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In 2005, I was a crew member aboard NCLA's M/S Pride of America during her final weeks of construction at The Lloyd-Werft Shipyard in Bremerhaven Germany. In the few short weeks before the America's Sea Trials, I witnessed many Roll-On Roll-Off Vessels offloading & loading their cargo at a nearby port just adjacent to the shipyard. I found it fascinating to watch how quickly they could turn one of these MASSIVE vessels around! Thousands of passenger cars, trucks, & SUV's loaded in to the ship in a matter of hrs, only to have another massive roll on roll off come into port, empty it's cargo, and be reloaded, and sent off to it's destination within the same day as the first vessel. It's a sight behold, and I consider an enormous privilege to have a front row seat and a firsthand witness of multiple turn arounds/day, everyday for a few weeks. These vessels are truly modern engineering marvels!