicol regions), Mindanao (about 20 provinces), Panay (4 provinces), Negros (2 provinces), Samar-Leyte.
These islands are interconnected by planes for people mobility and ships and trucks via roll on roll off (RORO) system. Huge trucks are loaded in ships, move to another islands, trucks are unloaded and travel to various destinations.
Here, a boat carrying many oil tankers/trucks, one truck carrying about 24,000 liters of gasoline and diesel. Plus cargo/logistics trucks. At Batangas port.
A truck entering a boat. When full, the boat leaves. Caticlan port, Aklan province, Panay island.
Other Roro liners -- Fast Cat (above) and Orange (below). The former has modern twin-hull boats, they dock at Bulalacao port in Bulalacao, Or. Mindoro, near the border with Occidental Mindoro. Orange has mostly old and slow boats but still functional.
At Bredco port, Bacolod City, Negros Occ.
Buses, private cars, motorcycles are also loaded on those boats.
These Roro boats are very useful, and ports should keep expanding and become more modern.
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