Container Ships

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Documentary looking at the logistics of docking a container ship at Long Beach, California, and the operation of the waterfront docks, where several thousand containers need to be unloaded and loaded within a 48 hour timeframe.

Also covered is the building of the Adrian Maersk, the world’s largest container ship. Even with the enormous size of such ships, construction must remain accurate to within millimetres of the design specifications.

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