JPRS ID: 9802 USSR REPORT TRADE AND SERVICES

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22 June 1981
USSR Re ort
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TRANSPORTATION
(FOUO 5/81)
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USSR REPORT
TRANSPORTATION
(FOUO 5/81)
CONTENTS
OCEAN AND RIVER '
Organizing the Seaport Processing of Ro-Ro and Other Vessels
(Nikolay Fedorovich, Lazarev; GRUZOVYYE RABOTY V MiORSKIKH
- PORTAKti, 1979) 1
New Book Discusses Economics of Fuel, Energy Transportation
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OCEAN AND R~VER
ORGANIZ ING THE SEAPORT PROCESS ING OF RO-RO APID OTHER VESSEIS
Moscow GRUZOVYYE RABOrTY V MORSKII~i PORTAIQi in Russian 1979 (signed to press
13 Dec 79) pp 98-110, 125-126, 130
[Sections 30-32 and figures 12-14 fram book "Cargo Handling Operatians at Seaports",
by Nikolay Fedorovich Lazarev, Izdatel'stvo 'Transport'", 2,000 copies, 224 pages]
[Text] Section 30. Specific Features of Orgaaizing the Processing of Ro-Ro Ves-
sels
Ro-Ro vessels are aow being processed on a regular basis ia Riga, Leaingrad and
other seaports ia the country. Vessels of this type are uaed to carry trucks and
automobiles, other wheeled and crawler equipment, cargo oa trailers, semitrailers
and heavy-load trailera, in contaiaers aad on flats, close-packed piece cargo, as
~ well as certain timbex and lumber ag~l leagthy cargo. A number of vessels are capa-
ble of carryiag refrigerated containers and liquid cargo in tanks.
Motor vehicles and other wheeled equipment and crawler machines can be driven on
and off a Ro-Ro vessel uader their owa power or towed by port tractors. The trac-
tors may be uaed to tow trailers sud semitrailers loade~ with containers and other
- cargo on aad off the vessel. Cargo caa aleo be vertically loaded and unloaded and
stacked by craaes.
The Ro-Ro vessel has.the necesaary equipment for rolling the cargo on and off. Ev-
ery vessel is equipped with a ramp that can be raised aad lowered; when it is low-
ered to the dock, a passage is formed for wheeled and other machinea to the main
deck.
The ramps are usually located in the etern of the vessel. Ramps are set up for the
machines to pass to the upper deck and iato the hold, aad in certain cases the hold
and main deck are connected by elevators.
The spaces of the vessel aad the upper deck are furniahed with devices for fasten-
ing the cargo. Their regular equipment iacludea securing gear and made-up stays of
various types, purposes, leagths aad strengths. The containers and flat pallets
are secured to the deck with hitches, and stays are uaed to secure the loads on
pallets of the second and subsequent tiers.
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Most Ro-Ro vessels tiave two decks, their draft does not exceed 6 meters, and the
engineroom is located in the stern. The holds and tweendecks are between 2.2 and
5.7 meters high, the stern door is between 3 and 6.1 metere high and between 3 and
6 meters wide.
Large-tonnage vessels of the Ro-Ro type, with a draft exceeding 6 meters, are built
as a rule with the engineroom located amidships; they have several decks (from two
to six), intermediate decks--for automobiles and palletized cargo.
Soviet seaports are visited by ships like the "Borodin" (a French vessel), "In-
zhener Sukhorukov," "Inzhener Machul'skiy," "Inzhener Bashkirov," "Mekhanik Konova-
lov," "Sku1'ptor Konenkov," "Magnitogorsk," etc. Data on certain types of vessels
are given in Table 6. '
Table 6
Name of Prototype Deadweight Displace- Speed,
_ Vessel of Series Length, m Beam, m Draft, m Tonnage, t ment, m3 knots
"Inzhener Machul'- 124.0 19.2 7.02 3,860 16,000 17.04
skiy" 6,249
"Skul'ptor Konenkov" 181.0 28.2 9.64 11,400 33,150 20.50
17,500
"Yc~pitan Smirnov" 226.0 30.0 9.87 18,000 55,000 20.80
"Magnitogorsk" 205.8 31.0 9.70 22,690 15,709 22.00
Special cargo-handling complexes are set up to procese Ro-Ro vessels. These com-
plexes consist of the following: the dockside cargo-handling area; open areas for
- parking wheeled equipment, containers, flat pallets and other consolidated loads of
cargo; the rear cargo-handling area with open and covered storage areas for the
consolidated loads of cargo; buildings housing offices and workrooms and other fa-
cilities. The standard layout of the cargo-handling complex for processing con-
tainer carriers and Ro-Ro vessels is shown in Figure 6.
' The dockside cargo-handling area is for receiving, unloading and loading wheeled
and other equipment, consolidated loads of cargo, and also cargo that will be
stowed during shipment in tight stacks. It is here that the entire processing of
tlie ship is done.
The dockside cargo-handling area includes berths with all equipment and machinery
and other hydraulic engineering structures. To accommodate the ship's ramp tha
berth must have a fixed ramp that is inclined or can be raised and lowered~and
bumpers. Use of both types of equipment helps to reduce the time required for
moorinb operations. ,
There should be no sharp turns in the road leading to the berth. If turns are in-
evitable, they must not hinder the movement of long trailers.
~ The equipment of the dockside area set aside for horizontal and vertical loading is
unified and can be