Thanks for putting this video on youtube, i finished as an Engineer on oil and gas tankers in 2000 and it brought it all back to me, i don't know if i feel happy or sad now after seeing this. Certainly the only engine rooms i was in that were as clean as ths one were on the steam powered LNG tankers. Interesting to read comments from non seafaring people on phrases and how things work.
I can't fathom how one would spool up those turbo chargers and then keep them cool and at the same time it make me realize how much more there is to lean about mechanics.
@kleinesmaenchen I assume you mean the notice on the door "Keep Shut When UMS" . UMS means UNMANNED. The Engine Room was manned when this video was taken.
I was chief engineer aboard an ocean going tug for a construction company, although I had worked as an aviation mechanic for 20 years prior I wish I had chosen a maritime career. Thank you for your posting .
Common rail fuel systems extensively used in car engines today were being used on marine engines as early as the 1940s. Ref Doxford engines. CRS are used often in marine diesel engines nowadays. Ref Sulzer engines
@roythearcher The main engine is a single acting 2 stroke . It has a uniflow scavenging system, one exhaust valve and 2 fuel valves in the cylinder head. The camshaft operates the fuel valves via jerk pumps and also the exhaust valve via hydraulic pumps.Combustion takes place once per stroke.
@asphalion123 2 stroke diesels use cams to regulate the valves in the heads (exhaust valves) and control the injectors. Atleast on EMDs thats how it works.
@sondreborseth take a look at a motorcycle two-stroke engine! you will see that some may have one (either a reed or disc type) and some (most older ones), none at all. the induction and exhaust timing being regulated entirely by piston position.
Do the japs not know how to insulate pipe, or is every bit of that blanket-type insulation that has been re-used for 10 years? Either way, needs replaced.
@Floydnine I am afraid it is not up to Japanese standards as this ship was built by Daewoo in Korea. Cheers.....I understand what you mean. The ship was built in 1994
The engine control room is pretty decent, cool and quiet, but the rest of the compartment is beyond description. With all 4 diesel generators running, power packs and engine turbine, it's... LOUD. But on the other hand, this is the largest space you can find on the ship, so I usually like to go there and just look around.
What amazes me is just how similar this engine compartment is to our ships, 50k dwt and just around 15000 bhp. Same layout and almost the same size.
A modern ship of this size has a bridge where normal operations are conducted but as you saw, emergency stations that can replace every function of the bridge, steering, communications, ballast, everything.
But, yes, normally the engine speed is controlled by the bridge with engineering fine tuning the operation.
wow very huge engine room for small engine like that.i've been on a container vessel,man b&w k90mc-c engine and the engine room was very compact to say it like this.the separator room very small not like here.this is waste of steel :))
The old ships I saw some 30 yrs ago, the captain pull the instrument that signals the engine operator below to slow down the ship, and there's even like a pipe where they talk to communicate. So here the gas pedal (equivalent) seems to be unmanned. Can the Captain up the bridge slow down the ship in case he sees something or does he just pull the instrument and the actual slowing down is done by the Engineer below? I know it sounds ignorant but I'm curious.
Yeah I just picked one up and stuck it on my 65 C20 :) Runs a lot better... Not a truck around that will catch me either...Had to mount it in the bed though... I really have to watch stomping on the gas cause I will bring the front up on that sucker....VTEC kicked in yo LOL
I work in a earthmover tire factory and I am amazed at how well let everything is and how open it is. I am used to machines being stacked side by side and to see things so well spaced would make removal and overhaul much easier.
ships are so fascinating....... ive always wondered, how do you start a ship like this? is there just a key and the engines just start up, or is there a whole process you have to go through every time? And if so whats the process?
