#SuezCanal Our ship transits the Suez Canal - Southbound. What to expect? What will you see? How much did our ship pay for the transit? Chief MAKOi Seaman Vlog
Chief! I enjoy your videos very much. Glad to have you back. I work as a chartering guy in bulker field so that I could explain a bit regarding the Canal Toll Fee rebate for your better understanding. It depends on vessel types and where the voyage started as well. Typically, VLCC & container ships get more rebate than bulkers. Meantime, the rebate only being given when the savings on hire & fuel is minor comparing with sailing over COGH such as from USA/North Sea to China. A voyage like yours from Black Sea to Red Sea or India will not get the rebate as it saves a huge amount of money and no one would go for COGH unless the ship's draft beyonds the restriction of the Suez Canal. I'm following your ship via AIS and look forward to your videos regarding the West Africa/Brazil/North Europe!
Even if it is a very important canal the amount of ships passing every year is actually quite low as 19,000, for example over 40,000 ships are passing through Istanbul strait every year!! I wonder why, because of high toll??
@@ggoddkkiller1342 Your comparison of these two canal systems mystifies me, as they connect two totally different parts of the world. The Istanbul Straits is of little use to the merchants of Asia.
@@ChiefMAKOi Supposing you'd come from Port Elizabeth and you were on your way to the Black Sea, you could enter the Mediterranean via Spain/Morocco to avoid the Suez Canal. Therefore they would give dry bulk carriers like yours a discount of minimum 40% if only you took the eastern route via the Canal. They know exactly how much you save, and what you end up paying to the Egyptians is around half of that saving.
@@BrassLock My comparison??? Read my message several times until you realize i didn't compare anything at all rather asked if there is a particular reason why so many less ships are using Suez canal!! Especially if we consider how majority of goods are transported by ships between Asia and Europe while this isn't the case for Black sea region where majority of goods transported by railroads and pipelines even then Istanbul strait has twice more traffic which is really weird i think...
I stumbled across this while looking up the EVERGREEN "Ever Given" incident. This video is fantasic. Well put together and offers a good bit of back story info on how the Suez Canal opperates. Thanks for taking the time to put this video together and share your experience. Well done on editing. Impressive videography skillz , kudos to whoever put this together.
Yes,.I too coincidentally came across this Beautiful video. I was looking out for the a evergreen "evergiven" how the salvage will be taken up. Srinivasa Rao V Visakhapatnam 91 9849121028 India
My son is doing his captainship in school right now. He will be doing 60days on the CSL Walland, Canada, a grain cargo ship. It looks somewhat like your vessel. I have no idea what he was getting into, but thank to your video, I'm more knowledgeable of his future. Thank you for sharing us your world, it was most interesting.
In 1975 Went through Suez in first convoy , still wrecked ships especially in Bitter lakes ,guns pointed at us from both sides , still the sounds of bombs ,. we were taking cotton seed cake from Tanzania to Denmark for cattle feed so a potential explosive cargo . This episode brings back memories of back then all a part of maritime history . .
This was wonderful! I have been watching the news about the blockage in the Suez Canal this week, and wanted to learn more about how ships pass through the canal. This was fantastic - and an extremely well done video! Thank you - I really enjoyed this. 👍🏼
This was the first of many of Chief Mokoi's that I have watched. I deeply appreciate his intelligent approach to each of his subjects. He gives very practical lessons about modern life at sea through use of simple but very effective analysis of why what he says is true. You see an openly happy human being who loves his work and the people he works with. Each video details part of life happily lived, a rare thing in this day and age. Very refreshing.
Thank you for taking me on your friendly ship via Suez Canal which I might never will travel in my lifetime. Very educational video, hopefully captain MaKoi will be a Netflix captain star soon.
Hey brother....You are awesome. Your videos are very inspirational. I just love how you narriate your experience. May God bless you, your crew, and your family. Greetings from Houston , Texas, USA
20 years ago I left my passport in Cairo and visited Port Said, no hotel would take me. The large mosque put me up for 2 days. I am grateful for their hospitality. Regards from Australia.
When I was a seaman at the late 1980's, I got to hold the steering wheel of the ship during the crossing of the Suez canal (south to north). I was very proud of given this responsibility, but also very nervous. Every sudden move of the wheel, will get the ship stuck on the bank of the canal. It was a 2 hour shift. I remember the captain standing next to me, nervously whispering to my ear: I beg of you, keep the 36 degrees azimuth, please! Afraid of screwing up, I asked the captain if he wanted to replace me at the wheel. He refused. The reason: Surprising as it may be, holding a ship's wheel is considered an ordinary seaman's (OS) job, not an officer's job. Sort of a “dirty work”. Hierarchy was so important, that they didn't care I had no experience at all! To make things worse, I had to follow the Egyptian pilot's orders, not my own captain. The routine is, he gives you an order (usually an azimuth) and you repeat it vocally adding the word “Sir!” Eventually everything went OK and I was very proud. Feeling I got through some sort of initiation.
