Remember that these people still retain the innate ability to avoid danger that most other people lost long ago about the time smartphones were introduced.
“People who do not know that a boat is a living creature will never understand anything about boats and the sea”. Bernard Moitessier - pioneering around-the-world sailor/racer and philosopher. Every boat I've ever sailed on or worked on has a soul.
You gotta appreciate that with how far above the water line these ships were coming in, they were already scraping the bottom long before they "beached" on the shore. Especially those tankers with the bulbous bows, holy crap!
We beached a tanker 18 years ago at the Chittagong ship breakers. The ships draft was adjusted to be as light as possible while being trimmed to match the slope of the beach. Waited some days for an extreme high tide and than drove the tired Old Lady ashore at maximum speed. Sad ending for the vessel that supported my family for several years.
@@tomb9420 yep, You can even buy all the Bathroom fittings, pot and pans, Beds, Air conditioners, Chandlers etc. on the second hand store near the breaking yards. They go for real cheap too
@@tomb9420 It is very rare that ships are dismantled on developed countries, specially the larger ones, since there are safety, environmental and union regulations, the cost rises a lot compared to the ones in Asia, Middle East or Africa, that barely pay the workers and have zero measures of control.
So sad to see when you like ships and think they all have had their own stories, the places they went, the cargo they delivered, aso, and it all comes there to an end...
Sorry if this is a dumb question, I know absolutely nothing about ships. But is that true that once they beach they’re completely done for? Is it because the bottom of the ship is too damaged? Also why do ships beach like this
@@rogerrabbit80 Boats need a method to stop ! -- Reverse the push-pull -- Beach the ship -- Drop anchor & hope it holds IF unable to reverse the push- pull, Best solution: Beach the boat ! (Normal solution, until late 1800's !)
@@BG-bx4ey we didn't choose globalization bud. It was forced on us. Regardless of that there are far more environmentally friendly ways to break a ship. They don't out of greed. Keep licking those boots.
Good, it's reminds me my ship job time. I been to alang many times in 90's working as radio officer. Beaching ships then head to Bhavnagar to stay various hotel mostly Appalo hotel, also Neelam bhag palace and jubilee hotel. Old memories a kind of refresh by this vedio.
Autopilot did most of the work. Check out the last few week's navigational path before it went into the Suez... a message to the clinton (evergreen) crime cabal?!?
I know, right? That story is so sad because it was so preventable. And he was such a coward to not take responsibility for any of it. Icing on the cake...only 16 years, should have been 32 Life sentences.
An interesting documentary to watch is "Ship Breakers." Shows what type of working conditions these men have to deal with and follows a young boy and his dream of becoming a ship breaker. Really makes you appreciate things.
What's wild as hell is that after reading your comment, I scrolled back up, finished the video, and RU-vid presented that exact documentary as "Up next" ; now I'm watching it purely based on this comment. Good looking out.
i like what you said. they dont even seem to be moving, watching them in the horizon -- but they are actually eating up distance. look away few moments and look back again, they are not in the same spot in the horizon anymore
As a youngster deckhand I went to sea, stood watch, chipped & painted on these leviathans through storm & calm. I thought them immortal. Later I learned of shipping breaking. My heart broke.
The ship at 3:30 I believe is the former Spirit of Free Enterprise, sister ship of the Herald of Free Enterprise, which capsized off Zeebrugge, Belgium, claiming 193 lives. I sailed on her, and worked on her other sister, The Pride of Free Enterprise. Always sad to see a vessel meet its end.
@@steviesteve750 Indeed. To aid in berthing, to give a clear view along the ship's sides. Bear in mind these vessels were designed to make five return crossings per day between Dover and Calais. That's 20 docking / un-docking manoeuvres.
SarkyBugger Agreed but at least from the breaker's yard they carry on life in other forms with the steel going into new purposes and products. Better to continue to serve than to occupy a small patch of ocean floor slowly rusting to pieces in the dark un-noted and unmourned.
