July 13, 2020 -- The 1,000-foot Presque Isle struck the base of the Duluth Ship Canal’s north pier shortly after 7 a.m. Video by Mike Burbul. Info at perfectduluthday.com/2020/07/13/presque-isle-scrapes-duluth-ship-canal-wall
@@Biffo1262 I was wondering the same thing, he since he didn’t steer soon enough to get back under it. I wonder why he didn’t use his bow thruster to help kill the slide from the turn.
You're not too far off which is amazing to think about. Imagine laying one of the Twin Towers on its side, putting a huge diesel in it, and adding a wheel. I was wondering something though- I didn't see the bow thruster being used. It looked as if he started his turn out of the channel just a bit late. He was hard over I'm sure the way the stern was swinging around.
Wait you guys all think the captain, or even any of his crew drive this ship?? Nope, usually specialized maritime pilots who know the local waters do this. In open waters it's the captain (and his subordinate) who controls the ship.
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@@rdfr966 Dude sleeps on couch tonight... Hope your wife ain't on YT......LOL. but Brent laugh,, ride with my Japanese wife sometime. she turns on the wipers and the truck goes off the road and into the berm.
It's amazing to see the Presque Isle now because I was on the lakes in 77-78 and remember seeing her then. I worked on the Belle River in 78 which was also a 1000 footer.
Not really a “grounding”... I’d say it’s an allision. Allisions happen when a ship strikes a static object - a pier, dock, etc., where as a grounding means the ship struck the bottom due to draft vs water depth.
@@seapappy9183 Heck no, I am surprised they have not killed some of their own pot smokin zombie hippy crew. Why their opposition does not hose them with offal has me wondering.
That's like a professional "Momback" in trucking. ::::Waves hands frantically:::: "MOMBACK! MOMBACK! KEPPUH COMIN'! MOMBACK! ;;;;Creeeunch;;;;; "OK! STOP!"
I've driven past all the behemoths that delivered to USS GARY WORKS, close up, and I don't think I will ever not be impressed by their size. Amazing vessels
IF I was those Onlookers ..I Wouldn't be Getting up close to Gawk .... That Breakwater Wall and Pier could have easily become Crushed with that 65000 TONS of Cargo striking that Wall !! The Hull is at the 30 FOOT marker as well ! WOW
The scrapes are from entering and departing the locks at Sault Ste Marie. You heave lines to workmen and tie the ship while raising and lowering. Also from tiring up at a dock where you pull the vessel with winches forward and aft for loading and unloading
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Reading about the Big Fitz recently, it was said that minor scrapes and bangs often occurred with the Great Lakes freighters, including guard rail loss, etc. This helps me understand the bow of the Presque Isle even before this abutment-kissing maneuver. Thank you for the great footage!
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I love how there’s multiple videos of the ship , crashing into things and beaching itself..... One of my favorite comments in one of the other videos “it’s like the swift of the Great Lakes”
Haha I just had it in my recommended to watch, and I just looked under the video to see other videos of this ship crashing as you said! Haha perhaps the crew are attempting to get in the Guinness World Records for ‘most crashed ship’?
Never understood how someone could maneuver such a wide and very long behemoth of a ship! Better yet, it was my cousin who made this video, I knew the dude was a master photographer but he's really impressed me now!
The key thing to understand, and one of the other comments referred to this, is you only have the ability to steer the ship while there's substantial water going across the rudder at the back of the ship. If you slow down, the ship will just start going where it wants to, often being driven by the wind. In this case if you still had rudder control, all it could do is push the ship closer to the dock. The bowof the ship is a thousand feet in front of you and it's not going to easily move back out into the channel.
Captain: 1) Somebody gave me decaffeinated this morning. 2) The sun was in my eyes. 3) My bow watchman wasn't. 4. The lighthouse looked a lot closer than it was, but I got pretty close wouldn't you say?
The bridge operator is probably on the radio "Yup, Presque Isle just took out the pier AGAIN. This is the 4th one this week, won't these damn captains ever learn? Get the tugs going Gary."
Crikey! I never thought I'd never see the Aerial Bridge again & I'm not being funny about the near miss incident 😂 I did a summer stint at Camp Millar in 89 I think as a Camp Councillor & on our days off we'd spend time up in Duluth & hang out down at the Bridge. Great memories of Minnesota! Love from NZ 💗✌
@@insearchoftrance3590 Great Lakes boats don't use pilots. The captains are certified pilots for Great Lakes waters and ports. Pilots are only used for International ships coming in through the Seaway.
She doesn’t have bow thrusters. Just looked her up on MarineTraffic, and there are no bow thruster logos on the bow. Not surprising since she was built in 1973.
A ship that size will have no use of bowthrusters. They'll be ineffective. Although it should have been accompanied by tug boats till it clears breakwater. Plus it should not have been manoeuvring at such high speed especially when making a turn. Probably got sucked to the sidewall due to banking effect.
The Legend Lives On Around Old Duluth Town About the Laker that didn't make the Corner The canal bank never gives up her paint when the videos make RU-vid! As the thousand foots go she was rustier than most, with a crew tired of this nonsense. Coming to some terms with a BS firm, she had to make good time that morning. But entering the canal, there was a lot of fail and then the bump of Presque Isle!
