StoRo ship

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The Seagard , a StoRo paper and trailer ship

A STORO vessel (engl. Sto Wable Ro ll on roll off) is a cargo ship , in which, in contrast to the pure RoRo method the cargo on board the ship by means of on-board or private foreign material handling equipment is jammed. The goods are located directly on the ship's floor.

Most paper freighters are StoRo ships , because they load paper that is carried on board on trailers and then reloaded with forklifts. Unlike conventional RoRo ships, some of them are also equipped with side ports in order to achieve a higher turnover rate. A number of ships also combine the transport of Ro-Ro cargo with conventionally stowed cargo, such as paper.

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