Gigantic Car Ferry Heavy Maintenance | Mega Pit Stops | Episode 5 | Free Documentary

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Mega Pit Stops - Episode 5: The gigantic car ferry Peter Pan is cut in half and prolonged by a center-section.

It is an almost impossible endeauvour: The Peter Pan, a gigantic car ferry shall become - even bigger. It is lengthened from 190 to a mighty 220 metres! How do the engineers do that? They cut the ferry into two parts and insert a 30-meter-long section in the middle, which is prefabricated in another shipyard, 200 kilometers away. All this – in just 58 days.

Because time is a crucial issue here, sixty workers already start preparing the ferry for her lengthening during its final crossing to the shipyard: German Dry Docks in Bremerhaven. The responsible engineers are nervous: to fit all the restrictions of the shipping company TT-Line, they have to apply a very special cutting method, that has never been used before. And in fact: the first problems arise, when they try to pull the two halves of the ship apart – each of them weighing several thousand tons. Some steel beams have snagged.

But this is not the only problem the crew will have to deal with: they can only move the gigantic single pieces of the ship when the dock is flooded. Lose ends like the engine room therefore have to be sealed up watertight to save the sensitive technology. Will the welding seams hold? Will the mid section arive on time in Bremerhaven? Will the three single pieces all fit together in the end? The first passengers are already booked on the new Peter Pan. A breathtaking race against time…

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All Comments (21)
  • @andyrbush
    An awesome project, reminded me why I retired out of heavy oil engineering after 42 years at it. One day you say to yourself 'enough' time to let the young guys take over.
  • @helenemso32
    very amazing video thank you free documentary keep working excellent English voice
  • @lennyf1957
    13:33 these script writers never miss an opportunity to add drama.
  • @tzzz7
    Excellent English voice overs! Dude doing the drama at 14:03 ...is there an award for best dramatic voice over in a YouTube vid?!
  • @zangerton
    I've been on the Peter Pan a lot of times during my job as a truckdriver (12years long 4times a week). Still the best ship I have been on. Good food and service.
  • @reho7387
    Hard work. Attention to detail. Fairly compensated. What great attributes.
  • @Henkkanen
    Not even 3 minutes in when "time, is running short". The overly dramatized narratives are the worst thing in these documentary series.
  • @mwarnas
    The entire video goes like this: 'There is no sugar for the tea. THIS PUTS THE ENTIRE OPERATION IN JEOPARDY! Teams scramble to find the sugar, as time is running out. Now they're out of cookies. This is a disaster!'
  • @janernn
    One minute in and we already have a mention of football field. We're off to a good start!
  • @thecrabpulsar
    Not many shipping yards will have the capability to carry out such jobs. German engineering at its finest!
  • @endworld615
    im very respect germany people..smart people and hard working
  • @glennsoucy4359
    I love the artifical drama and urgency that the narrator injects into this story
  • @hurri7720
    2 x 4 km welding is 8 km. Football fields and A380s again but no elephants this time. Nice stuff all the same.