Plot Synopsis

MEGA MACHINES: SEA GIANTS is a one-hour documentary series that highlights the new tools and technology that are pushing the limits in the world's most unruly bodies of water. From deep-sea danger to mega holiday cruises, helping rivers flow, and harvesting power, this eight-episode series unlocks the ultimate challenges of extreme maritime environments, exploring a state-of-the-art ocean miner used to extract the salts used to manufacture modern plastics; the world's biggest tidal turbine used to harness water as a source of unlimited energy; a heavyweight dredging project in Charleston, South Carolina that if successful, will completely transform its harbor, allowing this southern city to boast the deepest port on the Eastern Seaboard. The series opener features the biggest, most advanced fireboats in the world carry superhero behemoths, using cutting-edge engineering and technology to keep a critical American port safe from deadly fires. These two new multi-mission fireboats in Long Beach, California, can project water or foam 600 feet in the air.