How We Steer A Cargo Ship | Life At Sea 

Came over to your channel because Sal suggested you with enthusiasm!

Love this stuff. Well done, clear and concise video. Thanks to Sal for sending me here.

Another 1st class video.. you'd make a good instructor.

Ha! Its funny that you called it a "barbecue". When I saw that in another video, I ACTUALLY thought that was an outdoor grill.(barbecue) Yea... I'm clueless. Lol

Wow, this is one of the clearest video explains the steering system on board a cargo ship, short helpful and easy to understand. Thanks sir and have a safe voyage

Thanks for sharing your information with us very interesting

2:34 Damn, I was expecting a T-bone steak. 😂

NEVER SEEN A SOPHISTICATED STEERING NEW GADJET LIKE THIS HAVE SEEN USUAL SMALL STEERING WHEEL BRIAN WELL DONE EXPOSURE

I like the way you explained it,

Without having watched the video any further: It is interesting how, on a ship, if you steer whilst on autopilot, the system does not accept those rudder inputs, instead beeps in order to tell you whereas it is the opposite on airplanes. On airplanes you override the autopilot with your input.

Absolutely fascinating. I love that you guys switch daily between redundant systems. You'll immediately know if there's a problem with your backup system.

Never been on a container ship before, but İ've been on bulk carriers and general cargo for almost 6 years and its totally different.

Interesting! Aloha from the Netherlands! ^^

Thanks Bryan, quite a difference from my helm duties on a Navy Destroyer in the 60’s!

Highly appreciate this video Bryan , i get more info and demonstration from you than my years in class. If possible could you do a detailed demonstration videos on Radar and ECDIS and how to use them. Or even on other systems as well.

You rocked it budd! Excellent brief AP course 👌🏻 keep up the good work mate.

I always enjoy learning about any type of mechanical systems! Thank you so much for taking your valuable time to make these videos for us.

Thanks a lot sir.We really appreciated your effort because we learned something new.

Had no idea that you applied counter rudder when completing a change of course, great stuff .

Appreciate your videos. Your the best maritime RU-vidr!

Thanks mate, you help me keep my job.

Actually i work on board too but on cargo vessels under 500 GT as an officer of the bridge But honesty I'd always love to be on board a big ship's bridge to having much more experience.

many thanks Bryan very informative video unbelievable you take some time showing this to us lots of third world countries students will appreciate watching this video

Ship is my home and the sea is my playground

Watching this before joining my first ship😁

Very helpful quick crash course. Thank you Bryan. I learned a lot.

Steering gear paint color looks like one I remember being named Malachite Green.

OK, this is incredible. I love how systems work together.

Good educational video! ❤

Very instructive, thanks. 👍

I'm absolutely obsessed with these videos, love them!

Ii is always impressive to see what you have to know to operate all of those controls. I was in plant operations for may years and have seen quite a few technology changes. It seems you could run your ship with very few people! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks! Great work as always.. you never disappoint

Excellent video, plan to put this video to use when I teach RFPNW classes. The explanations of the different steering modes is great. The autopilot unit alarming when trying to use the rudder is an excellent feature.

very interesting, thank you for the posting.

Another really interesting video! I'm really glad there are still people making videos about their passion, rather than their patreon revenue! Thanks Bryan!

You would be a very trustworthy employee. Like the way you explain everything. Hope you get to captain soon!

Great review!!

Cool! Thanks for the videos

Super cool - big boy stuff right there.

Hello Bryan Good explain and job

Wonderful explanation.

I don't know if you'll see this but I as a young guy not long out of HS and looking into entering maritime, I was wondering what your take is on automation and how it will affect the industry and it's workers such as yourself. Naturally I am worried as it takes time to get from where I am with no experience to a fairly high ranking officer both in deck and engine and I would be devastated to go through all the effort to find out that I will be made redundant within a year of completing my training. However, I thought I should ask someone who actually has significant experience in the industry. Being a deck officer are you afraid of the potential of being replaced by computers? I know automation is likely to effect engineers less than deck ratings and officers but I have had my heart set on deck since I was a kid. Do you think it would still be worth chasing a career as a deck officer and how big of a timeframe do you think we may have until automation seriously starts to affect the job market in the industry? If you see and respond to this I thank you for taling the patience to engage with your audience and ask questions when you have the time. Keep up the good work and fair winds.

Interesting job.

