Video

HUGE 400m Container ship requiring 4th tug when navigating out of Port of Southampton

published on 13 November 2025 - 786 -

Show comment section |

Found on YouTube. Created by "Port of Southampton UK". Originally published on 2025-10-20.

Experience the sheer power and precision of port operations as a 400-metre container ship — one of the largest vessels to visit the Port of Southampton — requires a fourth tugboat to safely dock. Captured in stunning 4K drone footage, this video highlights the incredible teamwork between pilots and tugs as they guide this giant into position.

📍 Location: Port of Southampton, UK

🚢 Vessel Type: Ultra Large Container Ship (400m class)

⚓ Tugboats: Four assisting tugs

🎥 Filmed in: 4K Ultra HD Drone

Watch as the tugs demonstrate precision handling and raw power — a perfect display of modern maritime engineering at work.
If you’re fascinated by container ships, harbour operations, or drone footage of shipping giants, don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more incredible videos from Southampton’s busy port.

🌐 More footage and maritime photography: www.portofsouthampton.co.uk

#ContainerShip #Tugboats #PortOfSouthampton #SouthamptonPort #DroneFootage #4KDrone #ShipSpotting #Maritime #ShippingIndustry #CargoShip #UltraLargeContainerShip #Harbour #Southampton #GlobalTrade #MaritimePhotography #PortOperations
400m container ship, tugboats, port of southampton, ultra large container ship, ship docking, tug maneuver, maritime operations, drone footage 4k, cargo ships, shipping industry, harbour tugs, port logistics, ship arrival, southampton harbour, drone video, maritime drone

What's your opinion on this?

Video Warsash Maritime Academy: a history of change

published on 24 May 2022

From Stoneham to St Mary's, discover how Warsash Maritime Academy has evolved over the decades - and how our heritage and values have steered generations of cadets into successful careers.
For more information about Warsash Maritime Academy, visit http://www.warsashacademy.co.uk/home.aspx

Video History: Pilot Cutter (1953)

published on 18 May 2020

Southampton, Hampshire. Various shots of Trinity House pilot cutter "Penda". M/S pilot's bridge. M/S as Second Officer Harry Goddard leaves the bridge and walks along the deck to his cabin. He takes his cap off, sits down at a table and looks at an album. C/U of his collection of matchbox labels. M/S Goddard sticking in more labels. C/U's Goddard and album. Various shots as he sticks in the labels. M/S of Pilot Knight and Captain Jolliff seated at desk. A waiter enters their cabin and...

Article Port of Southampton holds naming ceremony for pilot launch Mayflower

published on 25 May 2022

ABP’s Port of Southampton has officially named its brand-new pilot launch, Mayflower.

Article Investigation report on the crane collision in Antwerp on 09.12.2019

by Marine-Pilots.com - published on 2 September 2020

Container ship APL MEXICO CITY broke off her mooring at Doel, Antwerp, in the afternoon Dec 9, drifted across harbor and contacted DP World pier crane. Crane collapsed and was totally destroyed.

Video 14,4 m Pilot Boat, Nekton

published on 23 September 2020

Article Brendan O’Shea named deputy director of American Pilots’ Association

published on 31 August 2022

Brendan O’Shea has been named deputy director-associate general counsel for the American Pilots’ Association (APA). He started work in this position last Monday.

Video Ghana's first female Marine Pilot

published on 19 October 2022

TV3'S JOSEPHINE FREMPONG tells the story of ghana first female marine pilot flying high the flag of Ghana.
the FIRST FEMALE PILOT to brave all odds and beat the men to it.

Video PTR Pilot Ladder

published on 8 January 2020

PTR Pilot Ladder

Video Pilot boat "Perseus" from The Netherlands

published on 8 June 2023

pilot boat is a type of boat used to transport maritime pilots between land and the inbound or outbound ships that they are piloting. Pilot boats were once sailing boats that had to be fast because the first pilot to reach the incoming ship

Article Delaware Pilots Order New Launch from Gladding-Hearn

published on 15 September 2022

The Pilots’ Association of the Bay and River Delaware have ordered another pilot boat from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation. It’s the pilots’ association’s fourth Chesapeake Class launch and eleventh pilot boat built by the Somerset, Mass., shipyard since 1957. Delivery of the new pilot boat is scheduled for 2024.