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Roll-on/roll-off (RoRo)

A combination of road and sea transport, where loaded road vehicles are driven on to a ferry or ship (roll-on/roll-off ship) and off at the port of destination. Major benefits of RoRo are reduced handling of the actual goods and…

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Rounding

1. In vessel shipments, the practice of rounding up length, width and height dimensions to the nearest whole centimeter or inch in calculating the dimensional weight factor for revenue tons. 2. In air freight shipments, the practice of rounding up…

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