That is very interesting! This type of 'hierarchy' has caused airliners to crash. It takes two pilots to fly an airliner, they must share the workload and cooperate! Apparently, it requires three people to navigate the Suez Canal: Captain, Pilot and Helmsman. No chance the Captain or Pilot would listen to a suggestion from a mere OS! I have much experience of navigating tiny English canals, a 70' narrowboat in a channel only 40' wide at a maximum of 4 knots. In a crosswind it is necessary to 'crab' into the wind in order to maintain the vessel in the centre of the channel and the slower you go the harder this becomes until both the bow and stern are in danger of running aground. Whilst I could instinctively compensate for variable cross winds and currents I would find it extremely difficult to do so by voice orders to a helmsman. In other naval services the Helmsman is/was a highly qualified seaman, better able to navigate and steer a ship than his officers. On a lighter note, this reminds me of a BBC Radio Comedy from the 1960s "The Navy Lark"; invariably the Captain would say "Left hand down a bit" rather than "Ten degrees port" followed by the inevitable collision.
Glad I saw this, my father travelled the Suez Canal in the 1950’s on a passenger liner before air travel became commonplace and he always said the crossing was wonderful. Now I’ve seen it.
Thank you for this beautiful video, I was here in 1958 passing through witg my parents, from Indonesia imigrated to Europe Holland, I was 2 years old, only got one picture, and can't remember, now I can see. Thank You
Bitter Lake (Arabic: البحيرة المرة الصغرى; transliterated: al-Buhayrah al-Murra as-Sughra), through which the canal also runs. Before the canal was built (1869), the site was a dry salt valley or basin.[1][2] References are made to the Great Bitter Lake in the ancient Pyramid Texts.[3] Ships traveling through the Suez Canal use the Great Bitter Lake as a "passing lane", where they can change their position in line or turn around.
I can tell you why it is called the Great BITTER Lake because I learned to swim in it some 70 years ago as an army child living in Egypt. BITTER is because it is extremely salty and this made it very buoyant so it was easy for a child to learn to swim; It was a beautiful part of the world, as I am sure it still is. It gave me the happiest days of my childhood. I just LOVED Egypt.
Great video Chief. I'm retired U.S.Navy 30 yrs. Went through the Suez six times over that time the last was 1991 during Gulf War. Never had the opportunity to video any trip, always working inside with a few minutes to peek each time. Thanks for the memories.
Chief MAKOi . thank you for these beautiful , instructive video blogs. I am 56 now and too old to live out my dream that I should have chased when 17. I always wanted to be a ships engineer. so seeing your videos fills a very big hole in my life. Thanks you for your effort and time.
The statue which we know as the Statue of Liberty was originally meant for the Suez Canal, and it would be called "Egypt, the beacon of Asia". It was to be built at the entrance of Port Said, to guide passing ships, and as a symbol of friendship and free passage. Well, so far for free passage.
Egypt is not in Asia. Egypt has always been in North Africa. It is the European that during their world conquest decided to place Egypt in Asia /Middle East through the world 🌎 map. In other clarity people do need to know as well as a fact that the ancient Egyptian were pure Black People who reign through the pharos on many centuries. Before the Roman empire, Egypt as always been an African country and the power in the World where European like Greek and the rest were coming to acquire knowledges (physics, science mathematics etc...).
@@desireble4059 No one says Egypt is in Africa. Of course it isn't. Bartholdi referred to Egypt as the beacon of Asia because the Suez Canal opens the passage between Europe and Asia. Egypt is the gateway to Asia.
I have done this journey by a passenger ship in a North Bound trip in 1956. Only couple of months after that the canal was closed for several months because of the war between Israel and Egypt. It was a very interesting journey.
It always amazes me what they could build in the 1800's.... 10 years to build the Suez with their technology... horse and cart.... is quite frankly mind boggling... if not unbelievable... cool video
the soil is sandy clay so easy to dig. panama was orders of magnitude more difficult starting with killing off all the mosquitos that carry disease. that took like a year by itself before doing any digging.
Bravo! Simply one of the best written, shot, edited, narrated and produced videos I’ve ever seen. I wanted to say “on RU-vid” but this one is pro quality for sure. Oh yeah, and thanks for the context on the canal.
Wow, when you see that container ship in the background of all those other big ships you can really get a sense of the size of that ship and its cargo. Thanks for sharing. Charles
So very professional. Great job Chief, thank you. Stay safe out there. The Bitter Lakes are so called owing to the water being more salty than normal sea water. I believe they were dry salt pans before the canal was dug.
