Loading and unloading of the ropax ferry BERLIN at Rostock

Time lapse of Scandlines' ropax ferry BERLIN loading and unloading at Rostock in April 2022.
Footage taken from the top deck of TT-Line's new ferry NILS HOLGERSSON during a stopover at Rostock on the way from Trelleborg to Travemuende.
Scandlines' ferry berth at Rostock has been purpose-built to achieve ultra-fast turnarounds of the Rostock - Gedser ferries BERLIN and COPENHAGEN.
Filmed by Jan Tiedemann on 29 April 2022. Camera: Samsung Galaxy S10 Phone.

[@madmel8t6]

I see the vehicles leaving the stern, facing the stern. Then the vehicles load facing the bow. Is there room to turn around? How does this work? They make a U turn on board?

[@thomas.allround]

With your vehicle, you can enter and leave the ferry at the bow and stern.

[@IANinALTONA]

No, the vehicles do not have to do a U-turn on board. On the Danish side, the ships load and discharge via a door (doors) at the bow. So cars, trucks and buses are stowed in the direction the ship sails on northbound voyages, and they are parked facing the ships stern on southbound voyages. There are however some roro ferries that only load and unload via the stern, so that vehicles need to do a 180. Typically this is only done on longer voyages where the extra time this takes does nor matter that much.