What is a Roll Trailer ?
Classification: Unpowered vehicle
Industry : Maritime shipping
Application: Transport
Powered: No
Self-propelled: No
Wheels: Rear only
Components: Frame, wheels, wooden surface
A roll trailer is a trailer platform that requires towing by a powered vehicle. It is commonly used for the transport of heavy
static goods and materials in the maritime shipping industry. Roll trailers are similar to shipping flat racks containers,
however, they have a set of rear wheels.
Roll trailers are a common equipment used in ports and on board of roll-on/roll-off ships,[1] to facilitate the shipping of
unmovable commodities and oversize load from one port to another.Standard lengths of roll trailers are 20, 40 and 62 feet (6.1, 12.2 and 18.9 m), in line with twenty-foot equivalent unit shipping containers, but can also be found in lengths of 30 and 80 feet (9.1 and 24.4 m). The standard payloads of roll trailers are 80 or 100 tons, and the tare of the trailer varies from 7 to 10 tons.
The trailer has a steel structure and a hardwood surface, plus a front pocket for towing by tugmaster gooseneck, and side handles for applying lashing hooks.