Thanks Chief. That was interesting.I watched this due to the Ever Given incident. I always(stupidly🤪) assumed it would be a fairly simple in/out operation. Now I know there is so much more to travelling along the Suez canal. Keep up the good work👍
Very interesting and fascinating to watch, Chief, thank you! My maternal grandfather, who passed on before I was born, and my brother-in-law (retired now) were US Merchant Marines. I loved to hear my brother-in-law's stories about all the places he traveled. To this day, I have a collection of coins and postcards he sent/brought home for me. May you have calm seas and be safe on your travels, Sir, and thank you for information about the Ever Given accident.
Fabulous to see, amazing feat of engineering skills to build this short cut waterway. I could see it be improved by widening to allow continuous two way operation, maybe one day! In a worst case scenario a bulk carrier or such like, could run aground or sink, so shipping would have to go the long way around, with the inconvience and extra time required to do so. I've never seen suez canal presented so well like this on video, well done and thanks for sharing it.🙂👍
Interesting explanation about the convoy system being used. I went to Google Maps and looked at the satellite photos: indeed a large convoy of ships is visible.
Great video Chief. I have flown over the canal many times in my career and looked down at all of the ships wondering how everything worked. Now I know, thanks to your very informative videos. Thanks!
First people who started digging this canal were actually Persians during the Achaemenid dynasty a couple of millennium ago. Egypt was under their rule then.
Love your concents, ,Im working in marine industry with no idea about operations in other countries/port, and Im glad that I was able to understand the suez canal transit operation. good job and keep it posting other ports please....
Chief, big thank's for useful video! I am a seafarer, but Russian seaman. Never don't crossing Suez canal, but believe, what it's will in future. I wanna to work on bulk carriers, because it is important for me. Big power of the main engine, certificate of competency without limited and different areas of the operation around the world! I wish your youtube canal of the stability and growth, let's us to have this amazing moment and improve our mind. With best regards, Alexey Anokhin from Russia, Krasnodar!
Ahoy, Chief MAKOi!! Thank you for a super ride on your boat thru the Suez Canal! You really delivered it perfectly for a prairie boy that lives in Manitoba, CANADA! We do have one way to "The Deep Blue Sea" at the port of Churchill on Hudsons Bay, but for reasons beyond my understanding we DONT use it!?! It is hard for one such as I to comprehend the enormous size of your boats and all that life on the sea. I did, however, like those fellas that set up the "make-shift" shopping mall for yous guys! I thought that was neat. I guess it ain't smooth sailing at the moment. That big bastard is stuck good! Hope yer not stuck in the queue waiting! This is like super bad. What do you think? Pilot error or freak of nature? Holy Sit! That's one hell of a toll!!! Well, thanks again. I got a real good "feel" of what it's like for yous guys crossing! Anchor's Away!! \m/
I have sailed through the Suez canal several times, and when the locals get onboard all doors are locked, also, the convoy are organized so that the fastest vessels are sailing first, also, if there is war ships they sail at the front, I entered a vessel during the Irak war, then the convoy sailed during night, with all lights switched off, I waited on the beach of the Suez canal at 2 o'clock at night I think, in total darkness, my agent said, here they come, and I did not see a thing, so from that I assume Egyptians eat a lot of carrots
Chief Makoi, I found your videos very informative, and well made! I am a Mechanical Engineering graduate and I am planning to enter the maritime industry. I hope you can make a video on how I can do that. If it is too much, I hope I can just get a reply. 🙂 Some people that I know said that I need to study in a maritime school but no one points out what I need to study, how long, and what are the trainings that I have to undergo. I know this won't be easy but I want it. I really need guidance on this, because it is a decision that will greatly affect my future.
Would love to hear your thoughts on that ship that has now stopped everything. Can you even begin to imagine what the Chiefs thoughts are? Or do you completely get why this happened? I would love to be a fly on the wall listening to all the Chiefs from around the world's thoughts. But then again many arel on their way to Africa. Good God!
Chief: Thank you, a most interesting presentation. Years ago we transit in the panama canal on a cruise ship. I thought the experience was fascinating because prior to our cruise I watched a documentary on building the panama canal on television. I don’t believe it would be politically possible to build the canal today. When people learned that a government was going to be overthrown and a more friendly government installed, once the crazy environmentalist got involved, once the corrupt political class got involved along with all the other people with their hands out, I don’t believe it would be possible to build the canal today. Your presentation was most interesting. Keep it up.
@@MarkRose1337 as I understand it the original idea was to build a canal across Nicaragua. That area however is more prone to earthquakes so they decided to move down to Panama. At least that is what I was told.
@@t.r.campbell6585 The US was planning the Nicaraguan canal until it bought the French interests in the Panama Canal. I think it will still eventually happen since the expanded Panama canal still isn't big enough for the biggest ships, plus it's running into water supply issues which limit the number of transits.
