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On the south coast of Britain lies a city within a city | 0:00:06 | 0:00:10 | |
that's fighting to keep the nation afloat. | 0:00:10 | 0:00:12 | |
The Port of Southampton is a gateway to the world. | 0:00:13 | 0:00:16 | |
It's the cruise capital of the UK. | 0:00:16 | 0:00:18 | |
Hi. Welcome on board. | 0:00:18 | 0:00:20 | |
Seafarers from across the globe pass through here every day. | 0:00:20 | 0:00:25 | |
In tough economic times, | 0:00:25 | 0:00:27 | |
the port is battling for its share of handling cargo. | 0:00:27 | 0:00:30 | |
This is how we and the shipping line make money. | 0:00:31 | 0:00:34 | |
Ready for the Christmas market. Batteries not included. | 0:00:34 | 0:00:37 | |
We are looking for Rolls-Royces which are hidden amongst, potentially, 100 Bentleys. | 0:00:37 | 0:00:42 | |
Commercial ships and weekend sailors | 0:00:42 | 0:00:44 | |
wrestle for space in crowded sea lanes. | 0:00:44 | 0:00:47 | |
ALARM SOUNDS Go that way! | 0:00:48 | 0:00:50 | |
It's not rocket science! A big ship's turning. | 0:00:51 | 0:00:54 | |
Passengers, ships and cargo, | 0:00:54 | 0:00:56 | |
shaping the lives of the people that run one of the busiest ports in the world. | 0:00:57 | 0:01:01 | |
This is Sea City. | 0:01:03 | 0:01:05 | |
Let's rock and roll. | 0:01:09 | 0:01:11 | |
In this episode, "C" team's cranes swing into action for a record attempt. | 0:01:11 | 0:01:15 | |
Looks like he's under a bit of pressure. | 0:01:15 | 0:01:19 | |
Fine dining, Southampton style. | 0:01:19 | 0:01:21 | |
Smells like chicken. | 0:01:21 | 0:01:23 | |
And how the wheels have come off for stolen car smugglers. | 0:01:23 | 0:01:26 | |
If they all come out like that I'll be very happy. | 0:01:26 | 0:01:29 | |
Seven am. It's shift change at the container port. | 0:01:40 | 0:01:43 | |
"C" team are clocking on for 12 hours of hard graft. | 0:01:44 | 0:01:47 | |
Come on, Christie. | 0:01:47 | 0:01:49 | |
The people who work here move nearly two million containers every year. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:53 | |
These anonymous boxes could be carrying any type of goods. | 0:01:53 | 0:01:57 | |
Goods that keep the wheels of British industry turning - | 0:01:57 | 0:02:00 | |
and retailers in business. | 0:02:00 | 0:02:02 | |
OK, a simple day today. | 0:02:02 | 0:02:04 | |
Hyundai together, cranes 29, 27, 26 and 25. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:09 | |
In old money, boys, that's your D, F, G and H. | 0:02:09 | 0:02:12 | |
This could be a momentous day for Top Gun crane operator Darren White. | 0:02:12 | 0:02:17 | |
He's been given the daunting target of unloading 500 containers from a ship in a single shift. | 0:02:17 | 0:02:22 | |
Let's go do some boxes. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:26 | |
I just want to do well all the time. | 0:02:26 | 0:02:29 | |
As you're getting older, you've got these young upstarts that are good up the crane. | 0:02:29 | 0:02:33 | |
They're trying to take you on. They look up to you. They're getting better and better. | 0:02:33 | 0:02:38 | |
As you're getting older it's more of a challenge. | 0:02:38 | 0:02:41 | |
We've got a potential of doing a 500 here today, plus. | 0:02:44 | 0:02:47 | |
Do what you do naturally, those numbers will tick over. | 0:02:47 | 0:02:50 | |
A record-breaking number like this is rarely ever reached, | 0:02:50 | 0:02:53 | |
and all the teams want to top the champions league of container shifting. | 0:02:53 | 0:02:58 | |
It gives you a bit of a buzz, especially when you see your team up on the board up there. | 0:02:58 | 0:03:03 | |
-To think you've broken this record. -There's a lot of competition between teams. | 0:03:03 | 0:03:08 | |
It'll be nice if we come out on top, as it were. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:11 | |
The whole of "C" team are keen to get one up on the other shifts. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:16 | |
-A lot of rivalry. -Loads. -It's good, especially with the "A" team. They're rubbish. | 0:03:16 | 0:03:21 | |
It's a big day for "C" team, and the control room, too. | 0:03:23 | 0:03:27 | |