@esowaych alot of jobs needed to be done during the 2 hours notice. before starting the engine, we need to turn the turning gear. start the main engine lub oil pump. drain the water in starting air bottle. making sure enough water level in the auxiliary boiler, testing of the steering gear. start jacket water cooling / heating. start 2nd generator and etc etc
@wpseah oohhh ok I think ive seen this kinda thing happen when container ships sit at the dock and just drain water for a long time hmm interesting..... thanks :)
Now I've heard fellows rave on about various Antipodeian brews. A lot seem to love the Queensland offering, though personally I think it tastes like XXXX -good for water-washing the T/C's in a pinch! (really funny ads though!) VB is way too gassy - the only one worth drinking is Fosters, though it has to be brewed in WA as it's a bit like Guiness used to be, i.e. the further away from home, the worse it gets. I still maintain that Castle is the king, all they need is a XXXX man to promote it!
BTW lets keep discussions open to anything about everything concerning ships, their machinery and not forgetting experiences. Thanks again to asphalion123 for posting this video.
I would specifically call those Cylinder covers and their fittings, namely Exhaust Valve, Start Valve, Fuel Valves. That definition for Cylinder heads goes to 4 Stroke Engines, as with the common mistake of naming Inlet Manifold and Scavenge Manifold as same. A 4 stroker does not scavenge, it's naturally aspirated and now built with Turbochargers and have become Charged air manifolds to be more precise.
@jeffreytang71 Precisely. As an old hand who obtained my 1st class motor certificate in 1975 and 1st class steam endorsement in 1979 I prefer to call them heads.
I would have to dispute the assertion that a 4-stroke doesn't scavenge. There is a phase in the cycle when both the air inlet and exhaust valves are open. This period can be anything up to 90 deg and is specifically incorporated to clean out the remaining products of combustion from the previous firing stroke.This, by definition, is scavenging and is another advantage of turbocharging.
@TheRunereaper yes i believe so, the term is to remove the spent gases and to cool down the liner walls, my point is that scavenging takes place within the cylinder walls of a 4 stroker and unlike in a 2 stroker due to its low movement of the piston does not assist and which pressures do drop below atmospheric and starts its scavenging from the scavenge space thus the need for scavenge valves, hope that explains my point more clearly.
Valve overlap for a Modern 4 stroker is around 140 degs
Cooling the liner walls is an effect of scavenging, not scavenging per se. All scavenging takes place within the swept volume of the cylinder, be it 2 or 4 stroke. With ever higher charge air pressures being introduced to medium and high speed marine 4-strokes, the induction stroke effect is becoming increasingly reduced, serving principally to create a space for the fresh charge to reside. 140 deg v/v overlap seems a bit high to me, though I can understand the trend.
@TheRunereaper Gosh! beer makes a good scavenging effect too, If you're talking bout Castlemaine then i would have to totally agree with you on that, but i like they way they put 4 Xs on the can, used to crush them on em foreheads after guzzling them down. lol. Bravo on the answer but nonetheless the difference shows when you remove that turbocharger. Touche!
@asphalion123 Ah, thanks for clearing that up, I believe i have not tried that, can't remember what i was drinking in SA, was more engross in other things i guess. lol
If you were a CE, i definitely would doubt that you would call them Cylinder Heads on the Main Engine, Are those Main Boilers Mitsubishi Mac 45's? BTW thank for the upload, it really brings back good memories.
@asphalion123 Thanks a lot very interesting to see all that heavy machinery working,300.000 tonnes that's the weight of the oil that it carries at maximum capacity, but what would that tanker weigh when it was empty?
Tricky one this as there lots of different ways of measuring a ship's "weight". The 300,000 tons is the "deadweight tonnage" (DWT) which is how much a fully loaded ship displaces. You have to deduct the "light displacement" to get how much cargo it actually carries. For a tanker this size, the light displacement is about 40 to 45000 tonnes - so the cargo weighs about 260,000 tonnes. Don't ask about GRT, NRT or all the other incomprehensible definitions of tonnage!
@TheRunereaper, actually deadweight tonnage is the weight of the cargo, consumables and crew (definitely not dead!) on the ship - the displacement i.e. the weight of the vessel and its cargo is the sum of DWT and the lightship weight which includes hull, machinery and such.
GRT and NRT are pretty easy to define - one such unit equals to 100 cubic feet of volume, the former denoting overall volume, the latter the volume of the cargo spaces. Gross tonnage and net tonnage, on the other hand...
