Roll-on roll-off traffic means the carriage of freight vehicles on ships over a certain distance. A rarely applied option is LASH-transportation. In the course of this, an inland water vessel, commonly known as LASH barge, is carried by the barge carrier – a seagoing vessel.
The introduced multimodal modes of transport basically combine the flexibility of trucks with economies of scale of such means of transport that are destined for long-distance forwarding. However, additional handling processes are cost and time consuming. The benefits of utilizing different means of transport ideally outweigh or even exceed the expenses. This mainly depends on the distance to be covered, the efficiency of transshipment points and the goods to be conveyed.