How Harbor Pilots Dock Massive Cargo Ships (Full Process)

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  • Опубликовано: 4 апр 2024
  • In this video we follow along with Capt. Dane of the Palm Beach Harbor Pilots Association on a windy Saturday morning as he brings in a massive bulk carrier cargo ship into the Port of Palm Beach. This vessel which has a draft of 27 ft, and a beam of 99 ft is the maximum allowable size vessel allowed to transit into the port due to the shoaling going on that forces all vessel to have a maximum operating draft of 29 ft. No room for error. Also featured in this video is a regular cargo vessel for the Palm Beach Pilots, which sails a every other day run to Nassau. The pilot for this ship gets hands on and docks the ship manually.
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    Note: This video series is made entirely possible and is in collaboration with Florida Harbor Pilots Association. The FHPA represents the interests of Florida’s nearly 100 professional harbor pilots around the state, advocating on their behalf regarding various state and federal issues that impact them. floridapilots.com/
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Комментарии • 105

  • @petequesada2936
    @petequesada2936 2 месяца назад +20

    I really appreciate how clear and precise his commands were. Fast and confident. A joy to watch.

  • @EM_ARCHER
    @EM_ARCHER 2 месяца назад +12

    This work is NOT EASY! by no means! Hats off to you sir! 👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻

    • @chiphill4856
      @chiphill4856 2 месяца назад +1

      I was born and raised in an active port city. These guys are held in high regard. It's a fascinating and difficult job.

  • @paulrosa6762
    @paulrosa6762 2 месяца назад +5

    Thanks for the learning experience

  • @chiphill4856
    @chiphill4856 2 месяца назад +5

    Dane is a certified stud!

  • @ZoeBihh
    @ZoeBihh 2 месяца назад +2

    Thanks for sharing mate!👍🏾

  • @BestofBoatWorlds
    @BestofBoatWorlds 2 месяца назад +8

    Great video Tyler! Definitely a cool and unique experience with the Palm Beach Pilots!

    • @TheTylerShow
      @TheTylerShow  2 месяца назад +1

      Yes it was! Thanks Nathan!

  • @mmcleod111
    @mmcleod111 2 месяца назад +2

    That was very cool. Thanks for sharing

  • @johntreuschel2608
    @johntreuschel2608 Месяц назад +3

    Very informative. Often wondered who, how etc. Thanks for posting and looking forward to others.👍

  • @cindywiech2675
    @cindywiech2675 2 месяца назад +2

    Fascinating…..thanks for these videos

  • @rp1645
    @rp1645 Месяц назад +9

    If anyone doesn't think these Pilots are not so, soo important in knowing Ports ( tidal flow, currents) and just how harbor is layed out. The poor Captain can't remember every port he kr she goes into, even though today its more and more like ferry boats or cruise ships going back and forth to same cargo delivery or load. These Pilots are so vital and necessary especially on the biggest container ships.
    Think about that Ladder climbing in darkness and a ruff sea state. My hat is off to these professional Pilots.

    • @GamingWithMaddog
      @GamingWithMaddog Месяц назад

      The ship Capt knows it all also but a pilot is required at all US Ports

    • @ramblingrob4693
      @ramblingrob4693 27 дней назад

      @@GamingWithMaddog and UK

  • @eire711
    @eire711 2 месяца назад +2

    Thank you for sharing. This is very interesting to witness.

  • @EM_ARCHER
    @EM_ARCHER 2 месяца назад +2

    Amazing video!!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 what an experience!

  • @The_holy_stromboli
    @The_holy_stromboli Месяц назад +3

    Great work!! I’m a 3/M and always impressed by the skill and knowledge of Pilots.

  • @wmrae123
    @wmrae123 2 месяца назад +18

    Interesting to see the pilot operating the controls of the second ship (on the bridge wing) rather than giving commands to the ship's helmsman.

    • @jacobarthur-os5dc
      @jacobarthur-os5dc Месяц назад

      I just don't know why he did That?

    • @jacobarthur-os5dc
      @jacobarthur-os5dc Месяц назад

      I don't know why he did that🙄🙄

    • @JAY_39466
      @JAY_39466 16 дней назад

      Some ship owners and Captains dont allow that.

  • @LaszloBagi
    @LaszloBagi 2 месяца назад +4

    Awesome video Tyler! Glad you got to go!