Damn, my mistake's been spotted! I was always a bit picky about beer. My favourite was Castle, the best beer in the most boring cans, I could never understand the slavering that went on when cases of Becks were hoisted aboard on the stores crane. As an acknowledged expert on the subject, do you think that beer counts as fuel or cargo? I don't want to get my GRT and NRT calculations wrong a second time....
For chrissake, STOP mentioning his name. It doesn't matter if you're making fun of him or not, its asinine and more annoying than he could hope to be. First, it spread to nearly every music video with downvotes. Now, on a fucking video about supertanker engine rooms?
Very very well done video. I was just curious about how massive these engines are but never really thought about all the things that need to work besides the engine alone.
This is a great video for spouses or family of Marine Engineers who don't know what the inside of an engine room looks like, how noisey it is, and how hot some places can be. Well done. Perhaps the next time the ship is in the yard you can take some video of the inside of a cargo tank. Most people have no concept of how big a cavern it is.
Thanks, I killed the nostalgia of my workplace, and I regret having accepted my retirement soon. I feel that this is what is making me feel empty and useless, because this is my world that runs into the bloodstream and moves the other coração.Só not say that I'll never be in this work because I never really got out of a (square) "ROOM MACHINES" ... thank you my "GOD"! !!!
F***ing hell, the turbo chargers are as big as a car!!
watchinu66 4 days ago
I say, it's loud in here... HUH? WHAT? I SAID IT'S LOUD IN HERE!!! Oh, cloudy outside is it? FORGET IT, NEVER MIND...
watchinu66 4 days ago
Very nice video, I would love to take a tour with you over the atlantic ocean!
vonKragh 1 week ago
Very impressive, nice and clean!
harryfatcat 2 weeks ago
Wonderful video!
Question: What does a supertanker need 40-Tonnes of fresh water a day for?
jgmagoo1 2 weeks ago
check this out, 3x more powerful youtube.com/watch?v=jXHvY-zY9hA
shyam163 3 weeks ago
Thanks for showing. What an amazing noise!
zaprodk 3 weeks ago
Thanks for uploading this.
rolvon 4 weeks ago
how do they start that massive engine?
Wirewrap36 4 weeks ago
@Wirewrap36 With compressed air.
asphalion123 4 weeks ago
ER looks a BIT larger than i have used to seen in Finnish vessels!
DEADLYZOQE 1 month ago
One piston is as big a a car
metalmachine467 1 month ago
Very cool.,.. Thats a LOT OF SH#T just to turn a propeller
TheDude2366 1 month ago
well those engines are definitively bigger than my 4 cylinder car :)
arrguitman 1 month ago
looks like a world wide ship one of the S class
bob1226bob 1 month ago
i like that supertanker engine room.is a very nice
wije817 1 month ago
very nice to see the hole beast inside those big ships. Nice video, thanks for a good watch :)
CoolKD2005 2 months ago
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great video
lmogden1 2 months ago
3 pistons per cylinder? Can you explain that setup?
mastersduhgree 2 months ago
@mastersduhgree Re: B&W Double Acting 2 Cycle @ Diesel House, Copenhagen
Go to this link on youtube
asphalion123 2 months ago
Thanks for putting this video on youtube, i finished as an Engineer on oil and gas tankers in 2000 and it brought it all back to me, i don't know if i feel happy or sad now after seeing this. Certainly the only engine rooms i was in that were as clean as ths one were on the steam powered LNG tankers. Interesting to read comments from non seafaring people on phrases and how things work.
mylespovey 2 months ago
ok it says 2 stroke engine... where can i find more informations about 2 strokes that big?
