Ro Ro or Lo Lo - RoRo/LoLo PDF

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RoRo or LoLo 1. Use your own words to describe the differences between RoRo and LoLo. RoRo are designed ships to transport wheeled cargo without being lifted, but instead driving on and off the ship on their own wheels through a platform. Lolo, however, uses onboard cranes to load and unload the shipment. 2. Which method would you use to transport cars? Is it different from the one to transport trucks? Why? To transport cars, I would use Pure Care Carrier (PPC) since is the kind of RoRo ship that is specially for cars and if I wanted to transport trucks, I would use the Pure Car and Truck Carrier (PCTC) 3. Which method would you use to transport electronic appliances? Why? To make that decision I would need some more variables. Do I want to prioritize time and safety or do I want to keep costs down and be aware of the environment? In the first case I would choose I would chose RoRo and in the second case LoLo. 4. Comment the main advantages of RoRo method. Some of the advantages of RoRo method are: -

Cargo stays in the same boat until reaching destination and is subsequently moved of the boat, which means it is much safer Time-saving because rolling in and out the cargo is faster than lifting it so the process is faster...