Mighty Ships

- Season 1

(2008)

Neither pirates nor cyclones nor the traffic-clogged Suez Canal will keep Emma Maersk from completing her mission.

MV Becrux is a modern day Noah's Ark, a $100-million custom-built ship designed to carry one of Australia's most important exports: livestock. Join her on her latest mission delivering 16,000 cattle and $12 million of cargo to Indonesia. The job will require 300 tons of feed and 100,000 gallons of water a day, plus a high-powered ventilation system and state-of-the-art electronics just to get moving. Add in a tight deadline, heavy traffic, and pirate-infested seas, and it makes for one intense journey.

Mighty Ship Faust must weather ice, storms, and stowaways, while delivering thousands of luxury cars without a scratch.

No Mighty Ship faces more challenging missions than icebreaker CCGS Henry Larsen. She patrols the rugged North Atlantic, smashing through ten-foot thick frozen slabs, rescuing ice-imprisoned vessels, and keeping remote islands linked to the outside world. This winter, she'll be pushed to the limit when a major winter storm wreaks havoc on the Newfoundland area. Its small coastal communities are counting on Henry Larsen, and her support helicopter, to save them from imminent isolation.

See how Great Lakes freighter Tregurtha's first mission of the shipping season pushes her and her crew to the limits.

Examining the Tyco Resolute, which lays fiber - optic cable across the ocean.