15gordinho15 2 months ago
:)
Programmeuranonyme 2 months ago
I can't fathom how one would spool up those turbo chargers and then keep them cool and at the same time it make me realize how much more there is to lean about mechanics.
sunnymuffins13208 2 months ago
congratulation for this video! this video we help to recognise all equipments
hotjose24 3 months ago
keep shut means have open for the camerea man..... hmm i see.
kleinesmaenchen 3 months ago
@kleinesmaenchen I assume you mean the notice on the door "Keep Shut When UMS" . UMS means UNMANNED. The Engine Room was manned when this video was taken.
asphalion123 3 months ago
@asphalion123 oh i diddnt see the ums and didnt know it meant unmanned..... thanks.
kleinesmaenchen 3 months ago
almost clinical, thanks for uploading
moparcarsonly 3 months ago in playlist Relaxing
I was chief engineer aboard an ocean going tug for a construction company, although I had worked as an aviation mechanic for 20 years prior I wish I had chosen a maritime career. Thank you for your posting .
jeffrey19621 3 months ago
WTF HOW FUCKING BIG CAN A ENGINE BE? THIS WAS FUCKING ENORMIUS!
SCANIABILARNORD 4 months ago
very nice! thanks
jkyl100000 4 months ago
Tad bit more spacious than on my carrier :P
doserdog 4 months ago
Amazing video, thanks man, i'm also an engineer
BANANAENDMANDARINA 4 months ago
I needed earmuffs just listening to the video
billpetriejr 4 months ago
Common rail fuel systems extensively used in car engines today were being used on marine engines as early as the 1940s. Ref Doxford engines. CRS are used often in marine diesel engines nowadays. Ref Sulzer engines
asphalion123 4 months ago
since when does a two stroke engine require a camshaft?
roythearcher 4 months ago
@roythearcher The main engine is a single acting 2 stroke . It has a uniflow scavenging system, one exhaust valve and 2 fuel valves in the cylinder head. The camshaft operates the fuel valves via jerk pumps and also the exhaust valve via hydraulic pumps.Combustion takes place once per stroke.
asphalion123 4 months ago
@asphalion123 Respond to this video... Double acting 2 stroke marine diesels had 3 pistons per cylinder. Combustion took place twice per stroke.
2 stroke marine diesel engines have been used for some 50 years plus.
asphalion123 4 months ago
@asphalion123 ..SO ....effectively a 1/2 stroke engine then!!... :-) but then if you need the power......
roythearcher 4 months ago
@asphalion123 2 stroke diesels use cams to regulate the valves in the heads (exhaust valves) and control the injectors. Atleast on EMDs thats how it works.
BNSF5608 3 months ago
@asphalion123 clearly not the Two-stroke engine I had in mind but then, I have never been to sea!! (not to work anyway..)
roythearcher 4 months ago
@roythearcher you know that most two strokes has air and exhaust valves i hope....
sondreborseth 2 months ago
@sondreborseth take a look at a motorcycle two-stroke engine! you will see that some may have one (either a reed or disc type) and some (most older ones), none at all. the induction and exhaust timing being regulated entirely by piston position.
roythearcher 2 months ago
@roythearcher for the exhaust valves on a detroit?
copperheadmarine 2 months ago
@copperheadmarine I'm not familiar with a "Detroit" engine. (I assume)
roythearcher 2 months ago
verry impressive. thanks for uploading
live2ski550 4 months ago
@CADtekk on the engines.... or either machinery that needs sounding of oil level ....
sondreborseth 5 months ago
Oil fired steam turbines any day, any time =D
memadmax69 5 months ago
Great video. Brings back good memories. Wished I never came ashore...
thebigwhit1 5 months ago
Incredible Power. Many thanks for uploading. For the un-initiated, it could be a bit frightening I'm sure ?
airofan 6 months ago
A super interesting video to watch! Thanks for the tour.
xKmotx 6 months ago
watsila marine engine
monterolamarine52 6 months ago
Once upon a time, all this stuff would have been Made in America. No more.
UFO000100 6 months ago
This is awesome thanks for uploading
ChrisMan280 6 months ago 12
@ChrisMan280 Thanks
asphalion123 6 months ago
The control room must be a leckie's nightmare!
Squarerig 6 months ago
Do the japs not know how to insulate pipe, or is every bit of that blanket-type insulation that has been re-used for 10 years? Either way, needs replaced.
