India, Feb. 27 -- Picture this: you could soon hop on a ferry from Mumbai to Goa - and take your car along too. This new mode of travel on this popular route could soon be introduced by M2M Ferries, which has bought a RoPAX vessel (a roll-on, roll-off passenger ferry that can carry both passengers and vehicles) and is in the process of securing the necessary approvals to operate it between Mumbai and Goa.

M2M Ferries, which operates daily Ro-Ro (roll-on, roll-off) services between Mumbai and Mandwa, a gateway to the popular holiday destination Alibag in neighbouring Raigad district, says its RoPAX vessel can complete the Mumbai-Goa trip in six and half hours.

"We have a new vessel - a 15-year-old, second-hand vessel - that we have broug...