@@virginiacharlotte7007 if some unfit metal being recycled into something useful was so hard for you, then my comment would have shattered you snowflake, I'm sorry for that LOL
@@MegaSahil009 Nup. Still standing strong. Don’t actually get too many snowflakes Down Under. Yet, you will likely always be a bit of a tosser, Mate. Have nice life.
How lucky was the firs guy. No aiming just full speed ahead. The second guy needed to back up and do it again. Third one is the master. At least they’re cleaning the beach with all the water they push in 🤮
Yup. Hey, we have "clean" ship breaking right here in the USA. We did it for many years and still do. But we do it very differently...and it costs a LOT more. Just like manufacturing. Its all about the money, folks. Profits!!!!! It does not matter if its ship breaking of making tennis shoes. Follow the money flows and you will almost always end up in a place like this
Yep...you are completely correct...ship breaking goes to the lowest bidder. In Canada we still do some ship breaking but yes it is expensive as the workers are paid a decent wage and work in much safer manner. I feel bad for the people having to do this work for pennies and they also pay the price that their local environment is being systematically destroyed. Truly the issue of Corporate greed and not giving a shit about anything but what they can stuff in their pockets! Mike 🇨🇦 🍁
Not sure what you mean. Even using the lowest priced labour available (India and Bangladesh) the ship breaking yards make about $12 for every $10 of scrap metal. Where is the profit?
Fun fact: I know a merchant marine sea cargo captain who told me that worldwide, big shipping companies prefer to hire American captains because they’re more likely to be sober while piloting.
В 14 году отправляли на иголки контейнеровоз Maersk Delano,в Аланге.Вот был пароход,сказка,настоящей японской и дорогой постройки.Я на нём контрактов пять сделал,работали с коллегой back to back.И всего то ему 20 лет было. Таких больше не строят и не будут строить.R.I.P...
Ships are in a way like cars. After years and years of service things start to go south and at some point all the breakdowns and repairs add up and it just isn't worth maintaining or refurbishing anymore.
India in general is one of if not the most polluted places in the world before the ship breaking projects!! They literally dispose of their dead relatives after burning as much as they can of them in the Ganges River as well as all the textile industries dump their unfiltered/untreated wastewater and byproducts in it too plus raw sewage etcetera!!!! And then use it to bath and drink from!!!
But they'd rather tax western countries to high heaven like Ireland that hardly pollute the world while China and India do as they please.. All a giant scam.. funny how these two countries are still building coal plants while white people are to blame for climate change and have to reduce everything...funny that!!!
Some of these ships were still in quite good condition, well kept and maintained. They obviously had many years of service left in them. Must have been economics that killed them.
For sure. One of the large cruise companies scraped a brand new 1blln dollar cruise ship. And I mean brand new. Let alone some in "still good condition". Sad to see.
You just know that some of the ship pilots love the chance to finally beach one without getting in trouble. "I wonder how far I can get this sucker inland? Let's find out!"
@@KENNY-jv2ut I have to believe that there are some Captains who so utterly despise the cursed, soul-crushing, broken-down POS they are in charge of that they'd jump at the chance to drive it to the breaker's yard right now. Not every ship is a good ship. Even if its name IS Lollipop.
Hola Green buenas noches. Impactantes imágenes. Me imagino el sentimiento que causan entre los que pudieran haberlos navegados. Haciendo escuchar sus bocinas indicando el final de sus servicios. Muchas gracias por registrarlo todo y compartirlo con todos nosotros. Muy buen trabajo. Sigan adelante. Gracias Green.
Makes me want to buy one and sail it away again.😂 When I was a kid I dreamed of owning my own tramp steamer one day and sailing around the world carrying cargo port to port. I didn't know how expensive that would be to do, nor how much shipping changed in the way and size that cargo is carried.
During covid the number of vessels being scrapped increased one cruise liner company scrapped a few ships saving some of the valuable spare parts for the rest of their fleet.
Cargo ships: large, mobile holes in the Ocean, surrounded by steel and the best of intentions. Once those intentions wear thin, time to cut up that steel and make cutlery...