Floydnine 6 months ago
@Floydnine I am afraid it is not up to Japanese standards as this ship was built by Daewoo in Korea. Cheers.....I understand what you mean. The ship was built in 1994
asphalion123 6 months ago
ive seen the engines on a non nuclear aircraft carrier they are huge
tjlay96 6 months ago
Wow, there is so mutch that can go wrong in there.
123Jus1 7 months ago
is it really loud down there or is it not as bad as it seems?
ryderXR8 7 months ago
@ryderXR8 Ear muffs are compulsary
asphalion123 7 months ago 4
@ryderXR8
it is that loud! believie me!
tankerseaman 7 months ago
@ryderXR8 those engines are loud as shit, you pretty much wear ear protection when your around them
sweet58441 6 months ago
@ryderXR8
The engine control room is pretty decent, cool and quiet, but the rest of the compartment is beyond description. With all 4 diesel generators running, power packs and engine turbine, it's... LOUD. But on the other hand, this is the largest space you can find on the ship, so I usually like to go there and just look around.
What amazes me is just how similar this engine compartment is to our ships, 50k dwt and just around 15000 bhp. Same layout and almost the same size.
ofiterpunte 6 months ago
Awesome Nice video! I Learned Alot!
dborrelli74 7 months ago
A modern ship of this size has a bridge where normal operations are conducted but as you saw, emergency stations that can replace every function of the bridge, steering, communications, ballast, everything.
But, yes, normally the engine speed is controlled by the bridge with engineering fine tuning the operation.
Arabhacks 7 months ago
I need these dude to clean my car
controledinsanity 7 months ago
Is it loud in there? I SAID IS IT LO...nevermind.
transdrole 7 months ago
nice show
crudeoilsystems 7 months ago
What an amazing energy factory!
myth446 7 months ago
good tour, like it!
Johannes1955 7 months ago
I would put a Stage 3 Fidanza racing clutch in there :P
expertmax1 8 months ago
@expertmax1 lol
nickernosher 7 months ago
wow very huge engine room for small engine like that.i've been on a container vessel,man b&w k90mc-c engine and the engine room was very compact to say it like this.the separator room very small not like here.this is waste of steel :))
liviooo18 8 months ago
How is the control room so noisy?
lampost1 8 months ago
Are the centrifuges used in place of a filter to remove contaminants?
Msashman 8 months ago
wow, pretty freaking NOISY... sweet
MrSpinteractive 8 months ago
The old ships I saw some 30 yrs ago, the captain pull the instrument that signals the engine operator below to slow down the ship, and there's even like a pipe where they talk to communicate. So here the gas pedal (equivalent) seems to be unmanned. Can the Captain up the bridge slow down the ship in case he sees something or does he just pull the instrument and the actual slowing down is done by the Engineer below? I know it sounds ignorant but I'm curious.
jitangoburka 9 months ago
@jitangoburka The engines can be fully used from the bridge at all times.
asphalion123 9 months ago
Wow... very impressive!
Rob260259 9 months ago
greenpeace hate this ship...
heavenlystories 9 months ago 2
awesome video......i miss.....that engine noise,pumps,air compressors...etc...God Bless to all Marineros.....worldwide...keep moving guys....@ keep searching beautiful ladies...mamacitas..thanks....
yamieboy1 9 months ago
Good tour! So a lot of free space! May be easy to work?
ikkesobra 10 months ago
Excellent stuff... place had the dimensions of a decent sized factory in there...
Thanks for posting an esp the info as you walked round.
XH558B2 10 months ago
Thanks for that post, pretty cool!!!
WYXLR8 10 months ago
It must be ultra hot in those engine rooms. I would not want to be an engineer.
turbineU 10 months ago
WOW! right on! thanks for posting with notes of what the components were. Hearing protection must be worn while listening!
