One of the best loading/transfer vids out there. A very delicate procedure performed to perfection. Great drone footage as well. Bravo Zulu and thanks for sharing
This is so excellent, the views and the explanations! We took screenshots of the AIS map while you were traversing to Thunder Bay, "We're coming Michi" . So many things you folks have to keep track of, thanks for helping us lurkers to know more of the real aspects.
Thank you for explaining the work boat because I seen them doing that off the Saginaw in Marquette a couple months ago. Love learning something new all the time. I didn’t know that moving the boom helps stabilizes the ship. I just thought it was moved to stay out of the way when loading. Great video thank you for sharing this.
@TOTALCAMARO We use the work boat for draft reading as well as ferrying crew to shore when the gangways/ladders don't reach. Moving the boom to keep the ship flat is definitely not it's primary purpose. We did this because we were using the drafts to calculate how much cargo we were loading. To do this the ship had to be flat because we could not read the port side midship draft. We needed to get the ship flat without changing the weight onboard. The only way to do that was to swing the boom.
Thanks so much for taking time to produce this very informative video. The videography was outstanding. A great deal of skill and professionalism was demonstrated among the dock workers, and crews from both ships. You have gone through many challenges in the past several seasons. No doubt each will only help you down the road. Congratulations to you and everyone involved for pulling off the cargo transfer safely and without incident.
@@chuckg6039 yes this was a different experience. There will always be more challenges at least some I won’t be seeing for the first time anymore haha. Thanks Chuck, I was trying to pull out the A game for this one.
Any new news on the Michipicoten besides October 1st? It is very interesting seeing cargo transfers, I remember when the H Lee White had to do a cargo swap with the Burns Harbor because she grounded, Did you see what happened to the JLB? That is so sad considering she is my favorite ship
@@Boatnerd22 I wouldn’t be surprised if it didn’t sail until the spring. Sounds like they’re holding off on the dry docking because it was planned in the winter. LLT has chartered a couple CSL ships to pickup the slack. From what I’ve heard that’s the only thing stopping it from sailing.
@@Lakeshore_Railfan maybe I should have given some back story here. The Michipicoten (ship tied to the dock) suffered a hull fracture and had to limp into Thunder Bay. To make the repair we had to take all the cargo off first. This is why this event took place.
One of the best loading/transfer vids out there. A very delicate procedure performed to perfection. Great drone footage as well. Bravo Zulu and thanks for sharing
Thank you for this! Yes the whole operation was handled well from everyone involved, I don't think it could have gone better.
This is so excellent, the views and the explanations! We took screenshots of the AIS map while you were traversing to Thunder Bay, "We're coming Michi" . So many things you folks have to keep track of, thanks for helping us lurkers to know more of the real aspects.
@@njresrie thank you for this comment! Yes we tried to make something positive after all the negativity around the incident.
Thank you for explaining the work boat because I seen them doing that off the Saginaw in Marquette a couple months ago. Love learning something new all the time. I didn’t know that moving the boom helps stabilizes the ship. I just thought it was moved to stay out of the way when loading. Great video thank you for sharing this.
@TOTALCAMARO We use the work boat for draft reading as well as ferrying crew to shore when the gangways/ladders don't reach. Moving the boom to keep the ship flat is definitely not it's primary purpose. We did this because we were using the drafts to calculate how much cargo we were loading. To do this the ship had to be flat because we could not read the port side midship draft. We needed to get the ship flat without changing the weight onboard. The only way to do that was to swing the boom.
@@lcaptaintjl I find it all so fascinating. I never get bored around ships. Always something to learn. Thank you 😊
Thanks so much for taking time to produce this very informative video. The videography was outstanding.
A great deal of skill and professionalism was demonstrated among the dock workers, and crews from both ships.
You have gone through many challenges in the past several seasons. No doubt each will only help you down the road.
Congratulations to you and everyone involved for pulling off the cargo transfer safely and without incident.
@@chuckg6039 yes this was a different experience. There will always be more challenges at least some I won’t be seeing for the first time anymore haha. Thanks Chuck, I was trying to pull out the A game for this one.
This. Is. Awesome. Thank you soo much!!
@@SandraPokorneyCmonDude anytime!
Good video
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
Any new news on the Michipicoten besides October 1st? It is very interesting seeing cargo transfers, I remember when the H Lee White had to do a cargo swap with the Burns Harbor because she grounded, Did you see what happened to the JLB? That is so sad considering she is my favorite ship
@@Boatnerd22 I wouldn’t be surprised if it didn’t sail until the spring. Sounds like they’re holding off on the dry docking because it was planned in the winter. LLT has chartered a couple CSL ships to pickup the slack. From what I’ve heard that’s the only thing stopping it from sailing.
Not sure what ship you’re referring to as the JLB?
@@lcaptaintjl Joesph L Block
@@Boatnerd22 I haven’t heard anything about the block! What happened? Is the crew ok?
@@lcaptaintjl Yes, Something happened to the self unloading boom and it is bent, Hopefully she will get back on the water by the end of the year
Very cool! Why do you guys do these operations instead of just loading from a dock?
@@Lakeshore_Railfan maybe I should have given some back story here. The Michipicoten (ship tied to the dock) suffered a hull fracture and had to limp into Thunder Bay. To make the repair we had to take all the cargo off first. This is why this event took place.
@@lcaptaintjl interesting, thank you!
@@Lakeshore_Railfan anytime