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SHIPS LARGEST CONTAINER SHIPS EVER BUILT Free Documentary - Engineering: Construction of the Largest Container Ship Ever Built \| Mega Projects \| FD Engineering PLAY YOUTUBE VIDEO Original article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTr39yYKFu0
Construction of the Largest Container Ship Ever Built \| Mega Projects \| FD Engineering Free Documentary - Engineering Jun 1, 2025 418K subscribers ... 699,169 views ... 6.3K likes #FreeDocumentary #megaprojects #Documentary Construction of the Largest Cargo Ship Ever Built \| China's Mega Projects \| FD Engineering Construction of the Longest Highway: • Construction of the Longest Highway \| Mega... The largest cargo ship ever built is as large as four soccer fields, reaching 400 meters long and 63 meters wide. Thanks to the latest generation eleven-cylinder engine and revolutionary use of liquefied natural gas, it has enough power to move ten of Airbus’ largest aircrafts, the A380s. In just a few months, all nine ships currently under construction will carry up to 22,000 containers, setting a world record for transport that has previously been considered unattainable. 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Transcript Best Engineering Documentaries & Shows \| FD Engineering by Free Documentary - Engineering Construction of the Longest Highway \| Mega Projects \| FD Engineering by Free Documentary - Engineering Flexible Buildings: Constructions of the Future \| FD Engineering by Free Documentary - Engineering 9 China's Mega Projects \| FD Engineering by Free Documentary - Engineering The Salvagemasters: Tackling the World’s Worst Shipwrecks \| Complete Season 2 \| FD Engineering by Free Documentary - Engineering Peter Burgess COMMENTARY Peter Burgess Transcript 0:07 just a few kilometers from Shanghai in northeastern China thousands of women and men work in a humongous shipyard This extraordinary project is an unparalleled technical and human challenge Not one but nine container ships are built here These nine steel giants are among the largest in the world The work will take place simultaneously and will last just under 2 years The shipping company behind this 0:41 new generation of ships is France's CMA CGM a world leader in ocean 0:47 transportation These giants will transport an enormous amount of goods approximately 215,000 tons per freighter The first is the Jack Sunday These ships mark a turning point in nautical transportation due to a revolution in the engine's energy supply 1:15 of liqufied natural gas [Music] 1:27 [Music] A symbol of this innovation a 1:33 revolutionary tank filled with liquid natural gas Cooled to minus 1:39 161° the liquid natural gas is more environmentally friendly than oil It 1:44 powers a unique motor the largest natural gas powered engine ever built 1:50 It's just under 20 m high about as tall as a six-story building This engine 1:55 drives a huge propeller 10 m in diameter Each of these ships is capable 2:02 of carrying 23,000 containers Lined up in a row they'd cover a length of 150 km 2:19 We follow the construction site manager and shipboard commander into the heart of the command center and get to 2:25 experience the key moments in the construction of these mega ships up 2:31 close Will it be possible to complete the nine giants in a record amount of 2:36 time What technology is used in such a gigantic shipyard 2:50 [Music] The story of these container ships 2:56 presents a massive challenge How do you build nine ships in less than 2 years when it normally takes 3:03 18 months to build just one This gigantic shipyard was built to 3:10 make it happen There's enough space here for all nine ships and the necessary 3:19 infrastructure The shipyard is located on the other side of the world in China 3:24 just outside the city of Shanghai on Changing Island The ship building 3:29 facilities extend almost 4 km There are three dry docks in the 3:35 shipyard to get as much done as possible at the same time so the ships can be worked on one after the other There 3:42 aren't many giant shipyards like this where several dozen mega ships are built each year Most of them are located on 3:48 the Asian continent where there's a significant pool of expertise The shipyard is like a city 3:55 where more than 6,000 tradesmen technicians and engineers work from all over the world 4:04 The challenge is enormous Each ship will be able to load up to 23,000 containers 4:10 A first the dimensions set completely new standards 400 m long or the length of 4:18 four soccer fields 61 m wide just under 78 m high 4:25 That's higher than the Statue of Liberty Without cargo a ship like this weighs 70,000 tons 4:32 Intense vigilance and rigorous organization are essential at all levels for these behemoths to be completed in 4:44 time In one of the shipyard's many warehouses workers are building a section of the ship called a block A 4:51 special system is used to coordinate the production of the nine ships similar to a giant Lego 5:02 The ships