Containerships, their harbour and the organisation around it truly fascinates me. The dimensions are incomprehensible – it makes me feel like an ant.
In this little pixi-booklet “Ich hab einen Freund, der ist Kapitän” a boy named Bernd is allowed to help his friend, the captain of a tugboat, manoeuvre a huge container ship into a shipyard…
The hungry maw of Europe
Dutch public broadcasting VPRO made a beautiful documentarie series “Nederland van boven” (The Netherlands from above). And one of them is about this subject: “De hongerige muil van Europa” (The hungry maw of Europe):
Look how new cars are moved from a huge boat to the parking lot. Even if you do not understand any Dutch, the images are stunning!