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This chapter examines the roll-on/roll-off concept and goes on to describe its implications for ship design in general and access equipment design in particular. Ro-Ro cargo handling equipment is described with special emphasis on container handling, and the principal characteristics of vehicles found in Ro-Ro vessels are listed. The chapter concludes by describing the variety of Ro-Ro access equipment available to the ship designer: ramps, bow and stern openings, elevators, side doors, bulkhead doors and car decks.
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Buxton, I.L., Daggitt, R.P., King, J. (1978). Access Equipment for Horizontal Loading Ships. In: Cargo Access Equipment for Merchant Ships. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8243-0_6
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