are assembled in the dry docks in huge basins One by one the blocks are 5:07 delivered and welded together An extremely efficient construction method Each block has a precise function and 5:14 specific place in the overall construction of the ship 5:24 To produce these giant vessels without wasting time the construction plan was broken down into thousands of 5:31 independent blocks like an assembly line And to save even more time everything's 5:36 already installed Piping fittings ready to be 5:43 connected These huge parts are brought to the center of the shipyard near the dry docks where they're mounted on the 5:49 part of the ship already built Like a skeleton every single part of the ship 5:55 becomes 6:08 visible These floating giants have a very thin but extremely strong outer 6:13 wall A complex puzzle with countless pieces 6:32 [Applause] All parts need to be assembled with surgical precision 6:39 [Music] 6:45 [Music] 6:51 Part of the tail consisting of five blocks slowly moves towards the basin like a spaceship from Star 6:59 Wars 790 tons The weight of two high-speed trains floats in the 7:07 air No problem for the massive port cranes which can lift up to 600 7:13 tons Two cranes working together 7:21 [Music] The assembly of the massive parts has to 7:27 be [Applause] 7:39 perfect But how's it possible to build the ship without blocking access to the bottom of the ship 7:46 How can individual parts be protected from getting damaged on the 7:57 ground The trick Small incredibly stable support beams known in technical jargon 8:03 as PS The PS are placed on the bottom of 8:09 the basin so the ship can be placed on top A paw consists of a concrete block with 8:15 a metal structure attached on top Each one can carry 200 tons without damaging 8:21 the hull Together the PS support the weight of the completed ship nearly 8:26 70,000 8:32 tons Everything's ready for the next mega ship to be assembled 8:45 In the beginning there was sheet metal 12,661 steel sheets They're the raw 8:52 material for the structure of container ships just like cells in the human 8:59 body They're delivered by sea by the hundreds 9:05 [Music] The structure of the ship is made of these sheets mainly steel a material 9:12 that can be used over and over 9:23 again When the ship's dismantled in 30 or 40 years almost all the parts can be 9:28 recycled 9:36 This sheet metal field is located near the warehouse Thousands of plates are waiting to be cut to 9:49 [Music] size But why are increasingly larger 9:54 container ships still being built Reducing the cost of transportation isn't the only reason Environmental 10:01 factors also play a vital role If 23,000 containers can be 10:07 transported by one ship the life cycle assessment of each of these containers improves 10:31 So sea transport is comparatively more environmentally friendly than air or road 10:37 [Music] 10:44 transport Propelling increasingly large ships while being environmentally friendly is a real challenge 10:51 One of the main challenges of the early 21st century is to keep the carbon footprint as low as 10:59 possible So a revolutionary propulsion system was developed for the nine 11:05 ships Unlike older generations of comparably larger container ships it no 11:10 longer operates using oil but rather it's powered by liqufied natural gas 11:16 Some smaller ships are already powered this way but the use of this fuel in a container ship with 23,000 units that's 11:24 innovation 11:36 of this fuel represents an important advantage a drastic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions A trip pollutes 11:44 the environment far less than using oil Liqufi natural gas is certainly progress 11:49 in the race to reduce the carbon footprint of cargo ships 12:08 a considerable improvement But the engineers also face 12:15 a second problem a ship's independence The majority of routes run between Asia 12:20 and Europe so fuel supply is an important core issue 12:26 The fewer stops a ship has to make along the way the lower cost and travel time 12:32 Container ships powered by liqufied natural gas have to cover enormous distances without any intermediate 12:39 refueling Storing such an enormous amount of liqufied natural gas on board presents a complex 12:45 challenge The French company GTT world market leader for liqufied natural gas 12:51 tanks developed a customized solution for this project It's the largest tank ever built 51 m 12:59 long 27 m wide The tank measures 18,000 cubic meters as much as six Olympic 13:06 swimming pools The liquid gas offers a huge advantage and solves a familiar 13:12 problem 13:27 The requirements are intimidating To ensure the gas remains liquid it needs to be stored between 13:34 -61 and -63° C So the tank has to not only withstand 13:41 the temperature but also be able to maintain it To do this all the inner walls are 13:49 covered by several layers of insulation which is more than 27 cm 13:54 thick So the tank is similar to a casket dense and durable like a giant freezer 14:01 in the center of