It aims to keep one full crew of six people on duty at all times.
They are often built to be able to pass under bridges and have small crews of three to eight people.
This ship has a working crew of around 13 people at one time.
It took a crew of over 100 people to produce.
I was an acting corporal, with a crew of ten people.
For this video a crew of 200 people was needed.
The first, with a crew of eight people, ran for two years from 1991 to 1993.
Eventually, the production involved a crew of some six thousand people.
Under the deck was space for crew of five people, four scientists and laboratory.
This was filmed with a crew of 200 people over a 10 day period in July 2006.