Educational film series
Mighty Ships reveals the secret mechanics behind the world’s most sophisticated vessels. Each episode provides unprecedented access to everything above and below deck, from the mechanics of modern sea-going to the human dramas facing seafarers. Whether it’s cargo container ships, ice-breakers or livestock carriers, Mighty Ships is as much about what happens inside the ship as the journey each vessel makes.
Titles in this series
2010 · 46m
Africa Mercy is the world's largest NGO hospital ship. She travels port to port in the world's poorest…
2009 · 46m
In a country whose economy is almost 100% based on fishing, Akamalik, the high-tech star of Royal Greenland's…
2014 · 46m
The Algoma Equinox battles fierce ice, howling winds and challenging waters to transport grain and iron ore.
2013 · 46m
The Avataq carries everything from food and furniture to mining equipment and explosives to Quebecs inaccessible northern regions.
2008 · 46m
Unlike most cruise ships, the Becrux is a mighty ship made for four-legged passengers. With a capacity of…
2011 · 46m
Canadian Coast Guard Ship Amundsen is a rare breed of ship; a research icebreaker whose job is to…
2010 · 46m
Cristóbal Colón, aka Christopher Columbus, the world's newest, largest, hi-tech ocean dredger, like her historic namesake, heralds the…
2012 · 46m
Consistently voted the world's top cruise ship by Condé Nast, Crystal Serenity is full of luxuries. She features…
2011 · 46m
To perform the world's most dangerous job demands the support of the most technologically advanced ship in the…
2008 · 46m
Step aboard the Emma Maersk for a glimpse at the adventures of the crew on a two-week, 13,000-kilometre…
2008 · 46m
With the ability to ferry 8,000 luxury cars, heavy trucks and tractors from one continent to another, the…
2011 · 46m
She's the most expensive single project in Maersk history. For the same price as 50 container ships -…
2015 · 46m
The world's most adventurous cruise ship fights through the ice-choked fjords of Greenland to visit a spectacular collection…
2010 · 46m
Marine research vessel G.O. SARS uses advanced technologies to travel north of the Arctic Circle in search of…
2014 · 46m
A brand-new heavy-lift vessel encounters engine breakdowns and heavy ice while transporting and assembling a crane-and-conveyor system from…
2014 · 46m
Semi-submersible vessel Hawk sinks under the waterline to lift and transport the world's largest oil drilling rig halfway…
2009 · 46m
HDMS Absalon, one of the most modern warships in the world, has set sail to stop modern-day pirates…
2014 · 46m
The Royal Danish Navy's new frigate must prove she can fight even when wounded.
2008 · 46m
The Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Henry Larsen is a highly specialized ice-breaker. In addition to keeping shipping lanes…
2013 · 46m
Ibn Battuta is capable of breaking up the hardest subsea soil as it deepens the Son Duong Port…
2011 · 46m
This luxury cruise ship is brand-new and built to impress. Only six months old, Le Boreal is as…
2014 · 46m
The crew of the world's largest jack-up drilling rig faces high stakes and tough decisions amid the North…
2015 · 46m
One of the world's most advanced drill ships builds an oil well more than 2,000 metres below the…
2011 · 46m
She's the heavy weight champion! The most modern, most powerful multipurpose heavy-lift cargo carrier on Earth! Beluga Bremen…