    • @TheTylerShow
      @TheTylerShow  2 месяца назад +2

      Thanks Laszlo! More to come from this series! 😁

  • @capt.edwardmontgomery1636
    @capt.edwardmontgomery1636 Месяц назад

    Excellent video Tyler! The pilots are true hidden heros in the daily movement of thouands of foreign and domestic vessel in the U.S. & Canada's hurndred of major ports. Other hidden heros and the highly skilled and safety conscious pilot boat captains and 'mates - including those in the Great Lakes such as myself. And most would not trade the job for any other....😊

  • @rspearsonyt
    @rspearsonyt 2 месяца назад +3

    good content, thanks for sharing 👍

    • @TheTylerShow
      @TheTylerShow  2 месяца назад

      Glad you enjoyed it! More to come!

  • @kevinguevara5674
    @kevinguevara5674 18 дней назад +1

    As a tug boat master, this video is very informative.
    Have a good operations in the future Sr.

  • @robertpowell5447
    @robertpowell5447 Месяц назад +1

    Good job Dane
    Nice production work Tyler

  • @user-wc1ft6jv8r
    @user-wc1ft6jv8r Месяц назад +1

    Nice job

  • @tedfisk1211
    @tedfisk1211 2 месяца назад +1

    Excellent video.

  • @yachtnut5201
    @yachtnut5201 2 месяца назад

    That’s bad ass!!!

  • @osmelalbertovargasdomingue9227
    @osmelalbertovargasdomingue9227 Месяц назад +3

    Greetings from Havana Pilot’s

  • @cindywiech2675
    @cindywiech2675 2 месяца назад +1

    Pretty fascinating & those tugs sure earn their money! Hard stop on that rope ladder on and off the ship though!

    • @chiphill4856
      @chiphill4856 2 месяца назад

      Imagine making that ladder jump at night and in a storm!!

  • @ggssmm2
    @ggssmm2 2 месяца назад +7

    How times have changed, my father was a NewYork harbor pilot and always went to work in jacket and tie with the local news paper for the ships capt

    • @thomasrose7262
      @thomasrose7262 2 месяца назад +3

      Indeed ... I was a pilot for over 30yrs in SFran and Seattle ... this guy is decent but probably wants to get off and go to golf links! : )

    • @ericbaker9453
      @ericbaker9453 2 месяца назад +5

      No suit and tie here at this working port. Between the tropical climate and sometimes up to 10 ships per day per pilot, we’d be in disarray wearing anything impractical for climbing.

    • @ggssmm2
      @ggssmm2 2 месяца назад

      @@ericbaker9453 Are you implying that New York is not a "working port" , he was also a Bar pilot not docking pilot so never did 10 ships in a day

  • @heathersowell1053
    @heathersowell1053 28 дней назад +1

    What type/brand of watch is the pilot wearing! Love it.

  • @henriachalme443
    @henriachalme443 2 месяца назад

    Tresbellevideohenri😊😊😊😊

  • @Jimbofromemfo
    @Jimbofromemfo 2 месяца назад +3

    That is an awesome video. Would be cool if you could shadow a pilot for a cruise ship

    • @TheTylerShow
      @TheTylerShow  2 месяца назад +1

      That's a great idea! Let me see what I can do! 🤙

  • @WhoFlungPoo2024
    @WhoFlungPoo2024 13 дней назад +1

    The condition of the deck and hull contradicts the orderliness and neatness of the bridge.

  • @caseyjames6306
    @caseyjames6306 2 месяца назад +1

    Is that ladder from Home Depot, Menards, or homemade?

  • @ocaviation1769
    @ocaviation1769 2 месяца назад +2

    Epic vidieo bro i am a fan. Can u make a vodeo on how pilots dock ships in port canaveral? Thanks

    • @TheTylerShow
      @TheTylerShow  2 месяца назад +1

      Thanks! I can try and make that happen! 🤙

    • @ocaviation1769
      @ocaviation1769 2 месяца назад

      @@TheTylerShow your welcome

  • @876seafarer
    @876seafarer 2 месяца назад

    First pilot I ever see touch the controls 😮

    • @CJOlin
      @CJOlin 12 дней назад

      It's far more common than you think. It really depends on the ship's captain. If he's familiar with the pilot, they absolutely allow the pilot to take control of the ship, especially in unfamiliar or difficult harbors.
      Weather is also a factor in letting the pilot operate controls. So, it really depends on the situation.

