Name: World's Biggest Shipbuilders
Released: 2016-08-28T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Bill Petrie

TV Show · Documentary

This series follows a core crew of larger than life engineers, shipbuilders, captains and designers working across the globe for Maersk - the largest shipping company on the planet.

2016 · 42m

Starring Bill Petrie

Director Tim Clarkson, Peter Fison

EPISODE 1

Mega Yards

The Okpo and Sungdong shipyards of South Korea, host two teams building the Maersk Tangier, a giant tanker, and the world's biggest jack-up rig, the XLE4.

42m
EPISODE 2

Huge Hulls

The workers attempt their heaviest lift ever - hoisting a giant 3,000 ton leg well.

42m
EPISODE 3

Emergency

Both the tanker team and the rig team are feeling the pressure as the challenges of the Tangier increase.

42m
EPISODE 4

Super Tug

In Korea, the XLE4's hull is being completed while construction of the vessel's bow and stern begins at two shipyards in Poland.

42m
EPISODE 5

Launch

The Tangier is about to take to the open sea for the very first time in South Korea; super tug's hull pieces delivered in Norway.

42m
EPISODE 6

Maiden Voyage

The Tangier is finally complete and has departed for her maiden voyage; on the other side of the world, the super tug team races against time to finish.

42m