the ship 14:10 After a six-month phase of block assembly a new stage begins installing 14:15 the tank To do this a block must be completely isolated a lengthy and 14:21 critical stage that requires meticulous precision and which can last up to 9 14:27 months How can the natural gas be perfectly insulated atus 14:33 161° and in a tank exposed to wind and weather on the high seas 14:41 To accomplish this 27 cm thick sheets of polyurethane are 14:46 used They protect the outer walls from the extreme 14:55 cold The panels are glued to the walls of the tank and then fastened 15:06 That's why the tank is divided into several levels so workers can cover the entire surface of the huge hall A work 15:13 phase that takes 7 15:20 weeks The first layer of insulation is ready but is it absolutely airtight too 15:27 Even though it's always a race against time on the construction site the crews still have to make sure everything's 15:33 working properly and check every single seam The work's divided into inspection 15:48 zones A leak was found here In such cases technicians use an efficient 15:53 method which is surprisingly simple 15:59 water The affected section is covered with soapy water Then this plexiglass 16:04 box is used Let's see here A vacuum is created 16:10 inside with a pump If air bubbles escape through the inner wall it proves the 16:15 seam isn't completely airtight Then you need to glue that spot again of course 16:20 in a timely manner It's important not to waste a minute The procedure needs to be 16:26 repeated on the lower levels The countdown continues After 16 weeks the 16:32 first stage of installing the tank is complete A second much longer stage is about to 16:38 [Music] begin The tank is the energy reservoir of the ship From here the liqufied 16:45 natural gas is rooted to the engine 16:54 The problem is both the gas volume and the distance to be covered are 16:59 extensive because of balancing The engine is located at the other end of the 17:07 ship So a suction mechanism needs to be built into the 17:12 tank Here it comes Its weight 25 tons Its task to pump the gas to the engine 17:20 Its name the gas 17:26 [Music] 17:34 mast ass that is virtually indestructible because it needs to withstand extreme conditions in the tank 17:47 The lower the tank gets the more waves of liquid gas beat against the mast located in the center of the tank 18:01 The mass needs to withstand freezing cold and enormous pressure without moving even a millimeter and do that for 18:08 several 18:15 years Work continues at the enormous Shanghai shipyard A tank obtained its 18:21 first layer of insulation on one of the container ships Now a second one can be attached but the gas mass needs to be 18:28 installed before [Music] 18:35 that It's lowered into the tank from the top The mast is 6 m wide and the opening 18:41 through which it's lowered is barely larger 18:52 The mast is lowered centimeter by centimeter Around 15 workers are involved in this delicate operation 19:04 The metal monster floats in the 19:10 [Music] air Finally the mast is now securely 19:17 attached There are four pumps at the lower end just a few centimeters above the bottom 19:23 of the tank They pump every drop of the liquid gas 19:42 A device that's proven its reliability Now the tank's last layer of 19:49 insulation is added the so-called primary membrane a 1.2 mm thick sheet 19:56 metal It's what gives the tanks their waffle-like surface structure This 20:01 membrane is ultra thin and at the same time incredibly efficient 20:07 The intense cold of the liqufied gas causes the steel to warp So it's crucial 20:13 that the structure itself is flexible The embossed membrane with its 20:20 wavy edges offers the perfect solution 20:42 weld seams totaling over 6 km run through the tank They're extremely 20:48 resistant The same technology is also used in space travel After 8 months of 20:54 work the tank is finally ready 21:05 A final inspection takes place before it's finally closed Nothing not the 21:10 smallest speck of dust is allowed to be left behind The ship should be ready in 4 21:16 [Music] 21:22 months Today 3 months after work began is a special day for the engineers 21:28 They've come to the mainland because one of the core pieces of the project is being completed in these halls today One 21:35 of the most spectacular individual parts of the ship the [Music] 21:44 engine With its 24 m length 18 m height and a weight of 2,000 tons it generates 21:51 an output of 85,000 horsepower a genuine independent 21:58 construction Before the engines mounted in the ship it's tested to the extreme 22:04 The engines pushed to its limits to 110% of its 22:10 capacity This test is absolutely necessary to check the stability of the motor in extreme 22:17 situations Repairing this massive component on the open sea would be extremely 22:22 complicated And it was actually developed to simplify the work of 22:28 [Music] mechanics If there are any serious problems mechanics can enter here to the 22:34 center of the engine But