The "Maersk Assister" in hard weather in the North Sea

[MrBlamethecows]

The wonders of Free trim...

[rolo546]

Yeah Maersk remains a great company. I have seriously thought about working at Maersk, just too bad to hear that they no longer accept Dutch officers. Otherwise I would'v started my internship with Maersk.

Anyway, good video's thanks! :)

[hughgareth]

Good sleeping weather

[bernhl]

approx. at what angle does the water enter the main deck? I'm currently doing a school design project and I have a limit of 20º heel before the main deck starts submerging, is this in the acceptable ranges? thanks

[Ebbeboy]

It depends on the draught of the vessel ofcourse, but 20 degrees sounds about right.

[gfgfzhfdz]

i was sure this ship vent down a couple of years ago??

[Ebbeboy]

I think maybe you are thinking about the Bourbon Dolphin?

The Maersk Assister is still alive and well :)

[gfgfzhfdz]

yup! youre totally right!¨

hope i havent brung bad luck to this one though! (: knock on wood(:

[larer09]

ian rridge

[larer09]

my dad works on that

[Ebbeboy]

Who is he? I might know him.

[vince38curious2]

CAN I PUKE NOW ?????

[enexti]

looks like funn ^^

[helciowerneck]

Maersk

[ragnardb]

little bit swell, that's not bad iv'e seen worse . do you have anti-roll tanks on those types ?

[Ebbeboy]

Yeah, we had a stability tank which was a tank running through the entire width of the vessel. It was usually half-filled with water so as to "worsen" the stability of the ship. Otherwise the stability was simply too good, so the ship got thrown about too much!

[flya11]

what is stabilizer tanks?

[Ebbeboy]

All ships have a number of ballast water tanks, which are used to improve a ship's stability.

[flya11]

ok, i see, thnx for the help

[Malaka57]

The principle, if I understand correctly, is when the ship rises, the weight of the ballast naturally pulls down. The 2CV citroens have a similar thing behind each wheel, otherwise the car would flip over...

[lexysboyfriend]

Adding ballast to a vessel lowers its center of gravity, and increases the draft of the vessel. Increase draft may be required for proper propeller immersion.

[ommubeiggi]

Bad weather yes, but not 'that' bad. The ship just seems to roll quite a bit compared to the size of the waves.

[marcusroos]

What should be remembered though is that the camera is about eight or nine stories above the water level, whick means 20 meters. The waves are much bigger than what they seem if you dont consider that. The ship is 23 meters wide and is still rolling from side to side in about 5 seconds, that is mean!

[oceangoin79]

Great video. I actually have pictures of them down in the Gulf of Mexico servicing one of our Rigs. Unless there is an identical, although in the pic there is an A-frame on the stern.

[Ebbeboy]

There are 5 sister vessels as far as I know, and one of them, the Maersk Achiever, has just ended a longer charter in the Mexican Gulf. I am not sure if it has an A-frame though, but they are able to remove the A-frame quite easily. After I disembarked the Assister, an A-frame was fitted.

[Ebbeboy]

The Maersk Assister is indeed light blue :) The deck structures, however, are red. This color procedure goes for all Danish flagged Maersk Vessels.

[KineticRic]

Did the "Maersk Assister" used to come through the Port of Baltimore a lot over the last few years?

[Ebbeboy]

The Maersk Assister usually operates out of Aberdeen in Scotland, but the last three 4 years it has been chartered by CTC Marine for underwater operations. I don't know much about their whereabouts during that time, I'm afraid.

[KineticRic]

Oh okay, I worked two years ago patrolling the Chesapeake Bay and Baltimore Harbor, and that ships name sounded really familiar.

I appreciate your reply.

[Mengine]

Im glad I have a onshore job :P