Off the coast of Croatia, a burning ferry drifts out of control as salvers fight to save her from sinking. In the Irish sea a ferry is battered by a force 10 gale to the brink of extinction, forcing another salvage team to put their lives on the line.

Two rookie salvage masters face a baptism of fire as a Russian freighter gets battered by typhoons in Japan and a stranded ferry in Mexico threatens a holiday playground with environmental disaster.

Off the coast of Gibraltar, a sunken freighter blocks an ocean highway, forcing a team of divers to put their lives on the line. In Japan, a battered wreck refuses to budge, testing a veteran salvage master's skills.

Off the coast of Oregon, the impossible job: a veteran salver takes on a wreck that has defeated all others. Off Gibraltar, 700 tons of steel need to be lifted out of a shipping lane, testing a team of salver's engineering skills to the limit.

Oil on a sunken tanker threatens an environmental disaster; a salvage team fights to pump her dry using pioneering diving techniques as they battle ship fires and decompression sickness.

The battle for the MSC Napoli, her oil, and thousands of tons of cargo spilling onto British beaches and into the hands of looters. Challenging the toughest experts in the business; blasting, tearing, plunging into battle with the ship that would not die.