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Season 2

8 episodes · 2018

  1. 1Fertilizer - Ocean Racing Yachts - Classic Cars

    31 Jul 2018 · 45 min

    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.

  2. 2Two Huge Cubes - 50 Trucks Lifted - 2nd World War Tank

    07 Aug 2018 · 45 min

    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.

  3. 3HMS Prince of Wales Carrier - Steel Cable Squeeze - £Million Yacht Move

    14 Aug 2018 · 45 min

    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.

  4. 4Wind Turbine Towers - Rockwool, Locomotive - Massive Soil Unload

    21 Aug 2018 · 45 min

    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.

  5. 5Coal Unload - £15-Million Super Yacht - Divers Repair Locks

    28 Aug 2018 · 45 min

    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.

  6. 6Mini-Cooper Cars - Moving, 40 tons of Frozen Fish - Steel Girder Unloading

    04 Sep 2018 · 45 min

    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.

  7. 7Biomass - Industrial Generator - 700 head of Cattle

    11 Sep 2018 · 45 min

    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.

  8. 8Royal Navy Ship - Channel Island Supply Run - Steam Locomotivefinale

    18 Sep 2018 · 45 min

    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.