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Published 2019-11-10
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A transport to the other side of the globe. The “Höegh Trapper” is the largest automobile transporter in the world. Two hundred meters long, thirty-six meters wide. But the major attraction is actually behind the steel hull: A gigantic cargo area: In total over seventy-one thousand square meters. Enough room for eight-thousand-five-hundred cars. And hundreds of the so-called “High- and Heavies”: Gigantic machines of any kind.
Her journey takes the fully loaded “Trapper” on a journey covering
28,000 kilometers. The starting point: Antwerp in Belgium. Here, Port Captain Per Henningsen has to load 1,000 cars in record time – only 16 hours. Next stop: Bremerhaven, in Germany. Besides 2,000 cars here,
Per has to load 200 high and heavy units – one of which has him
worrying more than usual. He doesn’t know the exact measurements of the mysterious cargo – will it fit into the Trapper? From Bremerhaven, the journey continues to England, France, and Spain, and then out onto the expanse of the Atlantic Ocean. From there across the pond to ports in the US and Jamaica, through the Panama Canal onto the Pacific and all the way to New Zealand and Australia…All that in just fifty days! The Panama Canal is the bottleneck of the journey. The canal is over a hundred years old and was designed for the largest ships at that time. Maximum width: 32.3 meters. For behemoths like The Trapper, that’s not enough. Canal authorities began construction on newer, larger lock systems in 2007. Since its opening in 2016, ships belonging to the so-called Neopanamax class can now transit the canal and that includes the Trapper. But even though the new lock chambers are fifty-five meters wide: For the Trapper this means not even ten meters clearance on either side - a special challenge for Captain She and his crew…
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I actually work on this ship when I’m docks in Jacksonville. It is truly amazing to see how we park those cars.
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Other than the unnecessary dubs of the Chinese crewmembers, this is a really good documentary! I never thought international shipping would be so interesting.
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Hats off to all the crew members and especially to the drivers who park these enormous vehicles so precisely and without any damage 😯
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This ship is truly insane!! I can't believe how clean and organized everything is. The cargo bay looks like a hospital it's so clean. That lead planner is worth his weight in gold. That guy's job has to be worth $$$billions each year. Blows my mind to see an operation run so smooth and well oiled, coming from the cluster I work in. We have managed to make a quality product for so long with 1940s machinery we will never see anything like this ever.
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Why they do my man Wang like that. I understood him over the voiceover 😂
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that crew spoke really good english. there was no need for voice overs...maybe subtitles. good doc.
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Well, as a retired airline pilot in full awareness of the precision involved, in especially low visibilities and fuel management...my admiration for these seamen who know their stuff.
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I worked for 6 years at a car dealership. I always had the highest respect for the guys who drove the transporters, and were also responsible for the loading, and unloading of the vehicles. This, however, takes that to an astronomically higher level. As an aside, an occasional frustration was the customer who expected his new car to have “0” km on it when he took delivery. If they only knew how far it had rolled to get to our lot.
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I'm proud to have been involved in the building of this beauty
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The narrator must've loved hearing his voice so much that he speaks over crewmembers. He also dramatizes unnecessary dangers. That said, the documentary is quite interesting. Thank you.
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My dad was the port manager for Mazda in Vallejo, Ca. It was always a big day for us when a ship came in and we would watch them unload the cars for hours. It is something the average person never really thinks about. It is a well coordinated effort between port of origin and destination as well as the hundreds of drivers loading and unloading. I wanted to be the shuttle driver that took unloading drivers back to the ship once they parked the car in the HUGE parking lot. Didn’t happen.😁
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16:38 I thought his English was just fine lol... Why did they feel the need to voice over him?
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Narrator: they'll have to go through the canal IN COMPLETE DARKNESS. Canal: nah bro, I've got plenty of lights.
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If I didn't know that is was a ship, I would never have guessed that that behemoth could float. Engineers are truly awesome.
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I never knew how hard it was until I watched this.. A big salute to those crews, captain and those who work in a ship
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Seeing just a small bit of things like this, really makes you appreciate everything in the world. So many little details, it's insane how the world operates honestly. We take everything for granted and assume everything is so easy.
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videos like this really make me think about how many jobs are out there in the world.. I’ve never even thought about what it takes to have cars shipped to different countries.
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I used to work in logistics at a port and we handled large "car carriers", even had the opportunity to sail on a hugh container ship but nothing came close to this mega carrier. I'm impressed by both the ship crews and stevedoring crews. Highly skilled and diligent. Enjoyed watching the details of each process. Wow a great video. Well done. 🚢👍
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I really enjoyed this show. It makes me appreciate all the behind-the-scenes work it takes to get stuff we buy from one part of the world to another.
