Don't think I'll ever tire of watching this video. At least my 10th time in the past couple years. Always have found the clever engineering that makes a commerical ship work, and excel at tasks, far more interesting than a tour of luxurious yacht cabins. At least this vessel is no stranger to strong seas
Machinery! Glorious machinery! Thank you for letting the music of the machines come through. All that machinery working together is, I know, an every day occurrence, but it is also a profound symphony that is the result of many generations of human endeavor and ingenuity. Bravo, humanity!
Absolutely !! Everything screams ENGINEERING!!!! Considering the engineering eye candy going on here...what makes it even more remarkable in my mind is that that pretty much everything you are looking at here...needs to be there. A lot of talented people sweated countless details in the planning of this beautiful beast. What a masterpiece! While the rocket scientists get to play with what are probably considered the most advanced and exotic engineering marvels...to my eye, this ship is way more fascinating than the space shuttle! Thanks for the tour...great video! Smooth sailing!!
Watching this the intricacy and complexity of the machinery makes this engine room look more like the inside of a modern manufacturing facility than what I'd ever expected. From working in manufacturing I can recognize many control systems, automation components, etc. A very clean ship she is!
Watching this made me realise the true size and scale of large cargo ships. This engine room is very, very big and then the engine rooms in some of these large container ships are just monumental.
This vessel is either two hours old or the crew and capt. take immense pride in their vessel.....the absolute definition of " shipshape". You could probably eat off the deck of that engine room....wow!
Defender has been at anchor just below our house near Falmouth UK for a couple of weeks. (Xmas 21). Fascinating video to see what's going on there as it swings round on the anchor, currently SW Force 7. Happy New Year guys!
Fascinating video, thanks for posting! I would love to have a full explanation of what every single thing and control is and does. Of course, that would make the video hours long, but worth it! It's amazing the amount of "stuff" there is in the engine room of a ship this size. Think about it...in a little motorboat, everything fits into a single outboard motor. For a small tug/workboat, maybe there's an inboard engine, a genset, hydraulic steering gear, a compressor, bilge pumps. It just goes up exponentially from there. Amazing!
Essential equipment is doubled for safety reasons. Even by our days relatively high educational level ~80 accidents at Sea is caused by humans controlling, or mismanaging, the equipment...
Every complicated machine is made of simpler machines :D - Very nice to see in a ship, where everything is accessible for maintenance, unlike a modern car, or other consumer product
Next time you turn on the faucet to get a drink of water or flush the toilet, to get rid of it, think about all the machinery behind that process and now cram it onto a ship. This amazing video really shows what it takes to sustain people in an environmentally sound manner in the middle of the ocean for long periods. For the untrained, lots of ways to die in those spaces! Incredible. I wonder how much smaller this vessel could be if it was design to operate without humans? I know it's not possible...yet, but incinerators, waste plant, water purifiers, refrigeration, heating, cooling, washing, kitchen, food storage, space for 35 crew. How much smaller would the boat be without all of that?
I was a chief engineer on tugs, dredgers and AHTSVs, having started out on the box boats. I miss going to sea so much! I'm now a design engineer, but it's not the same :(
@@StuartZiane I was a chief engineer as well, and, DO NOT miss it. All I see in this video is over the top complicated HIGH maintenance machinery. I don't know what the manning on engineering staff is but there would a marathon gear box oil changes compressor oil changes; refrigeration compressor oil changes. Never mind constant diddling with the Oily Water Separators. I've only scratched the surface of maintenance. I left the Ocean for a good reason and haven't looked back.
I've always wanted to do one last run as a crew member on a large modern ocean tug... never got my chance... i was a tankerman for 12 years (pumper or pumperman in some countries) on small sea tugs from 1100 to 3500hp Thanks for sharing
@@JanDootjes yeah, ive been on a few boats that were super new... i was mainly a "floating" tankerman... so i did all 62 boats that my company had and whatever tank barges they were assigned and their respective chemical cargoes... then i was the trainer on an old boat that we had for training deck hands and tankerman... but never got work on an ocean tug... especially for a company that really takes care of their crew and equipment...
This Hydrodynamic design innovative and efficient as it is scares me regarding the safety of marine mammals. Tugs already create huge suction into their giant props but your design enhances this already hazardous situation. I love the design on other levels though. Looks like an influence from auto racing ground effect.
this is an awesome vid with hypnotic rhythmic beating of the engine....also liked the emptiness of the Control Room - where is everyone...how many people are needed to sail this behemoth about. Lastly, a beautifully clean ship - thanks for this vid!
Hey Felix, thanks for your kind comment. Really appreciate it! I was, together with my oiler, on duty that night. We had a crew of about 22 men onboard.
@@dough9512 Hello Doug, No, the vessel was designed by a Norwegian company, owned by a Dutch company and build in Japan. Most of the equipment onboard is either from Norway, Holland or Japan. No Chinizium stuff there.
Brilliant Video, I've been building a model of this boat, but never was able to get detail of the inside or any plans, all done from photo. thanks for posting
It's called the X-bow. The purpose is to reduce "slamming" that happens when a vessel with a conventional bow climbs over a wave and then "slams" into the water. X-bow makes rougher weather more comfortable for the crew (and machinery) because you don't feel like you're hitting a wall every time you hit a swell. Subsequently, there are reduced vibrations and improved power efficiency. In a nutshell :)
Awesome video. Worked on Diving Support Vessels myself as a Marine Engineer. A lot of machinery crammed in with not a lot of space around to maintain it.
