Megastructures Series

Another episode of the National Geographic's MegaStructures series. This film is dedicated to steel -man made and definitely one of the strongest materials existing on earth. We highly recommend you to watch this interesting video film which will demonstrate the innovations the steel made possible.

It comes without saying that steel is deservedly considered the most important and popular material for the ship construction and repair since most of the hulls are made of steel; it is also a core material for the construction of the offshore platforms and any other kind of floating facilities.

That is why it makes sense to properly understand how exactly the steel shall be used and what are the advantages of using the steels and possible limitations.

One more video of the popular NatGeo Megastructures series. This one has been devoted to the world famous Panama Canal, which shall indeed be treated as a real superstructure and be there in the list of the most fantastic engineering creatures of XIX century.

The process of construction of the Canal was extremely effort-consuming and technically complex project. So many different vessels pass through the Panama Canal every day - from private sailing pleasure yachts to the supertankers and huge container vessels.

It is interesting to mention that the maximum size of the vessel that can physically pass the Canal, has eventually become one of the recognized standards of the maritime industry, we are now talking about the so-called Panamax vessels...