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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Assembly - IMO Resolution A.581(14) – Guidelines for Securing Arrangements for the Transport of Road Vehicles on Ro-Ro Ships – (Adopted 20 November 1985)Amended by MSC/Circular.812Amended by MSC.1/Circular.1355 - Annex - Guidelines for Securing Arrangements for the Transport of Road Vehicles on Ro-Ro Ships - 3 Definitions

3 Definitions

  3.1 "Ro-ro ship" means a ship which has one or more decks either closed or open, not normally subdivided in any way and generally running the entire length of the ship, in which goods (packaged or in bulk, in or on road vehicles (including road tank-vehicles), trailers, containers, pallets, demountable or portable tanks or in or on similar cargo transport units or other receptacles) can be loaded or unloaded normally in a horizontal direction.

  3.2 In these Guidelines the term roadfootnote vehicle includes:

  • .1 Commercial vehicle which means a motor vehicle which, on account of its design and appointments, is used mainly for conveying goods. It may also be towing a trailer.

  • .2 Semi-trailer which means a trailer which is designed to be coupled to a semi-trailer towing vehicle and to impose a substantial part of its total mass on the towing vehicle.

  • .3 Road train which means the combination of a motor vehicle with one or more independent trailers connected by a drawbar. (For the purpose of section 5 each element of a road train is considered a separate vehicle.)

  • .4 Articulated road train which means the combination of a semi-trailer towing vehicle with a semi-trailer.

  • .5 Combination of vehicles which means a motor vehicle coupled with one or more towed vehicles. (For the purpose of section 5 each element of a combination of vehicles is considered a separate vehicle.)

Parent topic: Annex - Guidelines for Securing Arrangements for the Transport of Road Vehicles on Ro-Ro Ships
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