Lane meter

Track Meter is a unit of measurement for determining the loading capacity of RoRo vessels. Chance also the English term is used Lane meters in the German language. A lane meter being one meter of a loading lane ( Lane ) of two meters width, so an area of ​​two square meters. Since Ro-Ro ships can carry a wide variety of types of rolling cargo, a capacity specified in units would be very inaccurate, as for example, a car to be transported occupies clearly less space than a truck.