Stop it with the BS Chief. Ships leak oil into the bilge and dump it everywhere they go. Cruise ships don’t have holding tanks so when you see one go by look for the trail of sht. Your industry is killing our oceans.
No, you're the one spewing BS. "Ships leak oil into the bilge and dump it everywhere?" As in all ships? That's just dumb. Like I said, some seafarers do it but they are the exception. Stop generalizing just because you are a zealot for your advocacy. Not everyone is your enemy. Not everyone is a bad guy.
I been watching these videos for quite sometime now & if this is a bs video, then I'm shocked!!! Because in every video if you look in the background of these videos I am in ah at how clean the ship looks as a whole in every area shown on videos i've seen. Thank you Chief for your great videos of a seafarer's life!!!!! Believe it or not Freedom Freedom there really is exceptions of companies that do things as they're suppose to be done.
I was the engineer who operated the OWS, preformed all of the OWS maintenance and filled out the oil record book. I babied that OWS and took extremely good care of that equipment. Never bypassed it or was asked by anyone to do so. The moral, legal and ethical consequences would far too great for myself and the company. Another good video. Have a good watch chief..
I'm amazed at how far the technology has come in all aspects of merchant ship operation...but also, the forensics of oil spills can quickly identify the source of the oil, but of course they probably wouldn't bother except for significant quantities....but the advances the Chief has so well described make me feel better about the future of shipping. Once we find alternate power sources (Electrical? Sails? Fusion?)shipping will be less environmentally costly. Of course there's still the problem of hitchhikers - flora and fauna that are spread by bilge water organisms being carried everywhere, nuch as cars and trucks spread weed seeds along highways..... always something, enit? ;*[}
@@TheEarthHistorysConfusing Well... Not harming the oceans any more than the rest of us. And by the rest of us, I mean those of us who know they have an impact on the environment and would like to minimise that as much as possible. But none of us are free from blame there. There's plenty of people who couldn't give two shits though, that's for sure.
I love it when a rational human being with on-the-job knowledge points out reality. Thank you chief. You are part of my weekly education about sea life and I've learned a lot!
From observations made over a period of 50 years of summer holidaying on a specific strip of coast, I can confirm that the level of tar lump aggregation on coastal rocks have dimished markedly fom the mid 1970s and until today. So IMO the stricter regulations relating to cleaning of cargo holds & handling of bilge water do work. When I was a kid we hade to look out carefully, so as not to step on sticky lumps of tar when walking along certain strips of rocky shoreline. Nowadays the tar lumps are almost gone. And so much for the better.
I remember those days, when the beaches were filthy and fish caught near shore was almost always dirty with sticky tar and tasting horrible. Those days are indeed gone. I'm sure dumping is still going on, far offshore, by some ships and companies, but near shores it's now pretty much impossible at least in civilised countries with coast guard organisations running frequent patrols with aircraft and ships to deter and catch violators.
Chief, at my company we had a ChEng that was caught illegally dumping. He ended up getting 5yrs in prison and the company was placed under regulatory supervision for 5 years or so. I imagine there were stiff fines involved as well. For the people that don't know that's what really happens to dumpers because there's always someone who knows and they will get you eventually.
During my Navy time back in the 80s we could pump clean bilge water as long as we were at least 10 miles out. This was mainly condensate and brine from the evaporators. In port we would pump into a barge. 👍👍
Condensate now has to be kept inboard and drained to greywater which ensures it does not go overboard (for example) pierside. Brine can still go directly overboard
Another outstanding video episode Chief, thanks. Very clear overview, shipboard specific issues & a precise review of the international regulations. Excellent acceptance of the duties and responsibilities of senior leadership at sea!
as a new engineer that just got my first sertificate after about 4 years of school and ca 3 years of sailing in total. love you're content and agree with you. PS my time at school and sailing is from Norway and Scandinavia. And now in new times we have a (billage water - BW) separator, in my experiance we have two tanks one for settling the BW and after settling the bw it is transferd to a (Clean billage water - CBW) tank, from there we separate the CBW tank for a good time and after that the BW separator is pumping it over board when the PPM is under 5, and if the PPM go over 5 ppm, the automatics that is sett up in the controll unit close the overboard valve. sorry for the bad English, as it is late and I just gott home from a contract. and since it is a coment on YT im not that botherd with som miss spelling.
Do yourself a favor and don't spend time apologizing for your second language fluency. Anyone who cares to point out flaws in your English didn't bother to notice where you got your training or has any intention of helping you. You managed to convey a complicated and technical topic clearly. Well done.
Another great video chief, that's an awesome insight to what happens in the bilge tank, enjoying learning about these sorts of things, love your work. Take care mate well done
That Chief Engineer did the discharge when you weren't around because he knew what you would do. The hardest part of leadership is having the moral fortitude to confront superiors about their actions.
Hey Chief MAKOi! I'm guessing lt is easier to prevent oil from entering the bilge water in the first place by fixing leaks and doing repairs in a manner to clean any oil drips up right away than running an overburdened seperation system! Thanks for keeping our oceans a bit cleaner! You rule! Greetings from Vancouver British Columbia Canada! Ride ride ride!
if you don't manage oily waste leaks proactively, the OWS system won't be able to separate it and filters will clog every couple hours. unfortunately the fleet i'm in all the vessels are maintained reactively, so the spaces are all very dirty and the seperators are not funtional.
This is very interesting, I was a petroleum/chemical engineer and I had similar incursions with refinery personnel not following established EPA guidelines on handling HAZ waste, which resulted in the removal and firing of the individuals. I didn’t play with my shift leads and technicians under me because I knew it was my ass on the burner should we get randomly inspected and fail. Good on you, we need more people in industry that aren’t afraid to be assertive and sometimes confrontational.
Chief Makoi, I have to borrow your words: I hope that those who do "bilge dumping" drink it and rot. The same happens in land, buy a snack and throw away the empty container. I'm in favor of forcing countries to have compulsory facilites and services to receive bilge, clean or oily. Aplaude your courage to speak out loud of this themes and to practice every day excellence at work.
Thank you so much for satisfying my curiosity in a topic I'd never have the opportunity to observe and learn first-hand. You are so conscientious of your job and doing the right thing. I admire you greatly. Pinoy power!
As a Chief engineer myself, I have never seen this practice in all my years but I'd heard they used to do this back in the early 90s. We have the same Volcano incinerator on board my ship that's in your video. They're excellent.
Very articulate explanation, Chief. The problem, as you point out, is that some mariners are irresponsibly putting their own and their corrupt managers' interests ahead of the regulations and laws. It would be great to have a monitoring technology that could not be bypassed by such criminals.
Thanks Chief for another excellent video! Very well explained and as always, super interesting to watch. I am glad to hear that this practice is not industry wide
Great video, Chief - and pulling no punches. Thanks for explaining how things work and highlighting that yes, there are a-holes dumping oily waste to save a few minutes and dollars, but they are the exception.
Thank you, Chief, for yet another informative, well-produced presentation on a subject about which many of us know very little, if anything. