Do Ships Really Dump Oil Into the Sea? | Chief MAKOi 

Stop it with the BS Chief. Ships leak oil into the bilge and dump it everywhere they go. Cruise ships don’t have holding tanks so when you see one go by look for the trail of sht. Your industry is killing our oceans.

I was the engineer who operated the OWS, preformed all of the OWS maintenance and filled out the oil record book. I babied that OWS and took extremely good care of that equipment. Never bypassed it or was asked by anyone to do so. The moral, legal and ethical consequences would far too great for myself and the company. Another good video. Have a good watch chief..

From observations made over a period of 50 years of summer holidaying on a specific strip of coast, I can confirm that the level of tar lump aggregation on coastal rocks have dimished markedly fom the mid 1970s and until today. So IMO the stricter regulations relating to cleaning of cargo holds & handling of bilge water do work. When I was a kid we hade to look out carefully, so as not to step on sticky lumps of tar when walking along certain strips of rocky shoreline. Nowadays the tar lumps are almost gone. And so much for the better.

Chief, at my company we had a ChEng that was caught illegally dumping. He ended up getting 5yrs in prison and the company was placed under regulatory supervision for 5 years or so. I imagine there were stiff fines involved as well. For the people that don't know that's what really happens to dumpers because there's always someone who knows and they will get you eventually.

I love it when a rational human being with on-the-job knowledge points out reality. Thank you chief. You are part of my weekly education about sea life and I've learned a lot!

During my Navy time back in the 80s we could pump clean bilge water as long as we were at least 10 miles out. This was mainly condensate and brine from the evaporators. In port we would pump into a barge. 👍👍

Another outstanding video episode Chief, thanks. Very clear overview, shipboard specific issues & a precise review of the international regulations. Excellent acceptance of the duties and responsibilities of senior leadership at sea!

Chief MAKOi is obviously passionate about his profession. I wholeheartedly approve.

I love your integrity, Chief Makoi.

Chief, You sound like a man of integrity! I wish there were more people out there taking care of our oceans and waterways.

Another great video chief, that's an awesome insight to what happens in the bilge tank, enjoying learning about these sorts of things, love your work. Take care mate well done

as a new engineer that just got my first sertificate after about 4 years of school and ca 3 years of sailing in total. love you're content and agree with you. PS my time at school and sailing is from Norway and Scandinavia. And now in new times we have a (billage water - BW) separator, in my experiance we have two tanks one for settling the BW and after settling the bw it is transferd to a (Clean billage water - CBW) tank, from there we separate the CBW tank for a good time and after that the BW separator is pumping it over board when the PPM is under 5, and if the PPM go over 5 ppm, the automatics that is sett up in the controll unit close the overboard valve. sorry for the bad English, as it is late and I just gott home from a contract. and since it is a coment on YT im not that botherd with som miss spelling.

Chief, I enjoy how you break it down "Barney" style for those of us who are not in the industry, to understand your ship's operations

That Chief Engineer did the discharge when you weren't around because he knew what you would do. The hardest part of leadership is having the moral fortitude to confront superiors about their actions.

Chief Makoi, I have to borrow your words: I hope that those who do "bilge dumping" drink it and rot. The same happens in land, buy a snack and throw away the empty container. I'm in favor of forcing countries to have compulsory facilites and services to receive bilge, clean or oily. Aplaude your courage to speak out loud of this themes and to practice every day excellence at work.

Hello Chief i really admire your morals and professionalism on this subject.

Hey Chief MAKOi! I'm guessing lt is easier to prevent oil from entering the bilge water in the first place by fixing leaks and doing repairs in a manner to clean any oil drips up right away than running an overburdened seperation system! Thanks for keeping our oceans a bit cleaner! You rule! Greetings from Vancouver British Columbia Canada! Ride ride ride!

What I like most about your channel is you tell us how it's supposed to be and all the hard work it takes to do your jobs properly.

Thank you so much for satisfying my curiosity in a topic I'd never have the opportunity to observe and learn first-hand. You are so conscientious of your job and doing the right thing. I admire you greatly. Pinoy power!

Thank you, Chief, for yet another informative, well-produced presentation on a subject about which many of us know very little, if anything. Life at sea is something completely foreign to me. Your comments and insights are many times enlightening. Thank you for taking the time and making the effort to produce such interesting content for your channel!

That video turned up in my YT suggestions and I knew just from looking at the thumbnail, it'll be sensationalist BS. I also expected The Chief to come up with a response video. And I wasn't disappointed. Thanks for putting it into the right perspective.

Thank you for covering this and giving your feedback and critisim on the matter.

Great video, Chief - and pulling no punches. Thanks for explaining how things work and highlighting that yes, there are a-holes dumping oily waste to save a few minutes and dollars, but they are the exception.

