Ibn Battuta is capable of breaking up the hardest subsea soil as it deepens the Son Duong Port in Vietnams poorest province.
Producers: Exploration Production Inc.
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The Best of Mighty Ships
Some are built for business. Some are built to party. Still others are built for war. All of them are built to be the best of the best, able to take on the heaviest, biggest, and deepest jobs the sea has to offer. This special episode revisits the most memorable characters and moments from our many voyages over the past seasons of “Mighty Ships.” From the high north to the South Pole and across every ocean, this action-packed, eye-popping look at life on the high seas is a celebration of the vessels that dazzle, deliver, protect, and inspire.
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Quantum of the Seas
The world’s most innovative cruise ship sails from New York to the Caribbean on her maiden voyage, facing off against technical glitches and challenging weather
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Hawk
Semi-submersible vessel Hawk sinks under the waterline to lift and transport the world’s largest oil drilling rig halfway around the world.
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Happy Star
A brand-new heavy-lift vessel encounters engine breakdowns and heavy ice while transporting and assembling a crane-and-conveyor system from China to Eastern Canada.
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Northern Eagle
She’s an all-in-one mega fishing trawler and factory. Northern Eagle can catch and package fish at the same time. She creates more profit because she doesn’t waste time (and fuel) bringing her catch back to shore to be processed. In fact, once she’s out to sea, Northern Eagle doesn’t return to port until her hold is full of 1500 tonnes of frozen, packaged product ready for market.
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USNS Grasp
She’s the “Swiss Army Knife” of the US Navy. Recovery of downed aircraft, towing of sunken vessels, or clearing of debris to reopen a harbor in the wake of a natural disaster… USNS Grasp has done it all. Her cranes enable deep-sea salvage of all sorts. But what makes her special is her ability to support a team of up to 14 Navy divers on dangerous mixed-gas descents to depths of more than 200 metres. She’s one of only four vessels in the entire US fleet capable of doing so.
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Neptune
Purpose-built to install the world’s most powerful wind turbines. Imagine a ship that can raise herself up 15 metres (5 storeys) out of the water to create a stable construction platform in the middle of the sea. Now add a 600-ton crane ready to reach high into the sky. That’s Neptune: brand-new, ready and willing to install the world’s heaviest and most powerful wind turbines on Belgium’s first offshore wind farm.
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Norwegian Breakaway: The Build
Follow the building of the Norwegian Breakaway at Germany’s Meyer-Werft shipyard; it is the largest ship they’ve ever built and they have only 18 months to finish it.
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Norwegian Breakaway: Maiden Voyage
The Norwegian Breakaway cruise ship sets sail on her first voyage, and her captain faces a tough decision when a North Atlantic tempest forms.