May 6, 2026
Stena Line sails with NAPA Stability for RoRo
How Stena Line is reshaping RoRo cargo planning with NAPA Stability for RoRo, delivering faster turnarounds, automated dangerous goods handling, and significant time savings for officers.
RoRo and RoPax operations involve some of the most complex cargo planning in shipping. On a single sailing, officers load more than a thousand passengers alongside cars, trailers, trucks, containers, and dangerous goods units, planning, placing, and verifying everything for stability within tight turnaround windows.
In this interview, Captain Jörgen Gustavsson of Stena Germanica, Stena Line, talks about how NAPA Stability for RoRo, co-developed with Stena Line, is changing the way officers handle one of the most demanding parts of every departure.
What used to take an officer about 1 to 1.5 hours now takes 10 to 15 minutes.”
— Captain Jörgen Gustavsson of Stena Germanica, Stena Line.
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Edited excerpts of the above interview:
Why NAPA Stability for RoRo vessels
The reality of RoRo cargo planning: “On a RoRo ship, getting the cargo in the right place is one of the most complex parts of the operation. You are managing stability, fuel, trim, dangerous goods segregation, all under time pressure. We have been working with NAPA to simplify that for our officers, and it is making a real difference.”
From email manifests to one click
“Five or six years ago, the cargo manifest came in by email. If we had ten dangerous goods units on board, the officer had to enter them one by one into the loading computer manually. Today, it is just a click away. The data comes straight on board, and all that manual work is taken out of the equation.”
Time returned to the bridge
“What used to take an officer one to one and a half hours of manual entry now takes ten to fifteen minutes. That time goes back into the operation, where it is needed most.”
What this means for RoRo and RoPax operations
Faster, simpler cargo planning. A drag-and-drop interface designed for the realities of RoRo and RoPax loading, with the cargo plan and stability calculation working in one workflow.
Automated dangerous goods handling. IMDG units are imported automatically with full classification details, replacing a previously manual, error-prone process.
More time for what matters. Officers spend less time on data entry and more on operational oversight, safety, and the decisions that need human judgment.
Real-time stability picture. Cargo decisions show their impact on stability in real time, giving officers a single view of what each loading decision means for the vessel.
See how NAPA Stability for RoRo can transform your
cargo and stability operations.
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