38Squid 10 months ago
Those turbo's available at Autozone?
normanmj 11 months ago 2
@normanmj lol i wish
medievalman86 10 months ago
@normanmj
Yeah I just picked one up and stuck it on my 65 C20 :) Runs a lot better... Not a truck around that will catch me either...Had to mount it in the bed though... I really have to watch stomping on the gas cause I will bring the front up on that sucker....VTEC kicked in yo LOL
scott93257 9 months ago
would love to work on that engine i only have experience with medium speed diesels
roger1anderson 11 months ago
Amazing. Imagine what it takes to design and build something that large and complex.
dewfall56 11 months ago
now turn of all the lights and then find the way out :-)
Pitchplus8 11 months ago 2
I work in a earthmover tire factory and I am amazed at how well let everything is and how open it is. I am used to machines being stacked side by side and to see things so well spaced would make removal and overhaul much easier.
jjmonns 11 months ago
that....is.....EPIC!!!!!!!
locococo813 11 months ago
do lube pumps need lube?
XD
gus23a 11 months ago
4:18 If the local bus engine had a miniture size of that, I'd get to work in a second.
leylandcarsloverslea 1 year ago
Which ship is this ?
thegreatlizzy 1 year ago
Aussie beer and meat pies are the best.
asphalion123 1 year ago
@asphalion123 dutch beer is better
lucasadams2005 10 months ago
Within 10 years this very tanker will be scrapped in Alang India. Tanker ships has the lowest lifespan of any ship types of the world.
kzbxvz 1 year ago
ships are so fascinating....... ive always wondered, how do you start a ship like this? is there just a key and the engines just start up, or is there a whole process you have to go through every time? And if so whats the process?
esowaych 1 year ago
@esowaych it's a very long process. it takes about 2 hours to prepare the engine for start up.
wpseah 1 year ago
@wpseah lol that what I was thinking (im like yeah that thing must take at least an hour to start everything up)
esowaych 1 year ago
@esowaych alot of jobs needed to be done during the 2 hours notice. before starting the engine, we need to turn the turning gear. start the main engine lub oil pump. drain the water in starting air bottle. making sure enough water level in the auxiliary boiler, testing of the steering gear. start jacket water cooling / heating. start 2nd generator and etc etc
wpseah 1 year ago
@wpseah oohhh ok I think ive seen this kinda thing happen when container ships sit at the dock and just drain water for a long time hmm interesting..... thanks :)
esowaych 1 year ago
Now I've heard fellows rave on about various Antipodeian brews. A lot seem to love the Queensland offering, though personally I think it tastes like XXXX -good for water-washing the T/C's in a pinch! (really funny ads though!) VB is way too gassy - the only one worth drinking is Fosters, though it has to be brewed in WA as it's a bit like Guiness used to be, i.e. the further away from home, the worse it gets. I still maintain that Castle is the king, all they need is a XXXX man to promote it!
TheRunereaper 1 year ago
BTW lets keep discussions open to anything about everything concerning ships, their machinery and not forgetting experiences. Thanks again to asphalion123 for posting this video.
jeffreytang71 1 year ago
But i'm quite actually impressed that you're in tuned with the times, computers, internet and so forth, have a great retirement!
jeffreytang71 1 year ago
@jeffreytang71 And I am impressed at your knowledge of marine diesel engines. Yes the boilers were Mitsubishi Mac45s
asphalion123 1 year ago
@asphalion123 Salamat Malam
asphalion123 1 year ago
I would specifically call those Cylinder covers and their fittings, namely Exhaust Valve, Start Valve, Fuel Valves. That definition for Cylinder heads goes to 4 Stroke Engines, as with the common mistake of naming Inlet Manifold and Scavenge Manifold as same. A 4 stroker does not scavenge, it's naturally aspirated and now built with Turbochargers and have become Charged air manifolds to be more precise.
jeffreytang71 1 year ago
@jeffreytang71 Precisely
asphalion123 1 year ago
@jeffreytang71 Precisely. As an old hand who obtained my 1st class motor certificate in 1975 and 1st class steam endorsement in 1979 I prefer to call them heads.
asphalion123 1 year ago
@jeffreytang71
I would have to dispute the assertion that a 4-stroke doesn't scavenge. There is a phase in the cycle when both the air inlet and exhaust valves are open. This period can be anything up to 90 deg and is specifically incorporated to clean out the remaining products of combustion from the previous firing stroke.This, by definition, is scavenging and is another advantage of turbocharging.
