Your videos got me interested in how these big engines function. With your tours and some google searches, I was able to learn the basics. I find this stuff fascinating. Thanks for giving us a glimpse into this seldom-seen world. Edit: I love the little details you show us too.
What a cool video ! Engine room is much bigger and way cleaner than I expected. Would love to have a voice-over / commentary track to go along with brief explanation of what we are looking at. Somethings are easy to figure out, others not so much. Thanks so much for sharing !!! ✌🏻✌🏻
Have some good leave buddy, and thanks for (for me) the nostalgia trip around the engine room ... would have loved a quick control room visit too tho :) PS... brilliantly maintained and all ship-shape. Not a greasy rag in sight LOL.
Great vid Jeff, makes you feel you are actually in there ! Excellent camera work, your usual high standard . Keep them coming Jeff! 👍 Best wishes from Liverpool, England 🍺🍺🍺🇬🇧
Hey Jeff, keep it up man. I know we haven't been in contact for a while but I'm still very much planning on reaching out to you in a few years again once I go to SIU, these videos are still EXTREMELY beyond helpful, please don't stop any time soon man! Stay safe out there
Greetings. I just started watching your videos on 6-24-21 and I am enjoying them very much. I work on a production facility in Gulf of Mexico. I thought to look up this ship on Marine Tracker and what a coincidence. As I type this, the Maersk Idaho is in my view about 15 miles south. Very cool ! Peace be with you
Big 10 cylinder engine directly coupled to the prop shaft. It becomes easy to see why a different approach can work more efficiently. I am talking about azipods and electrical generators. Props on azipods that can rotate 360 degrees and be decoupled from a power device. Multiple generators can be used for propulsion, electrical generation etc. Much more efficient design. Good video Matt.
So very interesting. There is so much light down there that people don't realize you are in the guts of the ship. I was surprised to note the speed of the engine, looking at the spinning prop-shaft, which I make around 50 RPM. Maybe you were approaching port.
Must have a good Wiper on there .. my first time ever seen engine room this clean on a ship cuz all my other ships I been on with seafarers engine room was dirty
Hi Jeff, I enjoy all your videos. Thanks for sharing your career with us. Does your shipping company allow passenger bookings? I think it would be a great adventure. Cheers, Jim
Thank you for sharing; I love minutiae like this! I have a couple questions about propulsion: 1) How many screws? 2) What RPM are the screws and engines turning at? Thanks again!
Hello, where is the Engine Room Crew ? I didn't see anyone....I used to work on a Ship too, but I was in the Steward's Dept....from John in North Carolina.
It is called the Wiper.... Need to get all the documents such as Passport, TWIC, Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC) Basic Safety Class, STCW VPDSD class, physical and drug clearance, and start those things.
@@Neo-po2xw On a diesel ship main use of the boiler is to heat fuel oil (to make make less viscous), provide heating to water and oil for when the engine is stopped, and for 'domestic' purposes, as well as desalination and oil/water separator. A lot of diesel (engine) ships may also run turbine generators, although this vessel has diesel generators. If you see the section with the centrifugal separators(at 2:56) which refines the heavy oil, you will see all the pipes are insulated (lagged, silver finish at 3:11), this is to keep the normally treacle-like fuel oil nice and runny! Steam heats the fuel tanks.
@@Neo-po2xw The boiler is for when we are in port because obviously we are not running and have exhaust gas so we need to make steam to keep the engine warm import... Yes that would be a great video topic
Engine is super low rpm, so more turbos on the manifold will give a smoother pulse-less pressure feed to the cylinders. Most of the ships I sailed on had two, but this has more cylinders, so three makes sense to even out the charge in the scavenge buffer. Also I guess you have a bit more redundancy if a blower is underperforming.
Hello sir if it is not too much trouble, would you mind if I sent you an email sometime? I could use a little help regarding trying to enter the maritime industry. It is mainly a question of which avenue might be best to approach it from my particular situation. I also could use some help in knowing what to expect as far as the educational requirements and any resources I should be studying there. Whether or not you are able to help me I thank you for the videos, as they have produced a staggering amount of information and entertainment for me.