  • @stevenhj3124
    @stevenhj3124 Месяц назад

    As we said in the Navy; "Well done."

  • @df446
    @df446 2 месяца назад +3

    Walk in like you own the place . . . .

  • @JohnDoe-xu2vx
    @JohnDoe-xu2vx 25 дней назад

    Cant believe they have not come up with an easier way to board and disembark these ships yet.

  • @wayneschenk5512
    @wayneschenk5512 2 месяца назад +2

    No mistakes job.

  • @user-cl1fc3zw8l
    @user-cl1fc3zw8l 2 месяца назад +1

    😔 safety first all crew 🌊

  • @ramblingrob4693
    @ramblingrob4693 27 дней назад

    Need strong arms an nerves especially when rough water. A rope ladder still used after what 200 years ?

  • @glennbzt
    @glennbzt Месяц назад +1

    Harbor pilot is in charge once he boards…

  • @2256tracks
    @2256tracks 2 месяца назад +1

    Just wondering, which is easier to dock, cruise ships or cargo ships ? Or are they about the same?

    • @TheTylerShow
      @TheTylerShow  2 месяца назад +6

      Good question! Pilots are hands off for cruise ship dockings and more or less just watch the Capt. or Officer on watch do the docking where on Cargo ships the pilot is more hands on with them working with the tugs as a lot of cargo ships have less than ideal propultion which forces them to use a tug. I have a video coming out in two weeks that shows a cruise ship docking from the pilots POV. 🤙

    • @2256tracks
      @2256tracks 2 месяца назад

      @@TheTylerShow Thank you. I'll be watching and waiting.😃

  • @Claytyrus
    @Claytyrus 2 месяца назад

    And them boys make some jack. Dudes probably knocking down 2mil a year

    • @freighter1097
      @freighter1097 Месяц назад

      How much does a Harbor Pilot make in the United States? The average Harbor Pilot salary in the United States is $107,884 as of April 24, 2024, but the salary range typically falls between $79,428 and $130,312.

    • @Claytyrus
      @Claytyrus Месяц назад

      @@freighter1097 Mississippi River pilots around Baton Rouge and New Orleans are a cult and knock down right at a million a year. If your daddy or Grandpaw wasn’t a pilot you aren’t getting in. They keep it in the family.

  • @Luis-xr6ec
    @Luis-xr6ec 2 месяца назад +1

    I have a question 🙋🏻‍♂️ Why does an outside captain come in to dock the cargo ship? Isn’t there already a captain in the ship that can do all that?

    • @PillSharks
      @PillSharks 2 месяца назад

      The pilot has the local knowledge of the area and the workings of the port… the master can overrule the pilot at anytime if he feels the pilot is doing something he doesn’t like. I think there’s only a couple of places in the world where the pilot takes control and isn’t there in an advisory capacity.. the Panama Canal is one of these areas.
      ⚓️🦈. My little village is where John Cabot left in 1497 to discover the Americas and it was a man from Pill, Somerset who piloted them down the river Avon from Bristol to the sea.. Bristol likes to claim the Matthew left from Bristol but in truth, she probably left from Hung road in Pill as the river wasn’t navigable on one tide back then.. pilot was James Ray and up until a few years back we still had a Bristol Pilot working who was direct decent of James Ray!

    • @chiphill4856
      @chiphill4856 2 месяца назад

      The local pilot knows the local water, the currents, the prevailing winds, the effects of tide, then hazards, the shallows, the local tug operators and much more. It's a highly complex act to maneuver a ship that big through a series of narrow channels without an incident. I'm not a harbor pilot but I live in an active port city and know several of them personally. It is an admirable job. Not for everyone.

  • @papanoel3999
    @papanoel3999 2 месяца назад +2

    Climbing up the ship, from a ship in the bloody sea, 2 letters come to mind. F AND T.

  • @Gator-xi2jq
    @Gator-xi2jq Месяц назад

    I would rather know why they keep running into bridges?

  • @JeffreyLuardo
    @JeffreyLuardo 26 дней назад +1

    T. Nihgt

  • @maxx8299
    @maxx8299 2 месяца назад +1

    Привет из России🇷🇺 👍

  • @nafcd
    @nafcd 2 месяца назад

    that was unexpected to me. i thought pilot would be an older guy. very interesting video though.

