A water vessel is provided. The water vessel includes a hull, a deck, and a ramp. The hull has a front end, an aft end, a starboard side, a port side, a bottom, a bow at the front end, and a stem at the aft end. The bow is movable between a closed configuration and an open configuration. The deck is in the region of the bow. The ramp is located between the bottom of the hull and the deck in a retracted position. When the bow is in the open configuration, the ramp is movable to an extended position in which the ramp extends from the front end of the hull.

A ferry with a first loading port defining a first portion and a second portion, the loading port allowing vehicles to roll onto a ferry deck. The first portion is closeable by a first closure, and the second portion is closable by a spray cover. The first closure is movable between an open position opening the first portion of the first loading port and forming an extension of the ferry deck and a closed position extending in an upright direction from the ferry deck to a frontal position at which it terminates and closes the first portion of the first loading port. The spray cover is movable between an open position in which it opens the second portion of the first loading port and a closed position in which it extends from a central roof position to the frontal position and closes the second portion of the first loading port.