The ship got clear of the wall and then circled outside the harbor entrance for a while before coming back in - probably for inspection. 36hrs later it went to Gary or Indiana harbor - south Lake Michigan. It then returned to Superior and as far as I can tell is still moored there. Maybe the damage was more severe than originally thought and/or more extensive repairs are necessary.
I'm surprised to see no tug boats assisting the vessel, since the vessel is loaded (the deep draft), the narrow channel, and the wind. The wheel symbol under the vessel's name means she has a bow thruster. Meaning the vessel can steer the bow to port(Left looking forward) or starboard(Right looking forward). When the bow thruster activates, you can normally see water churn in the opposite direction the vessel wants to steer. Possibly from the deep draft , as well, it can't be seen, or it's operation failed. Glad too see no spill occurred. I wish the video had panned back to the bridge to see the Captains reaction. Sending love from the coast of California to whoever reads my comment.
@@Wildstar40 wow I've been around lake ship while being loaded ,and they sit so tall in the water ! It's hard to imagine it could handle rough water sitting that low? Do you know why he hit the pier ?
@@nicholaspratt7934 incorrect in two ways. A single-ship crash is not a "collision." A collision is between two or more ships all under way. When it is just a single ship under way it is called an "allision." Look it up. Anyhow, this vessel never touched the wall here. It grounded in the very shallow water near the side of the canal, a mere few feet from the wall, but it never touched the bulkhead. If you want to try and correct somone who lives and works on the water 24/7 at least brush up on your nautical terms. It's embarrassing.dude.
I'd say that is a common occurrence. Those ships are narrow to get through such places. To carry a large cargo they are very long. Long skinny things don't turn well. In August, 2003 I was in a grandstand with my late Father, watching a ship go through the Soo Locks in Sault Saint Marie, MI. The only time I've seen an Iron Boat up close. It was almost scraping both sides of the lock. It went through perfectly. It was the Presque Isle 😍.
@@jacobmccandles1767 Thrusters (rather what appears to be a single bow thruster in this case) won't do anything for you at that speed; especially loaded down to her marks.
I use to watch the bridge camera all the time. Never seen anything like this. About the closest was a few years ago a ship this size ran aground inside the harbor. Duluth is on my bucket list to visit.
There is a little bit of a current in the canal. If yer not lined up straight with the canal. It can be very difficult to get through the canal. The captain of the Tregurtha says making the turn to go through the canal is the worst of the great lakes.
Jeff Heins...probably true, but a competent, experienced Great Lakes captain or mate is supposed to be able to make the difficult maneuvers as well as the easy ones. And you don’t get to be captain of the Presque Isle by not being thoroughly familiar with the handling characteristics of your vessel and the peculiarities of the major Great Lakes ports.
Captain to the crew on the bridge: "Sailors, it takes absolute undivided concentration and attention to get a fully loaded vessel this size through this ship channel at high speed. Years of disciplined learning of how to deeply focus on the task at - SQUIRREL!!!!!"
"I clearly stated im way underqualified for this job, i was looking for a deckhand position but these lunatics still hired me as captain, im not taking any responsibility for this".
This was the first one of these I watched a year or so ago. I thought this must happen often as no one seems to be too concerned. Now I know it's pretty rare.
Some ships on the lakes hold records like longest ship, most tonnage hauled in a season or longest time in service. In the case of the Presque Isle it’s most time spent ashore....
@@keithnichols7926 Ever heard of currents? If a ship is even a little outside dead-ahead a current can act with increasing intensity of leverage the longer the vessel.
I was in the US Coast Guard on the Mackinaw breaking ice when we told the anderson to hold fast we hit a ridge of ice and was breaking through slowly damn thing his us in the ass I never seen so many rats jump over board ... not really but boy the crew sure did run!
Could not have been Swift. There trucks were made in Mexico, sat on lot and in shop. Alternator, starter, multiple starting issues about 12 to 15 years ago.
As others have said: this is an allision with the sea wall. Running aground would mean the required draft exceeded the available depth. This was pretty good ship handling to bring it to a stop that quickly once the Capt realized he had lost control. A couple pulses on the bow thruster and they will be on their way.
Peter Saar markings on the bow show a bow thruster. Likely the bow thruster engine was not running. Generally there’s a large diesel in the bow to power the bow thruster.
Ahhh, all the dockside skippers in these comments . . . No one was drunk, if you listen you can hear the bow thruster lose power before she hits. And yes, it was officially a grounding not a collision because she (or, more correctly "they" because the Presque Isle is a permanently coupled barge/tug combination) didn't hit the pier they hit the scour stone on the bottom. This stone is placed to prevent scouring of the bottom near the steel piles that protrude from the pier. She did suffer some damage as a result, some buckling of plates that was not considered major and will be (by now, was?) dealt with at her next haul out. Facts, gentleman, get them correct before commenting.
This is a huge ship, fully loaded, I'm surprised that they didn't use tugboats, actually not only surprised but astonished, it should be a port requirement for a ship of this size to use them, this is not Toyota Prius, you can't just turn on a dime. The 2nd thing I noticed, or didn't notice was that bow thruster not operating, when it was obvious that the bow is gonna struck the pier, bow thruster should work with full power to try & sway the bow to starboard, for some reason it didn't seem to work, effect of the thruster would be reduced due to ship's speed, but it should still help.
Just a little love tap. How a ship that length approaches an inlet like that without a tug is beyond me, but is apparently standard practice in the ‘Lakes.
