These ships are always loaded and discharged by the simultaneous use both of container cranes handling containers by lift-on/lift-off methods and of ramps over which wheeled cargoes or wheeled cargo-handling equipment are worked by roll-on/roll-off methods.
Ezinqanawa zisoloko zithwalisiwe zikhululwe ngexesha elinye zisebenzisa zozibini iziphathi zokulonga-longa ophakanyiso olukhoyo/uphakanyiso olungekhoyo lweendlela nolwamathambeka phezu kokuhanjiswa kwemithwalo okanye ukuhanjiswa kokuphatheka kwezixhobo zemithwalo ezisetyenziswe ngumqulu okhoyo/nomqulu ongekhoyo weendlela.