TheRunereaper 1 year ago
@TheRunereaper yes i believe so, the term is to remove the spent gases and to cool down the liner walls, my point is that scavenging takes place within the cylinder walls of a 4 stroker and unlike in a 2 stroker due to its low movement of the piston does not assist and which pressures do drop below atmospheric and starts its scavenging from the scavenge space thus the need for scavenge valves, hope that explains my point more clearly.
Valve overlap for a Modern 4 stroker is around 140 degs
jeffreytang71 1 year ago
@jeffreytang71
Cooling the liner walls is an effect of scavenging, not scavenging per se. All scavenging takes place within the swept volume of the cylinder, be it 2 or 4 stroke. With ever higher charge air pressures being introduced to medium and high speed marine 4-strokes, the induction stroke effect is becoming increasingly reduced, serving principally to create a space for the fresh charge to reside. 140 deg v/v overlap seems a bit high to me, though I can understand the trend.
TheRunereaper 1 year ago
@TheRunereaper Gosh! beer makes a good scavenging effect too, If you're talking bout Castlemaine then i would have to totally agree with you on that, but i like they way they put 4 Xs on the can, used to crush them on em foreheads after guzzling them down. lol. Bravo on the answer but nonetheless the difference shows when you remove that turbocharger. Touche!
jeffreytang71 1 year ago
@jeffreytang71 He is talking about Castle a famous South African Brew
asphalion123 1 year ago
@asphalion123 Ah, thanks for clearing that up, I believe i have not tried that, can't remember what i was drinking in SA, was more engross in other things i guess. lol
jeffreytang71 1 year ago
@jeffreytang71
asphalion123 1 year ago
One of the more fascinating videos on here, kudos to you
whatisyourpoint 1 year ago
If you were a CE, i definitely would doubt that you would call them Cylinder Heads on the Main Engine, Are those Main Boilers Mitsubishi Mac 45's? BTW thank for the upload, it really brings back good memories.
jeffreytang71 1 year ago
@jeffreytang71 If not cylinder heads what would you call them ??
asphalion123 1 year ago
very interesting... my son has just joined a marine engg. institute
rpbahadur 1 year ago
How quickly do these engines respond to control changes?
needleonthevinyl 1 year ago
How hot is it in that engine room?
Tjita1 1 year ago
thanx for the video, very interesting, I was engineer on a 85kTons tanker years ago..
lapoubelle420 1 year ago
How fast will this engine power a tanker through the ocean?
scruttart 1 year ago
@scruttart Full speed 17 knots dependent on weather
asphalion123 1 year ago
@asphalion123 Thanks a lot very interesting to see all that heavy machinery working,300.000 tonnes that's the weight of the oil that it carries at maximum capacity, but what would that tanker weigh when it was empty?
scruttart 1 year ago
@scruttart
Tricky one this as there lots of different ways of measuring a ship's "weight". The 300,000 tons is the "deadweight tonnage" (DWT) which is how much a fully loaded ship displaces. You have to deduct the "light displacement" to get how much cargo it actually carries. For a tanker this size, the light displacement is about 40 to 45000 tonnes - so the cargo weighs about 260,000 tonnes. Don't ask about GRT, NRT or all the other incomprehensible definitions of tonnage!
TheRunereaper 1 year ago
@TheRunereaper, actually deadweight tonnage is the weight of the cargo, consumables and crew (definitely not dead!) on the ship - the displacement i.e. the weight of the vessel and its cargo is the sum of DWT and the lightship weight which includes hull, machinery and such.
GRT and NRT are pretty easy to define - one such unit equals to 100 cubic feet of volume, the former denoting overall volume, the latter the volume of the cargo spaces. Gross tonnage and net tonnage, on the other hand...
tupsumato 1 year ago
@tupsumato
You are quite right about DWT. This probably explains why my bath overflows at regular intervals! Archimedes has a lot to answer for.
