Mega Shippers

Season 2

Crews tackle challenges of loading and unloading precious cargo like yachts and produce onto ships, ensuring seamless freight operations across the Atlantic around the clock.

Where to Watch Mega Shippers • Season 2

8 Episodes

  • Fertilizer - Ocean Racing Yachts - Classic Cars
    E1
    Fertilizer - Ocean Racing Yachts - Classic CarsThousands of tonnes of fertiliser must be moved before rains threatens to destroy the cargo. A classic car dealer ships a load of vintage motors worth £2million. Documentary profiling the hidden army of workers responsible for keeping the world's cargo ships on the move 365 days a year.
  • Two Huge Cubes - 50 Trucks Lifted - 2nd World War Tank
    E2
    Two Huge Cubes - 50 Trucks Lifted - 2nd World War TankIn Rotterdam, two huge cubes are moved off a cargo vessel to a small barge. In Ipswich, 50 trucks are lifted, and in Portsmouth Second World War army tanks are transported.
  • HMS Prince of Wales Carrier - Steel Cable Squeeze - £Million Yacht Move
    E3
    HMS Prince of Wales Carrier - Steel Cable Squeeze - £Million Yacht MoveA naval architect must move a £3 billion aircraft carrier from a dry dock. A heavy haulage expert faces a tight squeeze shifting 300 tonnes of steel cable under a low bridge.
  • Wind Turbine Towers - Rockwool, Locomotive - Massive Soil Unload
    E4
    Wind Turbine Towers - Rockwool, Locomotive - Massive Soil UnloadThe pressure is on to export three offshore wind towers to safeguard a Scottish town’s economic future. And, a 130-tonne locomotive is winched onto a narrow trailer.
  • Coal Unload - £15-Million Super Yacht - Divers Repair Locks
    E5
    Coal Unload - £15-Million Super Yacht - Divers Repair LocksIn Teeside, 75,000 tonnes of coal from the US must be unloaded in just three days. And, a new £15-million yacht must be lifted to a cargo ship bound for Greece.
  • Mini-Cooper Cars - Moving, 40 tons of Frozen Fish - Steel Girder Unloading
    E6
    Mini-Cooper Cars - Moving, 40 tons of Frozen Fish - Steel Girder UnloadingIn Oxford, 280 Minis must be loaded onto a train in just six hours. They're bound for Southampton to be loaded onto ferries for export to China, Japan and the USA.
  • Biomass - Industrial Generator - 700 head of Cattle
    E7
    Biomass - Industrial Generator - 700 head of CattleIn Shoreham, 5000 tons of biomass are being shipped to power plants in Sweden. And in King's Lyn, the old power station receives a new gas turbine shipped in from Germany.
  • Royal Navy Ship - Channel Island Supply Run - Steam Locomotive
    E8
    Royal Navy Ship - Channel Island Supply Run - Steam LocomotiveIn Glasgow, a royal navy patrol vessel must be transported from the shipyard to the water. In Southampton, 600 tons of supplies must be loaded for export to the Channel Islands.

 

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