They plot the movement of containers on the quay, and keep Darren updated during his record attempt. | 0:03:27 | 0:03:33 | |
You start off a little tense, like anything, | 0:03:33 | 0:03:35 | |
and then it just starts to flow. It's like riding your bike. | 0:03:35 | 0:03:39 | |
Ian's on 413. | 0:03:39 | 0:03:41 | |
I reckon he's got a good chance of doing it today, yeah. | 0:03:41 | 0:03:45 | |
He's a good crane driver. | 0:03:45 | 0:03:47 | |
Darren's been operating these giant cranes for 14 years, | 0:03:47 | 0:03:51 | |
and he's one of the best in the business. | 0:03:51 | 0:03:53 | |
-Me and Darren have come through the top gate, ready to rock and roll. -See you later on. -See you in a bit. | 0:03:53 | 0:03:59 | |
Today is going to be tough, | 0:03:59 | 0:04:01 | |
and he can't afford to rest on his laurels. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:04 | |
They're some of the biggest in the world. There's a lot of pressure driving them. They're very fast. | 0:04:04 | 0:04:09 | |
You've got to concentrate like you never have before. | 0:04:09 | 0:04:12 | |
You've got to keep your eye on the ball. | 0:04:12 | 0:04:14 | |
As Darren heads for his operator's cab 50 metres up in the air, | 0:04:14 | 0:04:18 | |
on crane F, he knows his reputation, and the honour of "C" team, | 0:04:18 | 0:04:22 | |
are on the line. | 0:04:22 | 0:04:24 | |
Most of the two million containers unloaded every year | 0:04:28 | 0:04:32 | |
head out of the port by road and rail to their final destinations. | 0:04:32 | 0:04:35 | |
But they don't all make it out of the port straightaway. | 0:04:36 | 0:04:39 | |
The Border Force intercepts and searches containers that have caught their eye. | 0:04:40 | 0:04:45 | |
In the last year, they've found illegal goods and contraband, ranging from kung fu weapons | 0:04:45 | 0:04:50 | |
to knock-off clothes and shoes. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:52 | |
Sean Gigg is one of the Border Force team who are on the case. | 0:04:56 | 0:04:59 | |
That's a Boeing 787-400. I wouldn't want to throw it. It'd probably break. | 0:05:00 | 0:05:05 | |
A recognisable brand called Braun, | 0:05:05 | 0:05:07 | |
but they've spelt the name wrong. Brawn. They've out a W instead of a U but have used the same font. | 0:05:07 | 0:05:13 | |
Cyber Mission gun. I don't know if this is a genuine product. I've never heard of it before. | 0:05:13 | 0:05:18 | |
Ready for the Christmas market? | 0:05:18 | 0:05:20 | |
The team use a mobile scanner that produces an X-ray image of the contents of the container. | 0:05:24 | 0:05:30 | |
Apart from that, all of this is soft drinks. | 0:05:30 | 0:05:32 | |
Something may not add up, so we'll always have a double check | 0:05:32 | 0:05:37 | |
just to make sure that what's inside is what's inside, | 0:05:37 | 0:05:40 | |
there's nothing that shouldn't be coming into the UK hidden inside these containers. | 0:05:40 | 0:05:45 | |
Intelligence leads us to believe there may be something in there, probably counterfeit goods. | 0:05:45 | 0:05:50 | |
We're moving out a few of these boxes so we can have a look inside | 0:05:50 | 0:05:54 | |
and find out what's in here. It's a shipment from China. | 0:05:54 | 0:05:57 | |
It's... It's a blender. | 0:06:00 | 0:06:03 | |
It looks like it's unbranded as well. | 0:06:05 | 0:06:07 | |
It's just another way round. The counterfeiters create | 0:06:07 | 0:06:11 | |
an unbranded product that's identical to a genuine, well-recognised brand, | 0:06:11 | 0:06:16 | |
and then import it in as an unbranded product. | 0:06:16 | 0:06:19 | |
In the UK there may be a manufacturing plant somewhere else, | 0:06:19 | 0:06:23 | |
maybe a small warehouse, where they'd stick the stickers on, then it'll go back into the market. | 0:06:23 | 0:06:28 | |
In car boot sales and anywhere else. | 0:06:28 | 0:06:30 | |
Counterfeit is not a victimless crime. | 0:06:33 | 0:06:36 | |
It takes hard-earned money from those traders in the UK, | 0:06:36 | 0:06:39 | |
and it affects the importers. So it starts from the top and works all the way down. | 0:06:39 | 0:06:44 | |
