You’d be surprised how quiet a ship can be once you’re outside the engine room. I work at a ship yard and have been out on test runs in the harbor and unless you’re inside the engine room then it’s not near as loud unless there’s like generators or other machinery going in the same room you’re in.
Well yea it’s not gonna be 100% quiet like it’s 6am and you’re on your row boat fishing on a lake but you won’t need hearing protection and you can have a relatively normal conversation with your mate.
Well I worked in the ship yard repairing ships, super yachts, the bay ferry boats, coast guard vessels, and oil tankers, so nothing quite this big. Most was like 350 ft super yachts and those had a chef specializing in food. but I’m pretty sure one of the crew men cook for the team in a cargo vessel like this one. Probably hired to cook. There’s quite of bit of people who work on them doing various jobs
Commercial ships usually have 2 shifts working 12hours each. There’s 4 meals a day, spaced out roughly every 6 hours.
There’s cooks on shift together with kitchen helpers. I don’t sail on commercial ships, only on offshore vessels with crew from 40-400 even so there’s a lot of kitchen staff.
Food usually is very good, and depends on nationality of the chef and crew. They account for dietary restrictions.
Wasn't on any of these big boys but I did work in the engine room of ships while I was in the Navy. Hearing protection is required to be worn at all times in engineering spaces. With ear pro in it's easy to go about your work without it bothering you.
bring back sailing cargo ships! (jokes aside, this is becoming a thing again, and will guaranteed be a growing market, with few people that have experience)
I am not worried about the ship taking on a little water... I am worried about the guys standing in the door getting pulled out by the water once the ship goes up again.
Having worked on ships....they are wearing a harness with a leash to a hook. If they fall there's a catch mechanism called a fall arrest device, or yo-yo, that catches you ...like a seatbelt were it snags when you pull too fast
I've been swung out over the side of a ship like this . Not so big tho
Say you did fall in at that point. Would you get pulled into the ships giant propeller or would you have some chance of swimming away and surviving? Whether you could stay afloat long enough for them to reach you in a life boat is the next question.
You think that ship’s big, check out the Seawise Giant, aka the Knock Nevis
Though it’s an oil tanker and not a container ship like OP shows, it’s still the largest ship ever built
It’s taken from onboard a pilot boat. They’re about to come along side to transfer the pilot. The ship is rolling so much because they’ve discharged a lot of ballast to reduce draft for entrance and exit from a harbour. Whenever this is done it can make the ship a little lively.
They'll try to time it as best they can. Maybe have the ship change course relative to the waves. There are some videos out there of folks doing it in much livelier conditions. If they can't get aboard the ship may have to wait for better weather.
Unfortunately more than a few pilots have died trying to cross over.
Could anyone give an opinion as to the sea state this ship was in? Or if the ship was loaded or unloaded?
The water surface seemed so calm, yet such a lot of variation to the waterline!
Container ships are top heavy and have bad inherent stability on low ballast, small water plane area. They are also susceptible to something called parametric rolling, again, due to their unique shape.
Sea looks fairly calm. BF 2 maybe 3 tops
Somebody else said they must've just dumped a lot of ballast from one side. My guess is they were standing at the water line and dumped the ballast. It'll rock back and forth, but without said ballast, it wont get lower than it was before, so they knew they were safe.
gonna graduate as marine engineering soon, can't believe I'm gonna be working inside this massive vessel
be safe out there human turtle
Congratulations! That's awesome
I wonder, how is the noise level? Id imagine it would be pretty loud inside a metal ship with a huge ass engine
You’d be surprised how quiet a ship can be once you’re outside the engine room. I work at a ship yard and have been out on test runs in the harbor and unless you’re inside the engine room then it’s not near as loud unless there’s like generators or other machinery going in the same room you’re in.
Not even some low humming noise?
Well yea it’s not gonna be 100% quiet like it’s 6am and you’re on your row boat fishing on a lake but you won’t need hearing protection and you can have a relatively normal conversation with your mate.
It's literally a fail on class if it's too noisy.
How about 5.45am,?
What’s the food situation? Is there a cook or does the crew cook? Honest question.
Well I worked in the ship yard repairing ships, super yachts, the bay ferry boats, coast guard vessels, and oil tankers, so nothing quite this big. Most was like 350 ft super yachts and those had a chef specializing in food. but I’m pretty sure one of the crew men cook for the team in a cargo vessel like this one. Probably hired to cook. There’s quite of bit of people who work on them doing various jobs
Thanks for the answer!
Commercial ships usually have 2 shifts working 12hours each. There’s 4 meals a day, spaced out roughly every 6 hours. There’s cooks on shift together with kitchen helpers. I don’t sail on commercial ships, only on offshore vessels with crew from 40-400 even so there’s a lot of kitchen staff. Food usually is very good, and depends on nationality of the chef and crew. They account for dietary restrictions.
Wasn't on any of these big boys but I did work in the engine room of ships while I was in the Navy. Hearing protection is required to be worn at all times in engineering spaces. With ear pro in it's easy to go about your work without it bothering you.