the tests went well The 22:39 engine passes with flying colors It'll be installed in one of the nine container ships in a few days 22:52 Nine ships That's nine engines that have to be built in a very short amount of time So they're manufactured just in 23:00 time The second engine's already being 23:05 assembled just a few dozen meters away from the first engine 23:10 A critical step is about to be taken The main piece will now be delivered the crankshaft 23:18 The crankshaft is the axle that connects the engine to the propeller and powers 23:23 it Its weight 220 tons It's mounted in the lower part of 23:30 the engine and moves with the help of 12 pressure 23:42 pistons First of all the part is thoroughly oiled The pressure pistons 23:47 are connected later when the crankshaft's in 23:54 place This is genuine engineering Almost 220 tons are waiting 24:02 to be installed This is done with the help of 24:07 extraordinary cranes 24:12 So far this is only half of the crankshaft The 12 pressure pistons each have a diameter of 1 meter That's 10 24:20 times more than a car When running they move 3.2 m up and down 24:34 [Music] The engine's now mounted onto one of the 24:39 ships But before that it has to be taken apart to be brought on board And it's 24:44 not that simple No vehicle in the world can move this 2,000 ton massive 24:51 part That's why it's separated into six parts transported individually by ship 24:57 to the shipyard This is the main part It includes the 25:05 [Music] crankshaft The crankshaft is carefully 25:12 lowered With its weight of 350 tons any unprotected contact with the ground 25:18 would damage the metal So it's carefully loaded onto beams Even though the beams 25:24 are temporary they're still attached carefully 25:33 Now this highly sensitive piece of the engine is loaded onto a peculiar cart 25:50 To endure such a great weight these transporters have up to 140 wheels They 25:57 weigh more than 10 semi trucks and they're controlled by remote control from a distance Because safety is a top 26:05 priority the transporter only travels approximately 5 km hour The ship's 26:11 already waiting when the transporter reaches the barge 26:17 [Music] The engines loaded as slowly as 26:24 possible Everything's ready to transport it to the 26:31 shipyard To get the container ships moving which can weigh up to 300,000 26:36 tons when fully loaded the propulsion system has a propeller with a very distinctive form Their streamlined shape 26:44 delivers increased performance [Music] 27:02 back on the island in the heart of the shipyard This part was designed in 27:08 Germany and made in China 27:24 The propeller is connected with this huge round steel piece The propeller shaft causes the rotation 27:48 In other words the two parts have to be 100% aligned There can't be any 27:54 discrepancy whatsoever At full speed the slightest inaccuracy would have irreparable consequences A dye is used 28:01 to perform the test Methylene blue 28:08 Now the two parts come together The blue color shows exactly where the contact points are 28:16 [Music] 28:26 A job of absolute precision which can't be tampered with 28:34 52.5 28:39 [Music] 5 Okay Now 52 is okay The propeller 28:46 shaft is raised one piece at a time The propeller and propeller shaft fit perfectly into each 28:57 other The operation was a complete success In the next step the two parts 29:03 are finally assembled on board the ship 29:11 Because the construction of each ship is progressing at different stages the quality and cutting of the sheets must 29:17 be constantly monitored The metals cut with a laser 29:24 beam generating heat of approximately 18,000° C It cuts the steel like butter 29:31 In total more than 880 km of metal sheets are required for one ship That's 29:37 the distance between Paris and 29:43 [Applause] Berlin There aren't any high-tech robots 29:50 here and very few automated processes Everything's done with industrial machines and human hands Every worker 29:58 has a place This is where the first parts of a new ship are taking shape These plates 30:05 can now be assembled together to form new 30:14 blocks Work at the shipyard is carried out in several stages by 30:21 design expansion and inspection And now I want 30:26 to see this uh if it's good It's now time to assemble the last 30:34 [Music] block It's already waiting a few meters 30:40 from the basin Andre supervises the operation 30:49 The block is slowly lifted up hovers in the air for several 30:58 minutes then fits perfectly in its place in the bow of the 31:06 ship Now it just needs to be welded in place and the ship will be completely 31:11 finished These ships are gigantic metal 31:18 construction sets but they're also extra-l large patchwork rugs The connecting seams stretch across the 31:24 entire hull like scars 31:46 1,248 km That's the distance between Marseilles and 31:55 Manchester Sparks are flying all over the shipyard Thousands of sheets are 32:01 welded at the same time 32:07 Once the ship's at sea there can't be any structural