Extreme Engineering - Season 2 - Eps 3: Container Ships
Covers the docking of a container ship at Long Beach (California) and the operation of the water front docks, where several thousand containers need to be unloaded and loaded in 48 hours. Also covered is the building of the Adrian Maersk, the world's largest container ship. While the scale of these gigantic ships has to be seen to be believed, the construction must be precise to millimeters.
About Extreme Engineering
Title: Extreme Engineering
First Air Date: 2003-04-13
Last Air Date: 2011-07-09
Status: Ended
Rating: 7/10 (from 20 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 9
Total Episodes: 77
Network: Discovery
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Powderhouse Productions
Synopsis
Extreme Engineering covers major construction projects from all around the world. Some are futuristic projects that may never be done, others are projects that are on there way to completion.