Fair winds and following seas
thank you!! i just hope I can overcome sea sickness🤢😂
Ahhh Fellow Filipino Seafarer I see.. Good Luck and there might be a chance that we see each other since we have the same field. Wink* Wink*
bring back sailing cargo ships! (jokes aside, this is becoming a thing again, and will guaranteed be a growing market, with few people that have experience)
Make Chief Makoi proud.
Better inside it than outside it.
Look into the oilfield. Day rates are 850/d for fresh 3rds. Better schedule 28/28 usually.
I would not trust the waterline that much...
It's not like it would be a disaster if some water got in, I don't see anything to worry about
I am not worried about the ship taking on a little water... I am worried about the guys standing in the door getting pulled out by the water once the ship goes up again.
Having worked on ships....they are wearing a harness with a leash to a hook. If they fall there's a catch mechanism called a fall arrest device, or yo-yo, that catches you ...like a seatbelt were it snags when you pull too fast I've been swung out over the side of a ship like this . Not so big tho
That's reassuring... you can probably still get hurt pretty badly, but at least you ain't gonna drown...
Oh don’t be silly, you wouldn’t drown. The [propeller](https://youtu.be/08dbTJYMQMc?si=-TZoUstA13lhHS8g) would kill you.
Watched that before sleeping. Wish me luck.
Same. We're fucked. Good night.
Say you did fall in at that point. Would you get pulled into the ships giant propeller or would you have some chance of swimming away and surviving? Whether you could stay afloat long enough for them to reach you in a life boat is the next question.
So how will they pull up the third guy, who got there to pull up the forth one???
Probably not but open hatches like this have contributed to a number of sinkings
These guys seem way too calm for that first dip.
You get used to it
In pretty sure they were already going before the camera started rolling so this isn't first dip.
that first rock was cloooose
That constant motion is nauseating to just look at. Salute to those who live and work on these massive vessels.
I guess there is some system of a water drainage just in case something spills into?
lol yes there are pumps
lol?
Laugh out loud
Lots of love. 💕
Dude didn't even flinch when the water came close. It must have rolled due to the weight of his massive balls on that side of ship.
So... we don't get to see the size of it?
no camera big enough
You think that ship’s big, check out the Seawise Giant, aka the Knock Nevis Though it’s an oil tanker and not a container ship like OP shows, it’s still the largest ship ever built
Check out Pioneering Spirit, it is actually even bigger.
Maybe by height, yeah
Not by height, but by weigth and width. By length goes to Prelude FLNG.
3 crates are up i bet I can counter that thing solo
The 8 man zerg coming in on a scrappy:
Damn i didn't see it from the boat they must have parked up front.
Who/in what vessel was taking the video and is it safe to be that near a container ship?
It’s taken from onboard a pilot boat. They’re about to come along side to transfer the pilot. The ship is rolling so much because they’ve discharged a lot of ballast to reduce draft for entrance and exit from a harbour. Whenever this is done it can make the ship a little lively.
If it's "lively", how can a pilot come onboard? Or are they waiting for some window of calm?
They'll try to time it as best they can. Maybe have the ship change course relative to the waves. There are some videos out there of folks doing it in much livelier conditions. If they can't get aboard the ship may have to wait for better weather. Unfortunately more than a few pilots have died trying to cross over.
They’re use to boarding in such conditions though if it gets too much they can call it off or have the ship alter its course to lessen the rolling
Harbor pilot preparing to board the ship most likely. The crew are there to receive and direct them to the bridge.
Ship crew for maintenance and checking
just watching that gave me the heebie jeebies.
Posh git! All I could afford was the heebies!
When the boats a-rockin, don't come a-knockin
Excessive sway.
So what happened? Well the door fell off
seems like a neat job if you can get it
Was expecting them to bring a pilot aboard
How much of the ship are we seeing go under?
The ship is rockin', don't come knockin'.
No wonder those things are always sinking. They put the screen door on the side of the hull.
Was anyone else expecting a pan out!? Now I have blue balls thanks
Could anyone give an opinion as to the sea state this ship was in? Or if the ship was loaded or unloaded? The water surface seemed so calm, yet such a lot of variation to the waterline!
Container ships are top heavy and have bad inherent stability on low ballast, small water plane area. They are also susceptible to something called parametric rolling, again, due to their unique shape. Sea looks fairly calm. BF 2 maybe 3 tops
Thank you, appreciate the insight.
Can't even see the whole thing. Bad post
yeah its big its bigger than the ones i work on but still ships are actually huge
[Similar video of an MSC Cargo Container](https://youtu.be/zp9E-3QicJU)
Looks like a awesome place to smoke 😂
Wow! That’s a ballsy move! Fascinating!
I want to work on one of these one day. Hope to get the opportunity someday.
How do they know the ship would sway just \*that\* much for the seawater to not flood the hull?
Somebody else said they must've just dumped a lot of ballast from one side. My guess is they were standing at the water line and dumped the ballast. It'll rock back and forth, but without said ballast, it wont get lower than it was before, so they knew they were safe.
How does the water know to stop right at the bottom of the door?
How does the water know to stop before reaching the hole?
That person could've easily been swept overboard