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roll-on/roll-off denoting a cargo ship or ferry designed so that vehicles can be driven straight on and straight off How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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To solve the problem, a new clamp and traction rod assembly was designed to join the main car deck to the bridge cables. But this contrivance has an upper car deck floored with green limestone, the lower one with translucent perspex panels each 30mm thick and calculated to take a two ton weight and point loading without shattering. The group, which is made up of Britain, France, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Italy and Spain, said it planned to impose a requirement that a ferry be able to remain afloat with as much as 20 inches of water on its car deck. |
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