Hello I from mariupol (sea of azov) thank you for this video and please make to more video it's so interesting

Wow, amazing. Just like steering a car. 🤣🤣Yeah right. Love seeing and hearing the engine room. Looks clean enough to eat off of. Thanks Bryan. I was wondering what had happened to you. Did yo change ships? Can't wait for the next adventure lesson. 😁 Yes, keep the beard. Looks great. 🤪

That's so cool, I love the idea of working with tons of panels full of instruments What ship is this, if you don't mind me asking?

Love your videos man! Can you make a video of the pros and cons of working at sea perhaps?

This was really cool

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I did this for 23 years. Great money, good benefits, work whenever you like. Allot of jobs as a AB so you won't go hungry. Great trade to pick up. Only problem kids now don't want to work so the industry might be dying. You work 12 hour days 7 days a week that is 84 hour weeks until you sign off the vessel. Look at this way you'll come home with allot of money and enjoy a good vacation

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i love this video😀

Awesome

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Montana looks good. Saw a few pictures of her in Bahrain. Exterior only, or systems also ?

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Such a tiny little bitty steering wheel for driving such a huge ship! Whatever happened to the big ol' wooden steering wheels? 😁👍

Thanks for the great video. If you end up with electrical issues, can you switch to "wheel" to hand steer, or is the switch electric as well? If so I'm assuming there is another way to attain control manually. Thanks!

Tesla using your ship to test their new steering wheels I see 😁

So curious to know if it automatically would switch to manual steering, being in auto, if the power cut?

Enjoyed the video. Some conspiracy theorists are circulating a clipped version of this video on Facebook making it look as if you are saying the Dali could not have lost rudder control because there is a backup generator. I have pointed out that there was a 60 second delay before the backup generator appeared to kick in. I don't know for sure this is correct, but it makes sense to me and I find it annoying that they are using a clip of something legit to feed their crazy conspiracies about what was clearly a tragic accident.

Great video thanks. Is there a manual steering gear winder for when all else fails?

Bryan, which do you miss more: Home when you're at Sea, or Sea when you're at home?

Excellent video Bryan, who is allowed to navigate the ship and what credentials must they have? Thanks for these very informative videos, stay safe out there.

Bryan is it hard to get a job on a Cargo ship. Thanks for your videos really enjoy. One question I have never seen the Caption on your videos, I no he is there some ware.

If u fixed the rudder angle in a fixed angle with that non follow up steering won't the ship go in circles?

Great video! What happens if you loose propulsion? Is there anyway to steer?

Where did u go to school, I plan on going to mass maritime In the fall

Exellent

At 2:33 I thought he was about to show us his bad boi of a brisket he had been smoking since 2am.

Thank you for th tutorial how to steer a boat also my boat si stuck in the middle of the ocean and now i got out from the ocean thank you for the tutorial

What is the used of gyrocompass repeater? And how many gyrorepeater available on board and location?

Sweet.

Do you have a fortified steering room in case your ship is boarded by pirates or somebody else? Either that place or any place?

3:50 So when the captain calls out "293" from a current heading of "300.1" is that (a) going to be same compass direction that an airline pilot would follow (i.e. roughly W of due NW), and (b) therefore the same as calling "7 degrees to port", and lastly, (c) are we seeing the person controlling the rudder after he's done MENTAL calculations to that effect, or did he key it in somewhere so that the course gets adjusted by computer? Just really curious. Thanks.

Great how he repeats the commands.

So, if you lost power... The diesel is there for backup? What's the chance of that failing also

Great videos man. I'm thinking of changing career paths and going to a maritime academy. Which one did you go to? Any public academies you'd say to steer clear of?

I tried looking for this in previous comments…what happens in the unlikely event that both steering pumps failed? Is there any kind of back-up, maybe something mechanical, in that case?

Is that a Kwant Controls engine control unit I see?

Is counter rudder available when backup power is active

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What actually controls the direction of a giant cargo ship? The engines that propel the ship, or rudders? Or both?

This work it's my dream.

What speed do you normally cruise at when on autopilot?

What is NFU & Call up, on helm control?

Why did the Singapore Dali ship in Baltimore not have emergency back up bus for power fails?

How do you become a Maersk cargo ship deckhand? Is it hard to get into that line of work?

The purpose of the small motor that is attached to each pump?

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.... do you guys use left/right?

Why did you turn right immediately with that non follow up steering

How far ahead to do need to plan turns ?

How do we steer on gyro compass easy method to understood how to maintain course on gyro compass wen we steer port side inner part of gyro compass moves stbd side easy way to steer with gyro?can u explain me sir??

I hope to god this video did not help the bad guys Super informative and interesting video tho.

If you have a power outage, can you still steer the ship?

1:53 Is it an actual gyrocompass? Meaning a kind of spinning top inside? Or is it all GPS these days?