Lane meter

{{Short description|Unit of deck area in cargo vessel}}

A lane meter (or lanes in meters) is a unit of deck area in roll-on/roll-off ships, cargo vessels where containers or other cargo, including ferried vehicles, can be rolled or driven on and off. A lane meter is defined as a strip of deck one meter long. A lane is conventionally 2 meters wide, so that a lane meter is equivalent to {{Convert|2|sqm|3}}.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ibiblio.org/units/dictL.html|title=Units: L|last=Rowlett|first=Russ|date=2008-12-15|work=How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement |publisher=University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|access-date=2019-06-04}}

The rule of thumb is that a car on a car ferry will need 6 lane meters, and a European semitrailer 18 lane meters.{{cn|date=May 2021}}