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  • thank for good vdo.

  • Is it just the angle, or is there really that little freeboard when she's loaded?

  • LOVE THIS SONG

  • I am not a naval engineer but I am looking at a very heavy boat. Luckily it is moving at very slow knots.

  • If you don't get over your seasickness in the first two days you will keep it for the rest of your life! I went sailing from the UK to Holland in gale force 7/8, after we arrived it took me a day to get rid of the movement of the sea, sitting on a toilet a shore and holding the walls !

  • Fascinating-if a bit nauseating-even in a computer chair.Thanks!

  • Stuff that, i was getting sea sick just watching lol, thats scary to watch..

  • please don't put that music on anything again -- but great video

  • The Matrix back ground music. Some kid in a leather trench coat and boots is goin CRAZY!

  • Could a degree in Physics lead to an awesome job on a boat like this?

  • Nice, what sort of forward speed were you achieving? 5kts?

  • You were hauling salt? That would have been a huge environmental disaster had the ship sunk!!

    LOL

  • great footage. the music is a head fuck though. leave it out. enough drama already. thanks

  • The adventurous me wants to be on deck playing a game of "who can hang on the longest!"

  • Damn, that's some crazy stuff. . . . Mother nature scares the crap out of me.

  • Can you hold still! I'm trying to land my helicopter.

  • Yikes! You guys are brave!

  • One of the bad things about those heavy bulkers going over long waves is hull stress. The rolling is not so bad for the hull's integrity, it's the torsion of unsupported weight in the middle of a big wave that plays hell on plate welds and fractures in keel strakes. They can only take so much. A bulker or a tanker is not a good place to be in these types of storms.

  • @Lex5576 Doesn't corrosion factor in another unknown? That is, how do you know an older ship, that has been operating in temperature climates for a decades or so, isn't structurally compromised? Stress crack type corrosion is difficult to detect. Stay safe out there, and take a look at that hull.

    I wish I had gone into your line of work so I could join you.

  • Inredible. Thanks! Gonna find the Dramamine now. How do you guys do it?

    Yaya

  • Looks like an average day on a panamax bulker to me. Sea state looks to be around force 6 - nothing too dramatic. Vessel is rolling, but I don't see much pitching. I've only been working at sea for 43 years, so I could be wrong of course.

    There are no heavy seas breaking over the deck - only spray so although it may look dramatic, it's very common and nothing special at all.

  • Looks like an average day on a panamax bulker to me. Sea state looks to be around force 6 - nothing too dramatic. Vessel is rolling, but I don't see much pitching. I've only been working at sea for 43 years, so I could be wrong of course.

  • That ship seemed extremely low. You could have basically been in a submarine if the ship went any lower.

  • the greek owned m/v pioneer???

  • Neptune must have been quite angry.

    Bad weather is perfect for an good night sleep until you get those Low Sump alarms or sludge tank level alarms and the ME exhaust gas temps deviations. or that rolling AAA battery witch is still in your suitcase under your bunk:)

    Taking a shower is also always quite an experience.

    I guess the shaft generator was not able to maintain frequency ?

    Or did the vessel not had a shaft gen?

    tnx for sharing

  • As the big freighters go, that looks bigger than most. Were the cap'n and crew...well, you know?

  • WoW, I got a lil seasick just from watching, lol Some brave people out there for sure!

  • I'm interested in aerospace and rocket engineering, as well as stuff like this video illustrates, Am I best to look at doing a mechanical engineering bachelors or something else?

  • P.S. Seriously cool video!~

  • There is a great joke and irony in the fact that was carrying 'Salt', but I don't have the time or energy to go looking for it.

  • I was wondering: that roll of 20 degrees, a 70 million kg ship, that's a lot of energy. I guess there's no way to tamper it with the rudder is there? The rudder being beneath the center of mass and center of roll...

    (Sorry, maybe a dumb question, I don't know much about ships or sailing.)

    Just shows you the power of water. And the power of the atmosphere - the water didn't get into that state by itself.

  • In this sort of weather can you get much work done? Is this the norm? I love the scale of the vessel - waves crashing over the deck 1/4 of a kilometer away! Hats off to the engineers, is there any flex over the lenght of the ship?

  • Bravo!! Good use of a good camera.

  • wow, just watching it is making me sea sick

  • good GRAVY - I'm getting sick just watching this, I don't know how you all survived!

  • And people still wonder why the Derbyshire foundered??

  • @the4thlord Im feeling like vomiting after watching this video, i feel kinda dizzy....you guy's are great. Now i have so much of respect for the seafarers.

  • rolling of the ship reminds me of pirates of the Caribbean 3 XD

  • How much more severe sea could these ships stand? Is this about it? or is it virtually impossible for these ships to... capsize?

  • @DonnyThailand They normally start cracking first

  • Enjoyed it.

  • Whats the beam on this ship?

  • And WOW, it looks like that spray is flash freezing!

  • @Kosh800 seems to be from bout 6min on!!

  • My god ... I know it's filled but why is the water line so damn high? It looks like it's a sub preparing to dive!

  • the matrix audio is killer !!

  • Well filmed.

    I would be worried about that salt getting wet.

  • very scary.hats off to those on ships.

  • Maybe a large vessel is an advantage, but when you see this thing pitch that heavy, I should be really afraid of braking or a blackout of the engines, and than ending sidewards in the waves. Also my respect to the sailor men. Deffinately not another day at the office...

  • Incredible footage! What kind of cargo was this vessel transporting? And how is this cargo secured to prevent it from shifting in such rough seas (ie, so the vessel doesn't capsize due to a sudden weight imbalance)?

  • @TokyoPlumber she was carrying Salt!...

    Each hold filled to 90% capacity. The design of her holds prevents sudden cargo shifting in rough weather!

  • @the4thlord Great! and imagine that after such a journey, it is waiting to be thrown over someone's shoulder for 'good luck' hahahaha

  • @the4thlord Is it strictly no crew members outside in these sort of conditions?

  • @the4thlord Thats one hell of alot of salt

  • @TokyoPlumber Topside tanks prevent voids from developing at the top corners of the hold.

  • How do you get into this line of work?

  • @ihavekankles As an engineer... its either 4 college years of Marine Engineering (Degree Course) or 4 years of Mechanical Engineering (Degree course) + a full year of workshop training for one to be eligible to join merchant ships as an Engineering officer. Then its a slow climb to the top with a series of examinations every few years to make you eligible for promotions!

  • @the4thlord

    Any other way? I'm doing a Physics course at university. Thanks, I really appreciate this, your videos have caught my imagination.

  • @the4thlord

    OR you could be a deck officer, or OICNW. That really required education at a Maritime Academy.

    This is terrible weather, but I rode tankers from Valdez to Long Beach. In the winter, when fully loaded and in bad weather, the main deck was constantly flooded. It looked like we were on a submarine!

    The ships are built to withstand this for there 20 year life span. As long as the vessel is in good condition, it can withstand this weather.

  • @the4thlord hows the pay if dont mind me asking? i was working on a marine transportation degree before i joined the navy if that helps towards getting in

  • @the4thlord If you dont mind me asking, how well is the pay? Seems like a fun/entertaining job. A nice change from boring land work!

  • nasty, but not so bad really at least you are on a big ship. Try this weather on a rig tender, and tell me how much fun you will be having.

  • CRAZY SHIT!

  • Fresh pair of underwear please!

  • Oooooh man!!.... thats one cool vid!!

    Loved it!!

    i can't possibly imagine myself on that ship! I'd puke my brains out!

  • you got my respect...

  • Awesome!! :D :D

  • Awesome video. Thank you:)

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