Sean has found a stash of dairy-based products | 0:06:45 | 0:06:48 | |
hidden in the back of a container that has come from the United Arab Emirates. | 0:06:48 | 0:06:52 | |
We can even see egg-based products, so we've got custard powder. Again, stuff you can buy in the UK. | 0:06:52 | 0:06:58 | |
But being egg-based as well and from a non-EU country, | 0:06:58 | 0:07:01 | |
that's also restricted as well. | 0:07:01 | 0:07:03 | |
They could've been aware but decided to bury it in the back there, thinking we won't check. | 0:07:04 | 0:07:09 | |
We have a duty here to protect not only business in itself, | 0:07:09 | 0:07:12 | |
but also the consumer. | 0:07:12 | 0:07:15 | |
Back at the container terminal, Darren White's settling in to crane F. | 0:07:20 | 0:07:25 | |
He's preparing to shift a record number of containers - and put "C" team at the top of the pile. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:30 | |
500's a lot of boxes, but we've got the workforce that are capable of doing it, that's for sure. | 0:07:30 | 0:07:37 | |
These category D ships that are coming in at the moment are absolutely ginormous. | 0:07:37 | 0:07:42 | |
People see these boxes on top of ships | 0:07:42 | 0:07:44 | |
and they think that's what it's carrying. | 0:07:44 | 0:07:48 | |
But when they take the lids off, they don't realise there's treble more cargo under there. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:54 | |
"A" team hold the record at the moment, so if we can get one over on "A" team, that's good. | 0:07:54 | 0:07:59 | |
Darren's cab is finally in position for his first lift. | 0:07:59 | 0:08:02 | |
Like any keen golfer, | 0:08:03 | 0:08:05 | |
a good operator needs to perfect their swing. | 0:08:05 | 0:08:08 | |
The position and movement of the crane and its load are critical. | 0:08:08 | 0:08:12 | |
Swinging if really the be all and end all of the crane. | 0:08:12 | 0:08:15 | |
If you haven't got the swing, or you can't get the swing, you'll never be able to drive a crane. | 0:08:15 | 0:08:20 | |
It's very precise. People who are not in this industry don't realise. | 0:08:21 | 0:08:25 | |
Everybody thinks any old monkey can do it, but, yeah, it's a very precise job, yeah. | 0:08:25 | 0:08:30 | |
It's so ferocious that you're only out by a couple of inches, | 0:08:32 | 0:08:36 | |
you go about a foot in no time. | 0:08:36 | 0:08:38 | |
METALLIC CLUNKS | 0:08:39 | 0:08:40 | |
Ooh. | 0:08:40 | 0:08:42 | |
It only takes a little nick of that spreader | 0:08:42 | 0:08:45 | |
for the whole crane to become quite shaky. | 0:08:45 | 0:08:48 | |
We've got to be doing 40 moves an hour to achieve the record. | 0:08:50 | 0:08:54 | |
I don't see any reason why we can't do that today, with the way that the weather is and the ergonomics. | 0:08:54 | 0:08:59 | |
So that's the aim today. | 0:08:59 | 0:09:02 | |
Terminal supervisor Pete Barbier | 0:09:02 | 0:09:04 | |
comes from a long line of Southampton dockers. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:07 | |
I love my job. It's probably the best job I've ever had. | 0:09:07 | 0:09:10 | |
When I first come to work in the port I had long hair and wore flares, | 0:09:10 | 0:09:14 | |
so that'll give you an idea of how long I've been here. My father and grandfather were here, | 0:09:14 | 0:09:19 | |
my uncle. So through the whole of the century, | 0:09:19 | 0:09:23 | |
from the 1890s onwards, I've had family in the port. | 0:09:23 | 0:09:25 | |
Offloaded containers, known as boxes, are moved around the port | 0:09:25 | 0:09:30 | |
by giant inspect-like vehicles. | 0:09:30 | 0:09:33 | |
Round here they're called vans. | 0:09:33 | 0:09:36 | |
You get used to them. The worst thing is sat sideways all the time. | 0:09:36 | 0:09:40 | |
There's no rules of the road. You've just got to try and second-guess where they're going. | 0:09:40 | 0:09:45 | |
The problem is, when you don't see each other, | 0:09:45 | 0:09:48 | |
accidents can happen, | 0:09:48 | 0:09:51 | |
cos these weigh about 60 tonne. This'll carry 50 tonne quite easily. | 0:09:51 | 0:09:55 | |
So you don't want to be colliding with anyone. | 0:09:55 | 0:09:58 | |
