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We always work with multiple nationalities on board so English is the official working language. But even when i speak to my Dutch colleagues over the radio i speak in English, so the rest of the crew hears what's going on, so they can follow along and anticipate on the next step. Same when i request information about distances or bollards from the crew; if i have the pilot next to me he will directly understand the English question and the English reply without losing time on translating for him. When we need a tugboat the communication to the tugboat is always handled by the pilots and usually in the local language. A lot of the time pilots will not translate or explain the communication or actions by the tugboats... and sometimes i have the feeling that's intentional ;-) I also think to include the radio communications in the videos are good value... but to edit them in takes sooo much time i can't do it for every video :(

Yes, technically and legally the captain & crew are always in charge of the navigation & maneuvering; the pilot only gives advice... even though some pilots seem to forget that sometimes. On the other hand: you should really know what you are doing if you want to ignore the advise of the local expert. Usually the pilot can adjust the heading, or in consultation with the crew make some hand steering. But he never bears any responsibility: that's all on the captain & crew. There should always be a good cooperation between the pilot and the bridge team: the pilot knows the area, the currents and handles the tugboats. The captain & crew know their ship and the limitations it has, so they should know what their ship can/can not do. So we should all work together and use all available knowledge and skill available. In reality -i think- it is a sliding scale. There are moments where the local knowledge of the pilot will be more important when navigating the breakwaters or the rivers, sailing in the current and tides, sometimes passing shallow waters that are not presented in the charts. In other moments, it might be the captain who knows best how quickly the ship will slow down, or turn, and how much engine/rudder/bowthruster input he needs to manoeuvre the ship.

It would be super awesome with a zoom in on radar or ecdis if that's possible too!

Haraholmen is great... but Gävle has the goat 😉

Luckely the bridge wings are closed on Kwintebank, so manoeuvring is warm for me... but I sure do my best to manoeuver as quick as possible so the crew don't get cold either ☃️

I'm making some recordings now, both with good weather and bad weather... let's see how the results come out :)

Thanks!

And all the same to you 🫡

She's not a navigator; she was so smart she studied and got a a real job :-)

132,23mtr long, 16,16mtr wide, 8mtrs draft, 12.000 ton... a whole different world from 50.000. Where do you sail?

@@joep001 I am a landcrabb now. Use to work for a lotta of different companies. Wallenius, Sanko, Stena Line and a couple of Tugs. Tanks for your answer. Looking forward for more videos from you. Tanks from the South of Sweden

Iv been on some coster in the same size. Much more familier.@@joep001

Yeah, each ship's size has up- and down sides and i can sea why people have their favorite size. I've sailed on bigger ships before, but prefer this size, with a crew size of 9 people; it becomes a family

No, pilot was not compulsory... freedom!

The -bank vessels are Pot-Shipping, some of them are chartered through Wagenborg. You can follow the fleet here: pot-scheepvaart.nl/pages/positions2.html

I did slow down the timelapses in the newer videos but ships manoeuvre just incredibly slow. The current makes this a simple and fast approach, but still this video captured about 15 minutes.

Yes i remember! Maybe on Solentbank? Contact Wagenborg crewing 👍🏻

Ik heb Master all ships, heb de zeevaartschool gedaan in Amsterdam.

Thanks Ichsan! Safe sailing!

Good question! In this case we were relatively large compared to the basin we were in. Also we were all the way in the end, so we needed a 90 degree turn to get out, but had little room to maneuvre ahead or astern (so little room for pitch ahead/astern, and without pitch the rudder is not effective). If we were a smaller vessel like Stroombank, or we had a different position i think the harbour master / pilot would have allowed us to depart without tug.

@@joep001 ah i see , thankyou for the explanation . Cant wait for your next video !

Communication should be clear & calm 🙂

I am no longer sailing on Stroombank, but might have some videos in the archive.... But you can expect new videos of manouvering Kwintebank!

💪 Beautiful work Kapitan!!! More vids...🧐

Thanks!

Scheldebank!!!1! Collega kwam aan in de scheepswerf waar wij lagen, zodoende.

Nee, is van Pot-Scheepvaart. Wagenborg werkt voor sommige schepen samen voor de bevrachting en voorheen werd de bedrijfskleding via Wagenborg geregeld, zal oude voorraad zijn geweest. De Pot-Scheepvaart vloot kan je hier volgen: pot-scheepvaart.nl/pages/positions.php