A method for moving paper, board and cellulosic web rolls in a roll packaging system comprising a plurality of roll handling stations. The system imports at least three rolls (10, 16, 17) via a receiving station (5), the rolls (10, 16, 17) are moved in the system by the use of a car (4) of an indexing conveyor, the car being adapted to move synchronously at each roll handling station, the car (4) is moved in a return motion when the indexing conveyor car (4) is in its lowermost position (elevation level −1), the rolls (10, 16, 17) are moved in synchronism forward to at least one station, e.g., the wrapping station (7) and to at least one other station (6 or 8 or 9), and at least one roll (10) is moved at one station (7) in the direction of the roll's longitudinal axis. All rolls (10, 16, 17) in the system are moved at least once synchronously having the indexing conveyor car (4) driven into its uppermost position (second elevation level 2), and at least one roll (10) is moved at one station (7) having the indexing conveyor car (4) driven into a vertical position (elevation level 1) situated at any level between the uppermost and the lowermost elevation level.