TheRunereaper 1 year ago
@TheRunereaper, well, if you only take into account the amount of beer you consume before submerging...
tupsumato 1 year ago
@tupsumato
Damn, my mistake's been spotted! I was always a bit picky about beer. My favourite was Castle, the best beer in the most boring cans, I could never understand the slavering that went on when cases of Becks were hoisted aboard on the stores crane. As an acknowledged expert on the subject, do you think that beer counts as fuel or cargo? I don't want to get my GRT and NRT calculations wrong a second time....
TheRunereaper 1 year ago
Such a clean puri flat! How times have changed. Gennies are bit close together. Who stole the pushrods - lol. Nice VTC whine. Very nice indeed.
Slipper777 1 year ago
good job dude..thanx for this video..u didn't show an important part..the steering gear :)
7amanyation 1 year ago
@7amanyation Thanks. Unfartunately I did not film the steering gear, boilers and workshops. Too late now as I am retired,
asphalion123 1 year ago
Very Very interesting video congrats... =]]
MazdaManiacHuizer 1 year ago
600 barrels of HFO per day...Dont see them often...Short trips within opl or crossings?
Thehairysoap 1 year ago
Looks VERY ship-shape!
Very interesting. The captions were a huge help.
A good video to review when bitching about the price of gasoline!
JGMagoo 1 year ago
@asphalion123
What is the name of the tanker who these beautiful engines belong to :D
Oh and are you an Engineering Officer or a Rating?
DCTriv 1 year ago
@DCTriv SYLT. I was Chief Engineer Officer. Thanks for your comment.
asphalion123 1 year ago
Wonderful video, I've never seen anything like it and I was in the US Navy. Felt a little weird not seeing more personnel though. Thanks much!
Quickduncan 1 year ago
awesome, thanks for taking the time to film and post this
fascinating stuff
woodshopart 1 year ago
These engine rooms always look so incredibly clean. Who does all that cleaning? Good on them whoever they are.
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dr3wf 1 year ago
Very impressive tour!, its amazing how much machinery they use in ship these days!, a large factory would have less!
Just awesome!
Aussie50 1 year ago
Where's the pool?
fsnvret 1 year ago
@fsnvret POOL ???
asphalion123 1 year ago
@asphalion123 Yeah don't some of these big tankers have a pool for the crew? Thats what I heard, but who knows, I'm a land lubber.
fsnvret 1 year ago
How do you crank an engine this big? Air starter? electric starter?
dieselducy 1 year ago
@dieselducy Compressed air
asphalion123 1 year ago
@asphalion123 is it pretty easy to start or do you have to crank it for a while? and how big is the air starter?
dieselducy 1 year ago
@dieselducy Compressed air is put directly into the cylinders through a starting air valve in the cylinder heads.
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yolanthe3g 1 year ago
Very very well done video. I was just curious about how massive these engines are but never really thought about all the things that need to work besides the engine alone.
Thanks for the vid.
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mayakanthineela 1 year ago
This is a great video for spouses or family of Marine Engineers who don't know what the inside of an engine room looks like, how noisey it is, and how hot some places can be. Well done. Perhaps the next time the ship is in the yard you can take some video of the inside of a cargo tank. Most people have no concept of how big a cavern it is.
kimmer6 1 year ago
tout ca pour tourner une helice waou
djams78 1 year ago
Thanks, I killed the nostalgia of my workplace, and I regret having accepted my retirement soon. I feel that this is what is making me feel empty and useless, because this is my world that runs into the bloodstream and moves the other coração.Só not say that I'll never be in this work because I never really got out of a (square) "ROOM MACHINES" ... thank you my "GOD"! !!!
WilstonSantos1 1 year ago
WOW for anyone whos evwr wprked a engineroom rhat was great bravo zulo to the engineers very impressive clean and proffesioal thank you
sstpnwf1 1 year ago
Great video, thanks for sharing
thokarl 1 year ago
huge engineering..!!
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