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
2009 · 46m
MV Fairplayer is the latest, biggest and strongest in a new class of heavy-lift mega-ships built to transport…
2008 · 46m
The MV Paul R. Tregurtha is the longest freighter working on the Great Lakes, a thousand-foot vessel capable…
2009 · 46m
In the midst of a giant offshore wind farm, a fantastical ship comes to a stop, jacks up…
2010 · 46m
This oil and gas pipelayer is as big as an aircraft carrier, 300m (984 foot) long with a…
2011 · 46m
It's a bird! It's a plane! No! It's Superferry! Stena Britannica was designed to change the way people…
2012 · 46m
Purpose-built to install the world's most powerful wind turbines. Imagine a ship that can raise herself up 15…
2015 · 46m
One of the world's largest subsea construction vessels sets out to build a massive natural gas compression station,…
2011 · 46m
Perfect - and looking to keep it that way. The Roll-On/Roll-Off (Ro-Ro) ship North Star is one of…
2012 · 46m
She's an all-in-one mega fishing trawler and factory. Northern Eagle can catch and package fish at the same…
2015 · 46m
Alaska's biggest longline fishing ships battles high waves and hurricane-force winds to bring home a massive catch of…
2013 · 46m
The Norwegian Breakaway cruise ship sets sail on her first voyage, and her captain faces a tough decision…
2013 · 46m
Follow the building of the Norwegian Breakaway at Germany's Meyer-Werft shipyard; it is the largest ship they've ever…
2011 · 46m
She's not even a year old and already has a party reputation. With name-brand entertainment, more than twenty…
2010 · 46m
Welcome to the future. It took $1.4 billion to build the largest, most revolutionary cruise ship in the…
2009 · 46m
Just off the coast of South Africa, a futuristic remote crawler creeps along the ocean floor. Its high…
2014 · 46m
The world's most innovative cruise ship sails from New York to the Caribbean on her maiden voyage, facing…
2007 · 46m
Queen Mary 2 is the biggest, most expensive ocean liner ever to set sail. She is a veritable…
2013 · 46m
Stemat Spirit is built to work on land, approaching shore during high tide, settling on the sand as…
2012 · 46m
She's brand-new and about to make history. The Dutch company Van Oord has just received its new fallpipe…
2013 · 46m
Some are built for business. Some are built to party. Still others are built for war. All of…
2015 · 46m
The worlds largest roll-on/roll-off vessel races against the clock to load and transport luxury cars, SUVs and construction…
2008 · 46m
Resolute and ships like her install and maintain the undersea cables that form the backbone of the international…
2011 · 46m
Umiak I is the most powerful, highest-rated ice-breaking bulk carrier in the world. Her muscular engine is the…
2011 · 46m
She's the biggest, best, most hi-tech U.S. Coast Guard ship ever built! USCGC Bertholf is brand new, the…