Boxes, boxes, boxes. That's what we want. | 0:10:02 | 0:10:04 | |
This is how we make our money, and how the shipping line makes their money. This is how it all works. | 0:10:04 | 0:10:10 | |
And they want us to produce. | 0:10:10 | 0:10:12 | |
There it goes. He'll get it right, possibly the second time. | 0:10:13 | 0:10:17 | |
METALLIC CLUNK | 0:10:18 | 0:10:20 | |
I know, he should've gone to Specsavers. | 0:10:20 | 0:10:23 | |
Now he's got it, he's away. He won't lift it up too high because the centre of gravity. | 0:10:24 | 0:10:29 | |
They keep it quite low, drive a little bit faster. | 0:10:29 | 0:10:32 | |
Crane G's done 32, crane H, 40. | 0:10:33 | 0:10:35 | |
Basically, you're on course to doing 50 in an hour, something like that. | 0:10:36 | 0:10:40 | |
We've had a good start, but I don't want to tempt things. | 0:10:40 | 0:10:44 | |
Just got to keep that rhythm going. | 0:10:44 | 0:10:47 | |
Thousands of cars are exported from the Port of Southampton every week. | 0:11:02 | 0:11:06 | |
It's DC Nathan Rickett's job to make sure none of them have been nicked. | 0:11:07 | 0:11:11 | |
That's our stolen car from Strathclyde. | 0:11:13 | 0:11:15 | |
It's had a long way down through the country and ended up in Southampton. | 0:11:15 | 0:11:19 | |
We'll seize it and send it back up for forensics. | 0:11:19 | 0:11:22 | |
He's only been on the job for a few months | 0:11:22 | 0:11:24 | |
but has developed a well-trained eye for dodgy cars. | 0:11:24 | 0:11:28 | |
At the port, Nathan's found a container that has aroused his suspicions. | 0:11:28 | 0:11:32 | |
So we've had a look in the container | 0:11:33 | 0:11:36 | |
and found it to be crammed with tyres, pushbikes and things like that. | 0:11:36 | 0:11:40 | |
As we've gone through, we've established there's some high-value cars which, | 0:11:40 | 0:11:44 | |
with the checks on the ones I can get to, turn out to be stolen, from London, in burglaries. | 0:11:44 | 0:11:50 | |
The cars have been ingeniously squeezed in so tightly | 0:11:50 | 0:11:53 | |
that getting them out without damaging them will be tricky. | 0:11:53 | 0:11:57 | |
It's probably one and half to two tonnes of vehicle on ratchet straps, | 0:11:57 | 0:12:01 | |
so it's quite involved to do that. | 0:12:01 | 0:12:03 | |
It does make it a bit of a problem for us to get them down safely. | 0:12:03 | 0:12:07 | |
The first, an expensive convertible BMW, slides out without a problem. | 0:12:08 | 0:12:14 | |
-If they all come out like that, I'll be very happy. -A bit more. | 0:12:14 | 0:12:17 | |
The car thieves didn't take care of the interior. | 0:12:17 | 0:12:20 | |
They always root through, chuck stuff out of the glove box, in case there's a £10 note | 0:12:20 | 0:12:25 | |
or you keep money spare. They're not paying for the car. | 0:12:25 | 0:12:28 | |
They're not worried about the damage. | 0:12:28 | 0:12:31 | |
I didn't know if we release the front straps whether he'd pull back slightly. | 0:12:31 | 0:12:35 | |
The second car, a Toyota Avensis, | 0:12:35 | 0:12:38 | |
is resting on the rear window of a BMW X6. | 0:12:38 | 0:12:41 | |
If we were to lower it, it'll put pressure on that glass and you cause more damage to the X6, | 0:12:42 | 0:12:47 | |
which we want to try and avoid. | 0:12:47 | 0:12:49 | |
The Avensis is carefully teased out of the container, | 0:12:51 | 0:12:54 | |
where Nathan finds more evidence that it's a stolen car. | 0:12:54 | 0:12:58 | |
This number plate comes back to a Nissan Qashqai. It doesn't relate to this car. | 0:12:59 | 0:13:04 | |
Behind this is another number plate. You can't really see it, but that's the original one. | 0:13:04 | 0:13:08 | |
Any police officer knows, when he checks that, it's not a Nissan, so... It's a poor attempt. | 0:13:08 | 0:13:14 | |
The third car is stuffed behind a carpet. | 0:13:14 | 0:13:17 | |
It's a very nice BMW X6. | 0:13:21 | 0:13:23 | |
The front of the Toyota was actually pressed against that. | 0:13:23 | 0:13:27 | |
The only thing between them was that piece of carpet that we took out, | 0:13:27 | 0:13:31 | |
so to see it hasn't damaged it or scratched it is really good. | 0:13:31 | 0:13:34 | |