This was a great episode chief thank you.

Hey Chief, always great to watch your videos, the amount of knowledge you have is just wonderful. As someone who years ago used to work with land based boilers, heavy oil and the like, I certainly appreciate your videos!!😃

Thanks Chief for another excellent video! Very well explained and as always, super interesting to watch. I am glad to hear that this practice is not industry wide

Very articulate explanation, Chief. The problem, as you point out, is that some mariners are irresponsibly putting their own and their corrupt managers' interests ahead of the regulations and laws. It would be great to have a monitoring technology that could not be bypassed by such criminals.

Chief.....i think your integrity is beyond reproach......as always THANK YOU !

This is very interesting, I was a petroleum/chemical engineer and I had similar incursions with refinery personnel not following established EPA guidelines on handling HAZ waste, which resulted in the removal and firing of the individuals. I didn’t play with my shift leads and technicians under me because I knew it was my ass on the burner should we get randomly inspected and fail. Good on you, we need more people in industry that aren’t afraid to be assertive and sometimes confrontational.

Thank you for your dedicated service. You are a responsible person!!!

This is your best one yet. Great job explaining the problem, but also the solutions.

Thankyou Chiefe. I truly apreciate your content. You always give me learning. Keep up the great work.

another great vid, hearing what happens first hand is always best! thanks chief!

Great video, Chief. Clear and thorough. I admire your ethics! 💕

Thank you for being such a great First Engineer on your vessel. You, Chief, Should be the industry standard.

The Chief is again showing us how it is done. Thanks for the insights.

Thank you Chief, your standards are impressive at the least and your love of job and duty are the best!!!

Thank you for your first hand point of view. I enjoy the videos.

Thanks for the video. I watched the documentary a few days ago and it left me with a lot of unanswered questions. You answered most of them.

I have to say, you are definitely a roll model for future seafarers, and As a teacher I think your students definitely have the right teacher to learn about a job in the industry. 👍👍👍

A living legend of knowledge! Great job Chief👍👏😊

My highest of respect and admiration to Chief Makoi on your high integrity. Dont ever lose that.

WOW! As soon as I saw DW's documentary I thought of you to give a sound answer to It. Thank you for clarifying the proper way to do things AND exposing the motivations to acts contrary to that.

Thank you chief. As a manager for the largest seafood restaurant in the the world, Red Lobster, I thank you for making our oceans sustainable. As we always have, “seafood with standards”.

Salamat Chief, I'm one of those who posted the link about bilge waste a few days ago. Never thought to have this explanation vid this fast.

Hey man, you are teaching us Marine engineering, free of cost. I have been watching your videos and my quest of seafarer grows more and more. Highly informative, keep up the good work. Let's not pollute our mind with bad comments guys.😜

Outstanding video. From watching your previous videos and the video doc series you did on the maritime academy, one comes to understand the degree of professionalism and pride on moral values you display every time. Keep up the good work, Chief.

Thank you for clearing this up for us. You are the man!

Chief Makoi you're doing a great job. Thank you.

Thanks for your realistic coverage of this subject. I'm retired after a long career overseeing safety critical work in shipyards as applied to US submarines. For 10 years I managed our submarine safety (SUBSAFE) Program and wrote and enforced requirements for watertight integrity and recoverability. What I learned is that no matter how carefully you write requirements and document compliance, there is no guarantee against deliberate malpractice. People are always subject to financial and schedule pressure at the cost of quality and safety. It's a balancing act and the best insurance policy is a strong corporate culture that rewards accountability and honesty.

Thank you again for insight into a world I will never see, but have always been interested in. I, too saw the video you referenced and some things in it seemed overblown.

Thanks Chief from an old Salt you do an amazing job for us former Sailors great job!

Another great video & you highlight what goes behind the scenes & ship’s maintenance, et cetera

This is NEVER done with only the chief engineer’s go ahead. The captain and the rest of the senior staff know about it too. It’s impossible to do something like this on a ship by yourself and keep it secret. Some companies are willing to allow this just to cut expenses too. Some even quietly demand it. I don’t blame you for leaving that company. The only reason they would have been doing that is if they were allowed or required to. Keep up the great work Chief. 😊👍

Another great video, thank you! I miss my time going to sea. Your videos help. Again, thank you.

As soon as I saw that documentary, I thought of you. So glad you did this.

Thank you so much chief makoi for sharing your experience about bilge dumping. This is unfortunately happening on some of the ship. I hope, if we can only have a better management system, we can eradicate this "temptations" you are saying. There is a lot more to comment but definitely this is something significant that needs to heed of.

Thanks for the video Chief and for the information!

Oh I have been waiting for this!!!

You're a good man for defending your industry so thoughtfully.

Thank you for posting this information Chief

Your talk, or presentation, is makes as excellent point about protecting our environment. Protecting sea life, and ultimately human life into the future.