I'd say the plastic chairs are brilliant, safety orange there light and they can be stacked and gotten out of the way you want rolling metal chairs around the engine control room in a boat? I can see stationary chairs bolted to the floor for the control panel but aside from that removable lightweight stackable very practical. Maybe not super comfortable but this crew maybe doesn't sit around a lot 👍
Awesome! The first dynamic positioned drill ship I worked on was the SEDCO 445 that was built at the Mitsui Shipyard half a century ago. They built great vessels.
Beautiful and CLEAN machine room! One thing though, it would be great if you could slow down the movement so wer can see the place without getting motion sick.
So, lets say I am 40 and a land diesel heavy duty technician with exceptional knowledge of hydraulics, valves, actuators, motors and centrifugal pumps in the past. Also winches, hydraulic cylinders and other land stuff that mechanics deal with. Good with engine electronics and most electrical circuitry. Is it possible to get a job on the vessel like that without marine retraining at all? Is it worth the time to retrain myself to persuade this career path at 40?
Noooo, minimum 4 years of school and thousands of euro's to pay your certificates. You have to begin as a third or even fourth engineer. Good salary for someone who is 25 years old but not for someone who is 40.
@@rrg3740 Thanks for the reply. That's what I figured plus a lot of things changed since I was working in Qatar a few years back. I am not longer even remotely interested in working that far or remotely, considering all the shit that is happening due to Cervesa sickness bullshit. I have a very good career going running a service truck close to home.
@@olegk455 Yeah its problematic if you have a wife and children at home due to the long days at sea. Sailing is great way to improve your work experience and make a lot of money when your young. I am currently 2e engineer (26 years old) If I have enough money to buy a house and being able to take care of my wife and kids, the sailing days are over. Besides the cool work and traveling, due to ISPS you can not visit many cities. I have visited NYC, Miami, Singapore and many other great cities without being able to go to shore. If you have a contract for 3 months you will become depressed. I am Dutch and have applied at ALP but they only work with the MAFIA organisation named MARLOW. I believe I am to expensive for ALP as a Dutchman. Very sad after all ALP is a Dutch company.
Interresting video, thanks for sharing. Where does that tiny door at 12:01, right of the orange hose, lead to? Also is that ship shown at the end of the video on tow?
Say what you want mate but countless Emd's and detroits are out there still rolling coal. I may be alittle bit old school but at least I'm not a clip board engineer like all these up and coming " big shots". Most of them Cant change a light bulb but they sure can talk about What they know. As matter of fact your comment sounds like the typical clip board engineer...
Erg bedankt voor deze mooie tour, ik heb 2 vragen. Met wat voor bezetting varen jullie in de machinekamer? En hebben jullie ook stagaires aan boord? Groet.
Hey, we varen met 3 werktuigkundigen, een elektricien, een fitter, twee wipers en een oiler. Klopt!, op sommige ALP slepers lopen leerlingen hun stage uit. gr Jan
Plastic garden chairs in the control room? I heard some cowboy stories of ALP being out of money after all these newbuilds, maybe they were true after all. LOL
The vessel came just of the shipyard and the more luxurious chairs were still in pastic stored elsewhere. Don't just take those cowboy stories for granted ;)
hmmm, it now is more intricate with black cable, pipe, flange, gear box, stairs and stairs, ladder and ladder, well I do not know what it is. still but titanic give me more comfort and reliability old machinery nonetheless, no high advances likely today at that time all they had was manual ways to be trusted. because that is only way no others. you are good thumbs up~
lots of stuff and Technology inside that ship, do you get a service Manual when it was built, or a laptop with all the schematics, blueprints and troubleshooting guides? I'm curious. There's no way, that one single person can master all that Hardware on that ship. It's impossible! Do you know, just how much energy that room consumes, starting @ 2:05 ? Probably x100 what my house consumes 😆
Actually... That's why marine engineers are so special! Yes, there is documentation and yes some machinery and equipment would be repaired by service engineers, but marine engineers have such an enormous amount of training and are typically educated to degree level before being certificated as watchkeepers. It's not about learning how every single piece of equipment works, though. It's about learning how to troubleshoot, etc. It's for this reason that the Chief Engineer is GOD on a vessel. The Master is like, I don't know, the Angel Gabriel, perhaps? I hope this helps. P.S. The generators (probably 3 or 4 of them) produce roughly 1000 kW each. There will also likely be shaft generators, which are on the propeller shafts between the main engines and the propellers) will probably be (at a guess) between 2000 kW and 3500 kW. (Former Chief Engineer, now a design engineer).
Yes sir! All engine room, or engine room related. The vessel operates with 3 engineers, a electrician, a fitter, an oiler, two. Wipers and sometimes a cadet. Hope my comment makes sense to you :) all the best, Jan
@@JanDootjes Thanks for the reply. I used to work offshore rig and travelled on the supply/tug boats many times. I was once invited briefly inside the engine room to take a look at the actual engines. That was 25yrs ago. Apprarently the ALP is modern and much more sophisticated than those tug boats I had seen. Very informative indeed.