Had that have shipped, that Toyota, as the boat moved, | 0:13:34 | 0:13:37 | |
would've smashed into that, and that would've broken. | 0:13:37 | 0:13:40 | |
I've managed to pull the BMW X6 backwards, | 0:13:42 | 0:13:45 | |
obviously to reveal the vehicle in front. | 0:13:45 | 0:13:48 | |
The front end of it is pulled up against the top of the container. | 0:13:48 | 0:13:52 | |
We need to gently, again, lower that one down. | 0:13:52 | 0:13:54 | |
I'm fairly confident it is going to be another stolen vehicle. | 0:13:54 | 0:13:58 | |
If I pull up the car, you can just sort of see | 0:13:58 | 0:14:00 | |
roughly what it looks like, | 0:14:03 | 0:14:05 | |
and how much involved they are in trying to create as much room | 0:14:07 | 0:14:11 | |
as they possibly can to squeeze as many vehicles in as they can. | 0:14:11 | 0:14:15 | |
I reckon it's going to be 45, 50 grand's worth, easy. | 0:14:17 | 0:14:20 | |
I wasn't expecting to do this job at all, but I thoroughly love it. | 0:14:21 | 0:14:25 | |
It's really good. I miss chasing criminals and the good foot chases around Southampton, | 0:14:25 | 0:14:30 | |
but it's very rewarding to get people's cars back like this. | 0:14:30 | 0:14:33 | |
Can I have a chassis check, please? | 0:14:33 | 0:14:35 | |
With yet another BMW now accessible, Nathan is able to check out | 0:14:35 | 0:14:39 | |
who its rightful owners are. | 0:14:39 | 0:14:41 | |
They've just confirmed that one's stolen. It was taken from London. | 0:14:42 | 0:14:46 | |
It was stolen without the key, so it hasn't come from a burglary, | 0:14:46 | 0:14:49 | |
so I'd expect to see some damage to the doors or something similar. | 0:14:49 | 0:14:54 | |
Wow. There you go. That might be where they got into it, | 0:14:54 | 0:14:59 | |
or it could be where they've jacked it up. | 0:14:59 | 0:15:01 | |
I'm not sure about the interior on this one. Not my colour choice. | 0:15:03 | 0:15:07 | |
Nathan's plan is to allow the container | 0:15:09 | 0:15:11 | |
to continue to its destination in Africa. | 0:15:11 | 0:15:14 | |
The first thing the criminals will know about the seizure will be | 0:15:15 | 0:15:19 | |
when they open the box up and find nothing but old tyres. | 0:15:19 | 0:15:22 | |
I shouldn't imagine they'll be too happy. | 0:15:22 | 0:15:24 | |
I shouldn't imagine the people they stole the cars off were that chuffed, | 0:15:24 | 0:15:28 | |
so I'm not too worried about that. I'm happy to get the cars out of | 0:15:28 | 0:15:32 | |
the criminals' hands and back to the people that lawfully own them. Next stop, Tanzania. | 0:15:32 | 0:15:37 | |
They're more than welcome to have those tyres. | 0:15:37 | 0:15:40 | |
The container full of tyres did finally reach Tanzania, | 0:15:40 | 0:15:44 | |
and it's still sitting on a quay waiting to be collected. | 0:15:44 | 0:15:47 | |
Across the port from the inspection yard, | 0:15:52 | 0:15:54 | |
"C" team's record attempt at container shifting is in full swing. | 0:15:54 | 0:15:58 | |
The target's 500 moves by one crane. | 0:15:58 | 0:16:00 | |
I believe we've done about 110, 115 containers now, so it looks like we're well on target. | 0:16:01 | 0:16:08 | |
BURSTS OVER RADIO | 0:16:08 | 0:16:10 | |
I've just been told, over the radio, 155. It's good going. It's good. | 0:16:11 | 0:16:16 | |
That's put me right off my stroke. | 0:16:24 | 0:16:26 | |
When are you going to start a bit of encouragement? | 0:16:33 | 0:16:36 | |
Darren, you can't feel defeated already, mate. | 0:16:36 | 0:16:39 | |
Four vans. I'm sure you can keep up with them. | 0:16:39 | 0:16:41 | |
He's very passionate about his job. Very passionate. | 0:16:45 | 0:16:48 | |
I don't think there's anyone else in this port that's as passionate as Darren. | 0:16:48 | 0:16:52 | |
He's APB Southampton through and through. He's got it in his blood, I think. | 0:16:52 | 0:16:57 | |
Yeah, crane lever on. | 0:16:58 | 0:17:00 | |
I do love. Yeah, it's brilliant. A hell of a buzz. | 0:17:01 | 0:17:03 | |
I love the docks, I love Southampton. | 0:17:03 | 0:17:06 | |
We spend half your life here. It's like having a second family. | 0:17:09 | 0:17:13 | |
We spend more time here with the lads | 0:17:13 | 0:17:16 | |
