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Mega Shippers

Season 1
The complex workings of some of the world's biggest and most highly-skilled shippers are chronicled as they work hard behind the scenes to keep the wheels of commerce turning smoothly.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Grand Ship Auto
    July 24, 2016
    43min
    TV-PG
    A late-arriving vessel leads to a delay in the loading of 750 luxury cars in England. Damage to a shipment of nuclear-reactor components leads to fears of terrorism. A Christmas tree is delivered to Trafalgar Square in London.
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  2. S1 E2 - Mission: Super Yacht
    July 31, 2016
    43min
    TV-PG
    A super yacht is transported by cargo ship from Spain to Florida. Workers in Baltimore unload millions of pounds of sugar cane. And shippers struggle to load an airplane cabin trainer en route to Ethiopia.
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  3. S1 E3 - Ultimate Cruise Ship
    August 7, 2016
    43min
    TV-PG
    A cruise ship in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, gets a new load of food and passengers. Authorities in Southampton, England, prepare to dock a massive container ship. Bad weather delays the loading of a barge in Norfolk, Virginia.
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  4. S1 E4 - Hardcore Haul
    August 14, 2016
    43min
    TV-PG
    Crews in Corpus Christi, Texas, load a massive rig onto a ship. In England, a 2500-ton load of cement is loaded onto a train. And engineers in Glasgow, Scotland, move a flight-control tower for an aircraft carrier onto a barge.
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  5. S1 E5 - Billion-Dollar Superbuild
    August 21, 2016
    43min
    TV-PG
    Ten luxury yachts are loaded onto a cargo ship in Port Everglades, Florida. A massive 275-ton deck frame is moved into position for a new bridge in Queensferry, Scotland. And five huge wind turbines arrive in Immingham, England.
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  6. S1 E6 - Championship Cargo
    August 28, 2016
    43min
    TV-PG
    A massive steel column is unloaded from a ship in Point Comfort, Texas. A helicopter is shipped to Southampton in England, where it will be used by the British Coast Guard. And a rally car is transported to Sweden prior to a race.
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  7. S1 E7 - Freight of Fire
    September 4, 2016
    43min
    TV-PG
    Shippers rush to get a load of sweet potatoes from North Carolina to England in a climate-controlled environment. A 50,000-ton shipment of biofuel is transported from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to a nuclear-power plant in England.
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  8. S1 E8 - Migration of the Monsters
    September 11, 2016
    43min
    TV-PG
    Wings for an Airbus A-320 are shipped from Hawarden, Wales to Mobile, Alabama. Three 75-ton dump trucks are transported to Southampton, England. And a 280-ton load of lumber is moved from Kingwood, West Virginia, to Vietnam.
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Directors
Chris Barham
Producers
David Notman-WattNigel GainsboroughClaire CadmanNeil LairdIan White
Cast
Rick Wasserman
Studio
Science
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