Definition: Roll-on-roll-off (ro-ro)

Category: Transport

Loading and unloading of a road vehicle, a wagon or an ITU on or off a ship on its
own wheels or wheels attached to it for that purpose. In the case of rolling road, only road
vehicles are driven on and off a train.
Source:
Terminology on combined transport, UNECE/ECMT/EC, UNITED NATIONS, New York and Geneva, 2001
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