weak points Like a weak link in a chain the 32:15 slightest mistake at sea can mean disaster That's why every weld is 32:20 meticulously inspected and redone if necessary 32:27 [Applause] 32:32 The simultaneous construction of the nine container ships continues Now it's 32:38 time to install the propeller The installation on the lower 32:43 part of the hull is a delicate matter The propeller was cast in one 32:50 piece in a speciallymade mold With its 92 tons and 10 m in 32:55 diameter it can't be transported by air So it's transported to the shipyard by 33:01 ship The last meters of the journey are conducted by massive cranes which 33:07 carefully load the propeller into the 33:17 basin The first thing that has to be done is to prepare the propeller shaft 33:22 Meticulous wrapping protects them from contamination Nothing should interfere with the installation of the 33:32 propeller Now the propellers slowly moved 33:38 forward Then meter by meter lifted and 33:44 aligned But how do you attach a 92 ton propeller How do you manage to keep 33:50 these massive parts completely still The answer oil 33:56 pressure The men don't help The propeller simply moved into place by oil 34:01 pressure where it's finally attached Now the oil's 34:08 injected It's filled through this huge nut and the propeller is precisely attached to its axis 34:18 [Music] 34:25 The oil pressure increases as the entire team watches carefully It's under 34:31 constant observation Adjustments take place directly on the hull the old-fashioned 34:37 way 34:48 Once the propeller is attached the oil is collected to be reused later Now the 34:53 screw can be 35:03 uncovered Tonight this brand new engine is reassembled This time however directly 35:10 on board the ship This is the lid the upper part the last 35:16 missing part of the engine The ship has to be able to transport hundreds of tons of goods without anything 35:25 slipping The massive piece hovers over the ship at a height of more than 20 m 35:30 before it's lowered into the heart Everything's already prepared The 35:36 crankshaft and pressure pistons are just waiting for the last part of the engine to be inserted 35:59 Now the parts just need to be attached to each other 36:09 The ocean's a particularly hostile environment where the hull is put to the test The salt and friction erode the 36:17 paint It's possible that entire layers of paint peel off This clearly slows 36:22 down the ship The ship needs to put more pressure on the engine to maintain its cruising 36:32 speed 36:37 Controlled fuel consumption is a core feature of container ships So the 36:43 painting of ships is extremely important It's crucial that muscles or any other organism can't attach to the ship 36:50 Painting is carried out in several stages [Music] 37:12 on that area They have to do it before applying the last layer It's crucial to make sure the previous layer is perfect 37:20 And that's never the case on the first try You can always find a mistake somewhere An engineer examines the 37:27 outcome himself To be able to perform a comprehensive inspection he climbs onto 37:33 the freight elevator But an inspection like this can be dangerous 37:39 Whoa Whoa Whoa Go down Go down Down Down At this altitude the wind sways the 37:46 gondola quite a bit If the ship's side isn't perfectly smooth the spot is 37:52 leveled with a grinding machine and repainted So this is the remaining Once they will cut we will do repair one more 37:59 time Okay An enormous job that has to be carried out on each of the ships The 38:04 total area to be covered is around 950,000 square meters That's the length of 135 soccer fields 38:23 The last layer of paint can now be applied This will take one to two 38:30 days Nearly 1 million L of paint are used for each ship About 2/3 of that protects the part 38:38 of the hall that's underwater [Music] 38:54 This extraordinary container ship will carry a significant amount of goods the equivalent of nearly 1 billion cell 39:04 phones Whether on the bridge or further down in the cargo bays everything's transported in standardized 39:11 containers 12 containers can be stacked on top of each other in the cargo bay When one's full it's closed with a 39:18 so-called hatch [Music] 39:24 cover Then another 12 containers can be stacked on top from the 39:31 outside Absolutely everything is transported in these 39:40 containers transform the telephone the the diminishment 39:49 the course the cargo also contains fresh products like fruits and vegetables You 39:54 need refrigerated containers for that They're connected to the ship The 40:00 warehouse has to be permanently ventilated because it produces heat 40:06 [Music] 40:22 a cathedral of steel on a massive scale 40:41 But how can so many containers be loaded and unloaded Next to these ships a truck 40:47 looks like an [Music] ant Huge cranes are used to load the 40:54 cargo into the [Music] 41:00 ships They're lined up on one side of the ship and their arms are long enough to reach the other side 41:09 The containers