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roll-on/roll-off

Method of loading and unloading cargo ships. Lorries drive straight on board a specially designed vessel and then drive off at the ship's destination without unloading their cargo. This saves time and money, although valuable cargo space is taken up by the lorries and special port facilities are needed. Ro-ro is best suited to shorter journeys where handling costs are proportionately higher. Cross-Channel traffic between the UK and France and Belgium is an example.

The Estonia disaster October 1994, in which 900 people died, intensified demands that all ro-ro ferries be fitted with watertight bulkheads on their car decks, so that they would continue to float for a period if damaged.

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Devonport North Shields			Removing the bans on the way of entering Iranian road fleet to Russia, implementation of the scheduled plan on roll-on/roll-off ships, canceling visa issuance for the two countries drivers, and expansion of training-research cooperation are among the other topics of the meeting. Second Meeting of Iran-Russia Transportation Workgroup in Tehran by Moj News Agency (Tehran, Iran) Competitors were then instructed to create staging area templates and staging plans for two separate port areas in Antwerp, Belgium and Rotterdam, The Netherlands and create a stow plan for one large medium speed (LMSR) roll-on/roll-off (RORO) vessel. 838th Trans Bn conducts ICODES Stow Rodeo by Hanson, John / Translog The key non-watercraft systems in the exercise were a roll-on/roll-off discharge facility, or RRDF, and a floating causeway. Putting the army ashore by Harding, Steve / Soldiers Magazine			Roi David, Le Roi de Lahore, Le Roi l'a dit, Le Roi malgré lui, Le Rojas Pinilla, Gustavo Rojas Zorrilla, Francisco de Rojas, Fernando de Rokeby Venus Rokossovski, Konstantin Konstantinovich Roland Roland de la Platière, Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière, Marie-Jeanne Roland Holst-van der Schalk, Henriette Roland, Chanson de Roland-Manuel, Alexis Rolandi, Gianna Roldós Aquilera, Jaime role Rolfe Johnson, Anthony Rolfe, Frederick Rolfe, John Rolfing roll Roll, Alfred Philippe Roll, Michael roll-on/roll-off Rolla Rolla, Alessandro Rolland, Romain Rolland, Sophie Rolle, Johann Heinrich roller roller printing Roller, Alfred Rolleston, Humphrey Davy Rolleston, Thomas William Rollier, Auguste Rollin, Charles rolling Rolling Fork Rolling Hills Rolling Meadows Rolling Stones, the Rollins, Carl Purington Rollins, Sonny Rollo Rolls, Charles Stewart Rolls-Royce Rolón, José Rolphton Rölvaag, O E			Roll's Critique Roll, Alfred Philippe Roll, Michael Roll, pitch, and yaw Roll, Pitch, Yaw Computer Roll, Richard roll-and-fillet molding Roll-call Roll-Concave Shelling Machine Roll-coupling Roll-Fed Shrink roll-in-point Roll-N-Lock Corporation roll-neck roll-necks roll-off roll-offs roll-on Roll-On / Roll-Off Roll-On Beyond-line-of-sight Enhancement roll-on roll-off roll-on roll-off roll-on roll-off Roll-on Tamper Evident roll-on-roll-off Roll-On-Roll-Off-Passenger-ship/ferry roll-on/roll-off roll-on/roll-off discharge facility roll-ons roll-out Roll-Out and Turn-Off Roll-Out Multi-Hop Roll-Out Single Hop roll-outs roll-over roll-over roll-over clause Roll-Over Mortgage Roll-Over Valve Roll-Overs Roll-Overs Roll-playing games Roll-Sensing Side Curtain Airbags Roll-Through Label Inspector Roll-To-Roll roll-top roll-top desk roll-top desks roll-tube technique Roll-Turning Lathe Roll-up Roll-up roll-up door roll-ups roll-ups

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