Transport unit and set for securing cargo items

A transport unit for securing cylindrical cargo items supported on a support surface and arranged in parallel adjacent to one another in at least two layers on top of one another, wherein horizontally extending center axes of the cargo items respectively have a distance from one another and enveloping surfaces of the cargo items arranged adjacent to one another and wherein the center axes of cargo items arranged on top of one another extend essentially in the same vertical plane, the transport unit comprising:

• at least one tension device extending between the two layers of cargo items from opposing outside edges of the enveloping surfaces of two layers of the cargo items, the tension device extending perpendicular to the center axes of the cargo items, and
• two stop elements, each stop element positioned adjacent a respective end of the tension device, each stop element engaging the cargo items in a space between two cargo items arranged on top of one another and each stop element respectively supporting the enveloping surfaces of the two cargo items, at least one of the stop elements being adjustably positionable on at least one end of the tension device for adjusting, the distance between two stop elements on the tensioning device, and the stop elements being connectable by the tension device in a force transferring manner relative to the cargo items so that a horizontally oriented force introduced by cargo items is received by the stop elements and transmitted to the tension device,
• wherein the tension device and the two stop elements combine to secure the cargo items within the two rows against sliding and rolling in a direction perpendicular to their center axes.