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Mega Shippers
2016 - 2020 9.0 (1 votes) 3 Seasons
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Mega Shippers

Overview

A behind-the-scenes series discovering what it takes to keep the largest freight operator moving.

Seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (2016)

No overview available.

8 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Grand Ship Auto
2016-07-25

Shipping from England to Baltimore, $34 million of vehicles are to waiting to be moved across the Atlantic, but their ride is running late. In New Jersey, a multi-million dollar convoy of nuclear reactor parts presents unique challenges to the crew.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: Mission: Super Yacht
2016-08-01

An $18 million super yacht must cross the Atlantic to get to her winter home in Florida but its hurricane season. In England, the crew needs to get a 20-ton aircraft cabin trainer worth a small fortune to its new home in Africa 7,000 miles away.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: Ultimate Cruise Ship
2016-08-08

Shippers in Virginia have just 17 hours to shift 5,700 tons of cargo onto a barge, but a huge thunderstorm threatens their chances of hitting the deadline. In Florida, one of the world's largest cruise ships needs to restock, but time is running out.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: Hardcore Haul
2016-08-15

A precocious plan is needed to transport a rig from Texas to an oilfield off the Indian coast; a crew has to lift a 870-ton piece aboard a cargo ship to build a warship.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: Billion-Dollar Superbuild
2016-08-22

A nearly $2 billion bridge is being built, and mega shippers need to lift massive sections of the bridge 180 feet above a dangerous river. In Florida, $150 million-worth of yachts need to be moved without a scratch.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: Championship Cargo
2016-08-29

A brand-new $33 million helicopter has just come off the production line. But getting it across the Atlantic in pristine condition is no small feat. Meanwhile, a championship rally car needs to be moved across five countries and two seas in just 76 hours.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 7: Freight of Fire
2016-09-12

In Louisiana, 55,000 tons of highly flammable biofuel is destined for a hungry power station over 4,500 miles across the Atlantic. Meanwhile, a $10 million ship loader dangles perilously in the sky. And a faulty radio could doom the whole operation.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 8: Migration of the Monsters
2016-09-19

A massive airplane is ready for assembly in Alabama, but mega shippers need to move several huge parts from all corners of the globe. Meanwhile, three monster dump trucks need to be moved to the other side of the planet without a scratch.

Runtime: 45 min
Season 2 (2018)

No overview available.

8 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Fertilizer - Ocean Racing Yachts - Classic Cars
2018-07-31

Thousands 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.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: Two Huge Cubes - 50 Trucks Lifted - 2nd World War Tank
2018-08-07

In 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.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: HMS Prince of Wales Carrier - Steel Cable Squeeze - £Million Yacht Move
2018-08-14

A 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.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: Wind Turbine Towers - Rockwool, Locomotive - Massive Soil Unload
2018-08-21

The 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.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: Coal Unload - £15-Million Super Yacht - Divers Repair Locks
2018-08-28

In 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.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: Mini-Cooper Cars - Moving, 40 tons of Frozen Fish - Steel Girder Unloading
2018-09-04

In 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.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 7: Biomass - Industrial Generator - 700 head of Cattle
2018-09-11

In 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.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 8: Royal Navy Ship - Channel Island Supply Run - Steam Locomotive
2018-09-18

In 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.

Runtime: 45 min
Season 3 (2020)

No overview available.

10 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Carriage 58 - 10 Racing Yachts - Sheet Pile Steel
2020-08-11

Kieran struggles to get a 26-tonne train rolling for the first time in 60 years. Colin has 48 hours to load ten valuable racing yachts. Robin Has 5 hours to unload 1500 Tons of Sheet Pile construction steel.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: Jack Up Rig (Part 1) - Darwin - Mining Machine
2020-08-18

A heavy lift vessel takes onboard a 23,000-tonne oil rig. Plus, a blanket of fog keeps one of the world's biggest airplanes grounded.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: Satellite - Liverpool Flyover - Wood Ship
2020-08-25

Massive machines are brought in to move a raised dual carriage way. Plus, a team race against time to underload a shipment of timber.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: Gantry Cranes (Part 1) - China - Herb Isles - Sand Ship
2020-09-01

It's a race against time as six massive container cranes have to be loaded in three days. And, a ferry is in urgent need of repair.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: Rotor - Super Cars - Fertiliser Ship
2020-09-08

Craig has 48 hours to get four super cars to Spain. Meanwhile, rain threatens to ruin an incoming shipment of fertiliser worth up to £45,000,000.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: Monopiles (Part 1) King Edward Train
2020-09-15

One of the biggest heavy lift vessels in the world is squeezed through a narrow canal in Germany. Plus, a 90-tonne locomotive is loaded onto a truck.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 7: Jack Up Rig (Part 2) - Melbourne - Boat Doors - Christmas Trees
2020-09-22

A 23,000-tonne oil rig needs offloading in Melbourne. Plus, a driver battles bad weather to deliver Christmas trees.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 8: Gantry Cranes (Part 2) - Miami - Cables - Pastor Pete
2020-09-29

In Miami, there are just two days to unload six container cranes. Meanwhile, Martin has to check and store 1,200 metres of mooring ropes.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 9: New Haven Bridge - Sawn Timber - Flying Fish
2020-10-06

Mark has to offload 2,800 tonnes of timber before the weather turns, while Chris transports a 57-metre-long bridge section.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 10: Monopiles (Part 2) - Spanish Trains - Refuse Bails
2020-10-13

The loading of wind turbine sections threatens to capsize a ship. Plus, 3,000 bales of compacted rubbish are shipped to Sweden.

Runtime: 45 min

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