roll-on roll-off ship

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• Roll-on/roll-off — (RORO or ro ro) ships are ferries designed to carry wheeled cargo such as automobiles, trucks, semi trailer trucks, trailers or railroad cars. This is in contrast to lo lo (lift on lift off) vessels which use a crane to load and unload cargo.RORO …   Wikipedia

• roll-on roll-off — adj [only before noun] BrE a roll on roll off ship is one that vehicles can drive straight on and off ▪ a roll on roll off car ferry …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Roll-on-roll-off-Schiff — das; [e]s, e Lehnübersetzung von gleichbed. engl. roll on roll off ship, eigtl. »Rolle herauf rolle hinunter Schiff«> Frachtschiff, das von Lastwagen mit Anhängern direkt befahren wird u. so ohne Kran unmittelbar be u. entladen werden kann …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

• roll-on roll-off — noun a method of transport (as a ferry or train or plane) that vehicles roll onto at the beginning and roll off of at the destination • Topics: ↑train, ↑railroad train, ↑airplane, ↑aeroplane, ↑plane • Hypernyms: ↑conveyance, ↑trans …   Useful english dictionary

• Roll-on-roll-off-Schiff — Kistendampfer (seemännisch); Containerschiff; Ro Ro Schiff * * * Roll on roll off Schiff [roʊl |ɔnroʊl |ɔf… ], das; [e]s, e [engl. roll on roll off ship, eigtl. = »Rolle herauf rolle hinunter Schiff«]: Frachtschiff, das von Lastwagen mit… …   Universal-Lexikon

• roll-on/roll-off discharge facility — Provides a means of disembarking vehicles from a roll on and roll off ship to lighterage. The roll on/roll off discharge facility consists of six causeway sections, nonpowered assembled into a platform that is two sections long and three sections …   Military dictionary

• roll-on roll-off — ADJ: ADJ n A roll on roll off ship is designed so that cars and lorries can drive on at one end before the ship sails, and then drive off at the other end after the journey. [BRIT] ...roll on roll off ferries …   English dictionary

• roll-on roll-off — adjective (only before noun) BrE a roll on roll off ship is one that vehicles can drive straight on and off: a roll on roll off car ferry …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• roll-on roll-off — UK / US adjective British a roll on roll off ship is one where vehicles drive on at one end and off at the other …   English dictionary

• roll-on roll-off — ˌroll on ˈroll off abbreviation RORO adjective roll on roll off ferry/​ship/​vessel etc TRANSPORT a ship that vehicles can drive straight on and off …   Financial and business terms

• roll-on, roll-off — UK US adjective [before noun] (UK TRANSPORT ► used to describe a ship built so that vehicles can drive directly on and off: »He runs a major car and roll on, roll off shipping and logistics company. »a roll on, roll off ferry …   Financial and business terms