Piloting the container ship Argos down the Savannah River
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- The third installment of footage on my visit with the Savannah Pilots brings us on board the container ship Argos. It's day time, and we have great weather for today's run down the Savannah River. Argos is a fairly new ship, having been built in 2011 by Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, China. She weighs in at approximately 50000 tons, is 860 feet in length, 108 feet in breadth, and can carry up to 4253 TEU. She has a B&W 8K90MC-C, which is rated at 49600 horsepower. This was Argos's first journey to Savannah on her new service route, which is the South Shanghai Express. In the first scene, we see the docking master from Moran as he helps pilot us out of our berth, with the assistance of tractor tug James A. Moran. In the second scene, we're underway in the Savannah River, as we bid farewell to the docking pilot. In the third scene, we give a Sécurité call to inform all concerned vessels and people that we are beginning our journey downriver. We also hear the pilot as he gets in touch with a pilot on an inbound ship, to figure out where we will meet him, so as to safely pass without incident. The Savannah River is fairly hard when it comes to meeting ships, as the shipping lane is rather narrow and there are a number of bends in the river. That, coupled with the fact that depth can be a concern outside of the deepest part of the channel; all of these factors, and more, must be taken into consideration. A lot of training is involved in knowing how to undertake such a meet. In the fourth scene, we see the vessel in question; CMA-CGM container ship Pacific Link. She is a larger ship, at 1096 feet long and 141 feet wide, making her a Post-Panamax ship. Between Pacific Link and Argos, that makes up 249 feet of breadth. The location where we pass Pacific Link, Bight Channel, is only 500 feet wide, meaning there is approximately 80 feet between the two ships, and 80 feet on either side of each ship from the edge of the shipping channel, for a total of 240 feet, which leaves little room for error. Both pilots on the respective ships are knowledgeable and trustworthy, and do an excellent job in passing one another, making it look easy. The fifth scene is of us as we pass the Savannah Pilot base at Fort Pulaski, near Tybee Island. The boat churning up the water behind her is the pilot boat Georgia, which will pick us up and bring us to the next assignment, which is an incoming tanker ship. The sixth scene shows us leaving the Savannah River, passing the breakwater, and entering the Tybee Road. The seventh scene has the pilot contacting the incoming tanker ship to arrange her in such a manner that boarding from the pilot boat will be easy, once we disembark from Argos. The final scene is of us disembarking from Argos and heading for the tanker ship. Enjoy the view in daylight as we transit the Savannah River and the Tybee Road, as well as the communications between the pilot and the crew. If you have any questions about the video, feel free to message me. Comments are welcome.
No idea why this popped up on my recommended list, but we used to live in Savannah and the kids always loved watching the ships coming down the river to go out to sea. This is awesome!
I live here and at night when I'm lying in my bed in the dark I can hear the horns blowing it put a smile on my face it may sound crazy but it's very soothing. You don't appreciate things until some one mention what the miss
what a smooth day on the water
We were RV Volunteers at Ft. Pulaski. Our campsite was behind the Pilot’s building. We always loved watching the ships go by.
Thank you for all y'all do. ILA 2046. We can't do what we do without you guys!
great Vid. when it comes to maritime Vids less said the better to capture the feel of it. I wish I could find more Vids of just long cruising. It's relaxing for me when I'm stuck on land.
Most East Coast ports are pretty tight, but Savannah takes the cake I think. Charleston requires some tight navigating through the harbor, but you’ve still got some wiggle room, Wilmington has a very tight turn at the entrance where the ships practically have to drift, but after that it’s a straight shot and easy turnaround.
Good Job
Thanks for sharing, good memories for me!
Thats so great piloting i ever see in narrow water.... Awesome
Good memories during my entire sealife now i retire as a seaman.
Great video , just like being on the bridge, thanks for the upload.
enjoyed it very much
thanks
pretty neat mate :D.
i enjoyed it
Good piloting especially in such confined waters. What happened to your uniform mr. Pilot? 😂
what is the effect when two ships meet in the narrow bend channel
spencer arche it is called the “bank effect”
This size ship almost never comes into the port now...13 containers across,the ones now are 19 containers across
How/where do ships turn around? Looks really tight there.
There are a few places for ships to turn around. Most container ships will turn around above Talmadge Bridge at one of the two turning basins above the bridge. Below Talmadge Bridge, there is another turning basin as well. Further downriver near the mouth of the river is a smaller turning basin, but I am not sure how often, if ever, that one is used by larger vessels (larger than 500-600 feet). Hope this helps.
Seems more than one pilot aboard?!
Nope. Just one pilot on board for the transit. When the ship was being brought out of the container berth, a docking master was on board to pilot her out of her berth. Once underway in the river, the docking master gets off, and it's left to the harbor pilot.
Argos is a Greek word (Argos is a Greek city) the ship has Greek owner?
+Stathis Panagiotopouloulos Up until 2013, the ship was originally owned by Schulte Thomas Reederei, which was a German company, and the ship used to be named Bruno Schulte. Since then, she has been chartered with a couple of other companies as the Argos. As far as I know, she is now owned by Technomar Shipping which is based in Athens. However, she is flagged for Monrovia, Liberia.
+FL92002 thank you very much.Technomar is Greek company,owner is one of brother Martinos.They have also thenamaris ,minerva marine,east med shipping companies!
+FL92002 Hi im a Maritime and shipping enthusiast but im not very familiar with flagging. I don't understand, why do they flagg this ship as Liberian?
+FL92002 does it have anything with money to do, i assume it's cheaper to flagg it to countries like Liberia
Truth be told, I don't quite know. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
Al final, resulta que todo el trabajo duro lo hacen los pilotos de los puertos. :-/