than what we do at home with the wife and kids. | 0:17:16 | 0:17:19 | |
Good camaraderie between all of us, yes. It's good. | 0:17:19 | 0:17:22 | |
Go! | 0:17:22 | 0:17:24 | |
If you've got a nickname in the port, you're in. | 0:17:31 | 0:17:34 | |
You're trusted. You're a real person, a team player. | 0:17:34 | 0:17:37 | |
If you haven't got a nickname, I'd be worried. | 0:17:37 | 0:17:40 | |
You've got Topper, who's the father, obviously. | 0:17:40 | 0:17:43 | |
You've got Tipper, which is Glenn. | 0:17:43 | 0:17:45 | |
And then you've got Tapper, which is Darren. | 0:17:45 | 0:17:48 | |
Topper, Tipper and Tapper. Yeah. | 0:17:48 | 0:17:50 | |
He's 6'7" tall and 20-odd stone. | 0:17:52 | 0:17:55 | |
His nickname's Growbag. | 0:17:56 | 0:17:59 | |
-That where I keeps all my lovin'. It's my love pouch. -Be warned. | 0:17:59 | 0:18:02 | |
Anyone on internet dating, he's on the quay down there. Chris Sparks. | 0:18:03 | 0:18:07 | |
-00 Heaven he calls himself. -HE LAUGHS | 0:18:07 | 0:18:10 | |
He thinks he's God's gift to all women. | 0:18:10 | 0:18:13 | |
Thinks. | 0:18:13 | 0:18:14 | |
00 Heaven, of course. You've got to be nice to the ladies, haven't you? | 0:18:14 | 0:18:18 | |
You've got Blakey, who's in one of our vans, spitting image of Eddie the Eagle. | 0:18:19 | 0:18:24 | |
You can see the resemblance, can't you? Can you see it? | 0:18:24 | 0:18:28 | |
He's good at skiing. | 0:18:28 | 0:18:29 | |
-Don't ask what they call me, please. -MAN LAUGHS | 0:18:29 | 0:18:32 | |
BURSTS OVER RADIO | 0:18:36 | 0:18:39 | |
Can you give me the full readout, please? | 0:18:39 | 0:18:41 | |
Despite all the jokes, "C" team are really cracking on. | 0:18:43 | 0:18:46 | |
Darren's on course to go beyond the original target of moving 500 containers. | 0:18:46 | 0:18:51 | |
He's heading for the highest number of box moves ever | 0:18:51 | 0:18:54 | |
in a 12-hour shift at Southampton. | 0:18:54 | 0:18:56 | |
That's what we're aiming for now, 600. | 0:18:57 | 0:18:59 | |
Another crane, a few months ago, did 600 boxes in 12 hours, | 0:18:59 | 0:19:03 | |
but now we've done as well as we have we're hoping to go past that. | 0:19:03 | 0:19:06 | |
But Darren's got some niggling problems with his crane, | 0:19:06 | 0:19:10 | |
and it all costs him time - | 0:19:10 | 0:19:12 | |
and possibly his new record target of 600 boxes. | 0:19:12 | 0:19:15 | |
When you go down to land on a box, you get your white and green that you've landed. | 0:19:15 | 0:19:20 | |
then you go to lock it on to get your blue and green. | 0:19:20 | 0:19:23 | |
It's not having it. It's staying on green and white. | 0:19:23 | 0:19:26 | |
You have to take the weight again and come back down on it. | 0:19:26 | 0:19:29 | |
It's landing on the box too sharp, really. It's done it again. Look? Damn it. It won't lock on. | 0:19:29 | 0:19:34 | |
-Darren, he's under a bit of pressure up there. -He'll get over it. | 0:19:36 | 0:19:40 | |
Yeah. This is where it gets me, the legs. It's uncomfortable. | 0:19:40 | 0:19:46 | |
Ah, you idiot. | 0:19:47 | 0:19:49 | |
Get him to work. Squeaky bum time now, ain't it? | 0:19:50 | 0:19:53 | |
-We'll do it. We're going to do it. -We're going to do it. | 0:19:53 | 0:19:57 | |
A lot of the cargo coming into Southampton is food, | 0:20:08 | 0:20:11 | |
and it's the job of the Port Health Team to make sure it's safe. | 0:20:11 | 0:20:15 | |
This container of prawns, is this down for a physical check? | 0:20:17 | 0:20:21 | |
Sandra Westlecot and her colleagues have to be sure that products imported from outside the EU | 0:20:22 | 0:20:28 | |
meet stringent food safety standards. | 0:20:28 | 0:20:30 | |
The majority of food that comes into this country is perfectly safe. | 0:20:31 | 0:20:35 | |
The majority is good, legitimate trade. | 0:20:35 | 0:20:37 | |
What we're trying to do is to find the products that could cause danger. | 0:20:37 | 0:20:42 | |
Defrosted prawns, but it's the colour, | 0:20:43 | 0:20:46 | |
the texture and the smell is all good. | 0:20:46 | 0:20:48 | |
So things like fish, meat, prawns, | 0:20:48 | 0:20:52 | |