Thanks for the info intelligent and thoughtful analysis! Love your videos.

Great explanation. Thanks, Chief

Excellent video. Very informative as usual. Thank you for your educational videos.

I went to college years ago for Biology. We were taught that that the biggest source/origin of oil pollution in the Oceans, was day to day shipping operations - dumping & filling bilge tanks for ballast!??? Such nonsense is taught as FACT! Professor very smart in some things, but did not have a clue in others. I'm sure we would both agree that pollution is a very real problem to be taken very seriously - but bashing good & responsible Engineers such as you & your company is not the solution. I really like the way you addressed this, & have no doubt of your integrity & commitment to do your best to do things right! Unfortunate the world will always have Jerks that will do stupid things, but sad that other Jerks will try to condemn other good people along with them. Meanwhile same jerks are dumping bad stuff down their drains any time that it is most convenient to them - never caring it all ends up in the Ocean.

Thank you Chief.

I really appreciate you sir explaining how and what the bilge tank is and where the water comes from and the process of disposal. And how responsible engineers do the process correctly.

Thanks Chief.❤️🇨🇦

As usual ... EXCELLENT video and EXCELLENT info ... thank you

So well explained, thanks Chief

Thanks for sharing Chief.

It's good to see a man who's passionate about his work.

Another excellent and informative vlog. Thanks for your clear and precise explanations.

Really great content and appreciate the honesty.

another amazing video, thank you. learned a lot of new things!

Thank you Chief for an honest explanation, I have spent many years on commercial/chartering bulk carriers , but don’t have experience on technical side

Thanks for the explanation of how ships dispose of oil waste in the bilge. I always learn from your channel.

Best seafarers education channel on the net.

Good work Chief - and a great work attitude.

Chief Makoi, thank you for sharing this and helping God provide a sustaining lifestyle.

Chief Makoi, as always....thank you very much for your insights! Was about to ask...you already had the video on Bilge dumping! Only yesterday, watched the Bilge dumping documentary by DW (which seems to be the same documentary you are referring to) ...and almost immediately, I thought wanting to know more about this and was the only person who could give a perspective about this via RU-vid, was you, Chief. Amazing and thank you, Chief!

Another very good video👍👍

Wow, I had that video pop up too and wondered what Chief Makoi’s thoughts would be on it.

GOD Bless You Chief

Great video. Thank you!

Great content explained superbly. Thanks.

Well done, and well said. Awesome video.

On my older brothers cruise ship its very strict, along with brown and gray waste. Again a very balanced review. Thanks again

Very thoughtful and informative, thank you for the education sir.

Interesting and I have learned a lot and it was very clearly explained. Thank you.

Good job explaining a tuff subject. Thanks

Thanks for the based video Chief. Next time I see it, I'm gonna be a millionaire or swimming with fishes

I agree Chief. !! Those who do so bad should have to stand trial. I know you and your co. And most are sqare. We all are greatful for that. Hope your Easter was well n your family n crew also. Much love n prayers from southeast ohio USA. God bless n thankyou.

Hi sir my name is firaol I'm from Ethiopia I going to join your industry and I'm so excited and I want let that you are the one who motivate me

I love how honest the Chief is and his presentation is outstanding. I have been in that same position and the integrity vs what they can do to you and you wind up out of a job and black-listed? Yea, you got to think about it. One was a sewer backup into a Bank Branch. the bacteria hazard, alone....... Yea, building owner (sewer lift pit) was also a big depositor (millions). You do have to ponder that all those branch workers knew it and said nothing. How far do you stick your neck out for people who won't do it for themselves. You thread those as best you can. Life is far from pretty. I had not known the Chief was Filipino and he reminds me of the painting crew doing FAA housing when I was a kid. Far from home and family, a tough job and they were the nicest people you could ever hope to meet. They took us fishing and I caught (snagged) my first fish with them. We met them again latter and were catching rock fish for them as we know where and how by then. It was a privilege to know those guys.

Thank you, Chief. I spent 8 years @ sea and 18 years @ shipyard. Regulations tightened over that time; we spent a great deal of time & money meeting environmental requirements. It appears your presentation clashed with somebody's bumper sticker.

Swim with the fishes?! I know it happens (at least in the Navy), but it is hard to think that in this day and age someone would be that desperate to cover something like this up. As usual, your video is excellent and easily understood. When I served (1974 to 1982) we were allowed to dump overboard as long as we were 12 miles from land. This always seemed arbitrary to me, but then nobody asked for my opinion! We even threw solid waste overboard once we were 12 miles out. This has all been changed today and I think this is a good thing. I bet they still dump CHT tanks while at sea. :-) Good job Chief!!

Excellent!!!

My Respect for you always chief.