Roof Box Height Ferry

I have been looking at the ferry service from portsmouth to cherbourg now on the online booking service it is asking for the height of the car now i have a vw passat estate the height is 1517m without a roof box.

Roof box height ferry.

This applies to all routes. We just returned on friday and when we booked it was without a roof box and we then bought one which nudged the height just over the 6ft mark by an inch or so. Most manufacturers websites will list the dimensions of the various models so you can check. Zafira with roof box not sure that height checking is very thorough on our last trip to france on normandie we witnessed a highly comical situation where a nissan micra with roof box was directed somehow onto the uppper deck of normandie when we got there the roof box was being carried back down the ramp by 2 burly matelots closeley followed by the car from which it had been lifted being.

Ferry operators have height restrictions on certain decks and the space for taller vehicles can be limited especially on some routes. The vehicle size you give us needs to be the true maximum length and height of the vehicle you plan to bring including. What category is a car with roof box. If it was the height one i d pay.

Dfds carries all types of passenger vehicles. What will the total height be when the roof box has been. Please ensure that you select the correct vehicle size including all additions such as bicycle racks tow bars roof racks as we need to know the amount of space to set aside for you on the car deck. In addition the height of a standard family car with a small roof box is very different to a mpv with a big roof box.

I think most ferry companies take height to be from ground to the top of your car including roof box. If your car including a roof box is higher than 2 meters you must select the option car max 6m long 2m high in the booking system. Y ou re effectively booking out space on the deck of our ferry and as such it s important you give us the right details so we can allocate you the room you need. As a general rule i would take the height of an mpv people carrier as close to the height limit.

A ford mondeo for instance is 143cm high so i reckon the ferry companies have calculted their height limit to fit cars with roof boxes. Now i m hoping to buy a roof box in the jan sale save some money i hope.