products of animal origin, it's an obligatory 100 percent inspection. | 0:20:52 | 0:20:57 | |
Smells like chicken. | 0:20:57 | 0:20:59 | |
Now you really must come and see what's in this room. | 0:20:59 | 0:21:02 | |
This is our haul of shame. | 0:21:02 | 0:21:05 | |
These are examples of consignments | 0:21:06 | 0:21:09 | |
which we've had really bad problems with. | 0:21:09 | 0:21:12 | |
Most of things in Southampton are absolutely fine. It's good routine. | 0:21:12 | 0:21:16 | |
But in here we have the things that have been a real problem. | 0:21:16 | 0:21:20 | |
They've been rejections, they've been dangerous. | 0:21:20 | 0:21:23 | |
We have a product here which claims to cure all sorts of things, | 0:21:23 | 0:21:28 | |
including piles and sexual weakness, | 0:21:28 | 0:21:31 | |
habitual headaches, constipation, | 0:21:31 | 0:21:33 | |
waist pains and all other irritable symptoms. | 0:21:34 | 0:21:39 | |
Presumably it's used in traditional medicines in Africa, | 0:21:40 | 0:21:43 | |
but there's no instructions about how it should be used. | 0:21:43 | 0:21:47 | |
Somebody could well take too much of it and become really quite ill. | 0:21:47 | 0:21:51 | |
Bugs and micro-organisms on dodgy food can make people seriously ill. | 0:21:54 | 0:21:59 | |
Even apparently safe products are tested. | 0:21:59 | 0:22:02 | |
So here we have some sundried bananas. | 0:22:02 | 0:22:05 | |
Don't see bananas like this | 0:22:06 | 0:22:08 | |
other than at the bottom of my son's lunchbox. | 0:22:08 | 0:22:11 | |
They've probably been dried out in the open. | 0:22:11 | 0:22:13 | |
There's birds flying overhead, rats coming in underneath, | 0:22:13 | 0:22:17 | |
helping themselves. A sample for microbiology. Looking for pathogens, | 0:22:17 | 0:22:21 | |
Salmonella, Campylobacter from the birds. | 0:22:21 | 0:22:24 | |
Now you wouldn't think we'd be interested in Falcon diesel oil. | 0:22:24 | 0:22:28 | |
But this is what came in, in a container, | 0:22:30 | 0:22:33 | |
and it's actually ghee for Indian cooking. Now the problem is, | 0:22:33 | 0:22:38 | |
is that the container would contain residues of diesel | 0:22:38 | 0:22:44 | |
and very unpleasant products, which would then go into the ghee, | 0:22:44 | 0:22:48 | |
which would then go into cooking. It's amazing what people will use | 0:22:48 | 0:22:52 | |
to transport products. | 0:22:52 | 0:22:54 | |
What exactly have we got in this container from Thailand? | 0:22:55 | 0:22:58 | |
We've got a selection of stuff. | 0:22:58 | 0:23:00 | |
The team try to keep any delays to legitimate products as small as possible. | 0:23:00 | 0:23:04 | |
But a container from the Far East has been singled out. | 0:23:04 | 0:23:07 | |
The packing list doesn't seem to match up with what's in it. | 0:23:07 | 0:23:11 | |
We're starting to find things in here as well | 0:23:11 | 0:23:14 | |
that there's no information on the packaging at all | 0:23:14 | 0:23:18 | |
that tells us what they are. | 0:23:18 | 0:23:20 | |
This is all in the country of origin language, | 0:23:20 | 0:23:24 | |
so I've no way of knowing what's in there. If it's a product of animal origin. | 0:23:24 | 0:23:29 | |
The work here will never stop. | 0:23:33 | 0:23:35 | |
It will change in time, | 0:23:35 | 0:23:37 | |
but when people find a new method of making advantage in foods, | 0:23:37 | 0:23:43 | |
they will do it. | 0:23:43 | 0:23:45 | |
Top Gun crane driver Darren White, and "C" team, are trying to get | 0:24:05 | 0:24:09 | |
in the record books for the highest number of containers moved by a crane in a 12-hour shift. | 0:24:09 | 0:24:15 | |
This is the one that takes us into the 500s. | 0:24:15 | 0:24:17 | |
After going past their initial target of 500, | 0:24:17 | 0:24:20 | |
they're now going for an all-time record of over 600. | 0:24:20 | 0:24:24 | |
And things are getting tense. | 0:24:24 | 0:24:26 | |
I think we're going to do it. It'll be very close, but, um, | 0:24:26 | 0:24:30 | |
when "C" team's on the job we should do it. | 0:24:30 | 0:24:33 | |
We're into the final hour now. | 0:24:33 | 0:24:35 | |
We're about 540, | 0:24:35 | 0:24:38 | |
so we've got 60 containers to do to hit the 600. | 0:24:38 | 0:24:41 | |