loaded by the cranes are stacked using a rail 41:14 system So the container towers get higher layer by layer in the storage 41:19 facilities and on the upper deck 41:35 too The systems functionality is tested beforehand using a very particular 41:40 method 26 10 32 14 15 41:46 A so-called container dummy is used for this A replica that has the same dimensions as the real 41:55 containers An engineer checks to see if there's a problem The slightest twist or 42:01 any other distortion of the rails is noted and corrected 42:06 The moorings in the ground are also inspected The cargo shouldn't move at all while being 42:15 [Applause] transported But everything seems to be 42:21 under control today The engineer of the shipyard has done his job 42:36 Whether in calm or stormy seas nothing's allowed to move The containers must be prevented from falling into the 42:46 ocean To prevent this from happening they're attached to the ship's structure above the 42:52 bridge and to each other This is done with so-called twist locks 43:01 Nothing can happen using this system No matter how high the waves no matter how bad the storm 43:19 the place where everything on board comes together The center the brain is the 43:25 bridge Matthew's looking at it today This is where the ship is steered when 43:32 out on the ocean The command bridge is still under 43:38 construction Workers are now laying the last cables and connecting the navigation devices 43:44 [Music] 43:56 In addition to all the high techch gadgets you'll also find a few very classic navigation aids 44:05 [Music] [Music] But how do you dock such a massive ship How do you manage not to damage the ship's wall which is only 1.5 cm thick Two specific outposts are detached for this maneuver One on the port side and one on starboard They know all the necessary commands 45:01 for system A maneuver that requires a lot of sensitivity It's executed at a speed of 0.4 km hour The problem is despite the low speed you can never see the bow and stern of the 400 m long ship at the same time To solve this problem a system called Smart Eyes is used It contains eight cameras distributed around the ship providing an unimpeded view of the entire length This allows the container ship to be moved close to the dock wall without great risk After a busy year and a half the construction of the first container ship the Jacques Saday is coming to an end The other eight ships will be completed over the next 8 months 46:01 For the first time the Jacques SADE goes out to sea There's a 15-day test phase where all the equipment is tested under real conditions The tests are controlled from the command bridge where all the equipment's interconnected But the equipment alone isn't enough It's only an aid to navigation A machine can never replace a human being The experience of the team is what matters Speed 24611 distance 7596 Okay thanks Every electronic device is tested the mechanics too How will the brand new engine respond Speed tests are 47:03 performed Three two one start During the test 47:09 today the engine performs as it should There's another test awaiting the ship tomorrow When the engine's off the ship should stop moving Now comes one of the most symbolic pieces of equipment the anchor which of course is also inspected Like the ship itself the anchor is enormous This is where the anchoring is rehearsed and the performance of the anchor winch is tested This is the name given to the mechanism which returns the anchor to the ship 48:01 And that doesn't even include the chain links Each individual link weighs 300 kilos The total chain weighs about 372 tons That's more than the weight of 60 African elephants After a few minutes the anchor rises to the surface The ship appears ready to sail the world's oceans With the inauguration of the first ship the French shipyard has won the race against time Nine gigantic revolutionary container ships were built in record time on this huge shipyard The French company's gamble has paid off The first completed ships will soon be traveling their routes The others will follow The global flow of goods continues to increase Today 90% of 49:00 freight is transported by sea 100,000 cargo ships already navigate the seas So improving their life cycle assessment is an important goal for our planet The liqufied natural gas improves the life cycle assessment of the ships to protect the ocean air and the ports But what will transportation look like in 20 or 30 years Engineers are already busy developing futureproof solutions The challenges ahead are daunting Ultimately the goal has to be an end to CO2 emissions Of course constructing container ships 50:00 like these is an enormous financial economic and technological challenge But that's not all These ships are also a great human adventure Together these dedicated women and men have accomplished a great achievement Together they overcame that challenge A genuine challenge as if made for the 21st century Heat Heat [Music] [Music]

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