  • @byutrain
    @byutrain Месяц назад

    Oh! So this is what Tom Brady is doing after retirement

  • @antoniocuesta3371
    @antoniocuesta3371 2 месяца назад

    Beautiful job

  • @Captainphillips294
    @Captainphillips294 2 месяца назад

    Look at me... I'm the captain now

    • @jjosephm7539
      @jjosephm7539 2 месяца назад

      Pilots are advisors to the Master, except in the Panama Canal , where they take control

    • @TheTylerShow
      @TheTylerShow  2 месяца назад

      Incorrect. As seen in this video, Palm beach pilots take control of the smaller cargo vessels.

  • @Crazy--Clown
    @Crazy--Clown 2 месяца назад

    Cowboys

  • @johnchaulk
    @johnchaulk 2 месяца назад +3

    I’m surprised the ship’s master let the pilot work the thrusters like that.

    • @davidabbitt1744
      @davidabbitt1744 Месяц назад

      Ummmmmm.........that is the job is!

    • @johnchaulk
      @johnchaulk Месяц назад

      @@davidabbitt1744 yeah, I know. I’ve worked with ships for over 20 years and I’ve been onboard with a pilot docking, undocking and shifting and I was under the impression from what I saw that the Captain usually worked the thrusters. I know if I were a pilot, I would prefer handling the thrusters as opposed to ordering someone else to do it. Seems like it would be equivalent to playoff a video game but someone else is holding the controller.

  • @jeffreysearle2996
    @jeffreysearle2996 2 месяца назад +2

    Climbing that ladder is worse than putting the boat in the slip

  • @Chosen1510
    @Chosen1510 2 месяца назад +1

    What’s the salary of a harbor pilot?

    • @Scatpack-gw9kb
      @Scatpack-gw9kb 2 месяца назад

      Probably 80k

    • @timothyboone5003
      @timothyboone5003 2 месяца назад

      @Scatpack-gw9kb
      You’re “probably” pretty far off. You’re $80k would cover 2 months of his salary.

    • @Scatpack-gw9kb
      @Scatpack-gw9kb 2 месяца назад +2

      @@timothyboone5003 who cares

    • @timothyboone5003
      @timothyboone5003 2 месяца назад

      I’m sure it’s safe to assume the person receiving the salary does.

    • @freighter1097
      @freighter1097 Месяц назад +1

      How much does a Harbor Pilot make in the United States? The average Harbor Pilot salary in the United States is $107,884 as of April 24, 2024, but the salary range typically falls between $79,428 and $130,312.

  • @seeharvester
    @seeharvester 2 месяца назад +5

    You'd think that in this day and age, we'd have a better way to get the pilot onboard besides a rope ladder.
    I guess the pilot's career is over when he can no longer climb the ladder.

    • @df446
      @df446 2 месяца назад

      In some places it's done by helicopter.

  • @mrbacklash
    @mrbacklash Месяц назад

    That was painfully slow going up the Jacob’s ladder the longer you are on there the more chance there is for shit to go wrong

    • @TheTylerShow
      @TheTylerShow  Месяц назад

      Haha, you're not wrong about being careful! But for first-timers, slow and steady really is the pro move. Speeding up can make you miss a good grip, and that's when things get hairy. Better safe than, well, you know...

    • @eddieafterburner
      @eddieafterburner 12 дней назад

      This is definitely a job for calm, cool, and collected men … not hyperactive spazzoids

  • @pkfan5112
    @pkfan5112 2 месяца назад

    If there were two tugboats and the captain fix the electrical problem before their trip, we wouldn’t have the key bridge accident.

    • @CJOlin
      @CJOlin 12 дней назад

      Wrong video, dude. Speculating on the Key Bridge accident is irresponsible and irrelevant to this.
      If you didn't know, there were actually TWO local pilots on board during the Key Bridge incident. Guessing the cause, as you are doing is premature, since the investigation is far from complete.

  • @AndrewBrown-niblick
    @AndrewBrown-niblick 2 месяца назад +1

    You know nothing about ships my friend ! Capt is in charge even if a pilot is on board he is responsible

    • @TheTylerShow
      @TheTylerShow  2 месяца назад +4

      Where did I say that in the video? That is a bold claim to say to someone without knowing their background. I been on the water most my life and have been doing work with the pilots for a few years and have been on many ships. 🤙