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roll-on/roll-off
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roll-on/roll-off
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(Transport / Nautical Terms) denoting a cargo ship or ferry designed so that vehicles can be driven straight on and straight off
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The car ferry, which was sailing from Stranraer to Belfast, went down in a storm after a huge wave crashed through the car deck doors.
Mighty ship cut Ulster crossing by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Water taxis and buses ply carry passengers over short routes, such as in harbors like Hong Kong, Sydney, Bristol, Osaka; and Roll-On Roll-Off ferries, or ROROs, are so called because they have a car deck and ramps which open and enable vehicles to simply drive onto and off them.
Overview of Ferries by Mads Petterson / Travel, recreation and leisure community
He had climbed from the car deck to the passenger lounge when he keeled over.
Man dies on ferry after arrest by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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