Roll-on Roll-off Vessels

HC Deb 02 November 1989 vol 159 c271W

Mr. Terry Davis

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many roll-on roll-off vessels have been lost at sea since 1979.

Mr. McLoughlin

Between 1 January 1981 and 31 December 1988, a total of 23 roll-on roll-off vessels have been lost at sea worldwide. The figures for earlier years do not identify losses of roll-on roll-off vessels.