It's do-able in the hour, and hopefully they'll come in with big smiles on their faces. | 0:24:41 | 0:24:46 | |
Three more on 40, then you go back. | 0:24:46 | 0:24:48 | |
We can be under pressure. All ports are under pressure. | 0:24:49 | 0:24:52 | |
We're always under pressure. It's how you handle that pressure. | 0:24:52 | 0:24:56 | |
Trying to throw over 600 boxes in a 12-hour period, | 0:24:56 | 0:24:59 | |
for the crane drivers it would be very intense. | 0:24:59 | 0:25:02 | |
The van drivers as well, they'll be really flying at it. | 0:25:02 | 0:25:06 | |
For control staff it can be mentally draining. | 0:25:06 | 0:25:09 | |
It's OK, mate. Take it up to Charlie 30 with that one. I'll clear it through, OK? | 0:25:10 | 0:25:14 | |
-OVER RADIO: -"Charlie, you drive like a demon. Smash that 600." | 0:25:14 | 0:25:18 | |
It's where the tiredness starts to creep in. | 0:25:20 | 0:25:22 | |
Just keep plodding on, that's all you can do. | 0:25:23 | 0:25:26 | |
Drive safe and as quick as you can. | 0:25:26 | 0:25:28 | |
Let's see what we've got here. | 0:25:29 | 0:25:31 | |
Take the under jack out. It leaves ten twin pick off-deck, | 0:25:31 | 0:25:37 | |
which should be five moves, hopefully. | 0:25:37 | 0:25:39 | |
I reckon the "C" team's going to do it. We are definitely going to do it. | 0:25:39 | 0:25:43 | |
This is how busy and hard working we are in C-10. | 0:25:43 | 0:25:47 | |
I've got some lunch there, look. I haven't even opened it. | 0:25:47 | 0:25:50 | |
There's a snag. Containers brought off the ship in pairs | 0:25:53 | 0:25:56 | |
are too heavy to be taken away by a single-straddle van. | 0:25:56 | 0:26:00 | |
So there's a log jam of boxes building up under the crane. | 0:26:00 | 0:26:03 | |
They've got to take them away singularly, or else it causes problems. It's not safe. | 0:26:05 | 0:26:10 | |
Again, that'll slow us down a bit. | 0:26:10 | 0:26:12 | |
Instead of doing one move for two boxes, we're now doing two moves. | 0:26:12 | 0:26:16 | |
In the control room, Adrian Spencer is now taking matters into his own hands. | 0:26:18 | 0:26:24 | |
I'm pre-planning the boxes into a row, basically right behind the crane. I'm over-riding the system | 0:26:24 | 0:26:29 | |
just to keep the job going a bit faster. | 0:26:29 | 0:26:32 | |
It's ten boxes and that's it. | 0:26:32 | 0:26:35 | |
-How many more lifts? -Three lifts. | 0:26:43 | 0:26:45 | |
Oh. | 0:26:47 | 0:26:49 | |
Last one out there. | 0:26:57 | 0:26:59 | |
With just minutes to go until shift change, "C" team need one more lift for the record. | 0:27:07 | 0:27:12 | |
When you push through, that's going to be it. You've done over 600. | 0:27:12 | 0:27:16 | |
Thanks for your help. Cheers. | 0:27:23 | 0:27:25 | |
We beat the target. We've done it, we've completed it. | 0:27:25 | 0:27:28 | |
-Thanks. Cheers. Good stuff, mate. -No worries. | 0:27:28 | 0:27:32 | |
I wanted this badly. I didn't think we'd get it. | 0:27:33 | 0:27:36 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:27:37 | 0:27:38 | |
-Well done. -They want a Mexican wave of us all. -Yeah? Is that right? | 0:27:38 | 0:27:42 | |
To get a Mexican wave out of me, the only way is to wave when I'm going out the gate in a minute. | 0:27:42 | 0:27:48 | |
-Well done, Lee, boy. -Yeah. -Terrific job. | 0:27:49 | 0:27:53 | |
I had faith. | 0:27:53 | 0:27:54 | |
Whey! Well done. Top man. Well done, boys. | 0:27:54 | 0:27:57 | |
Brilliant. | 0:27:58 | 0:27:59 | |
The record's back with the "C" team, boys. | 0:27:59 | 0:28:02 | |
THEY CHEER | 0:28:03 | 0:28:05 | |
We are top league. We are top league! | 0:28:06 | 0:28:08 | |
-Well done, mate. -Good team effort. | 0:28:11 | 0:28:13 | |
We've got a great team, a great bunch of lads. A brilliant job. | 0:28:15 | 0:28:18 | |
As the next shift starts and work carries on unloading the ship, | 0:28:20 | 0:28:24 | |
Darren and "C" team have earned themselves a night out at the company's expense, | 0:28:24 | 0:28:28 | |
and the satisfaction of knowing, for the time being at least, | 0:28:28 | 0:28:32 | |
they're record breakers. | 0:28:32 | 0:28:34 | |
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