Sea Monsters (2018)
Synopsis
From deep-sea danger to mega holiday cruises, helping rivers flow and harvesting power, this program goes deep, unlocking the ultimate challenges of our water planet.
Episodes
Fireboats
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach take the keys to two new state-of-the-art fireboats ready to battle any blaze and extinguish any threat.
Turnaround Day
At the worlds largest cruise ports, professional teams race against the clock and the weather to re-supply the biggest cruise ships in the world.
Salt miner
In Baltimore, engineers design and assemble a state-of-the-art, mega-bucket wheel dredge; they now must disassemble it and move it to Saudi Arabia where it will operate in one of the toughest dredge conditions in the world.
Navy Fleet
Today's Navy fleets are the biggest and best equipped ever with destroyers, carriers, jets, helicopters and submarines that must be ready for anything from terrorism to natural disasters.
Mississippi
The United States Corps of Engineers employs a flotilla of mega marine machines to protect the Mississippi River.
How Harbors Work
In the harbor at Charleston, South Carolina, mega marine machines are hauling, hoisting, dredging and digging to make way for towering container ships.
Tidal Power
Battling the worlds highest tides, a global team of scientists and engineers take to the water to install an underwater turbine that can turn the power of the ocean into clean electrical energy.
Container Port
The deceptively simple 20-foot shipping container has become the most revolutionary invention of the modern world, moving all of the worlds goods from ship to shore to truck to store.
Details
Original Title
Mega Marine Machines
Status
Returning Series
Seasons
2
Episodes
21
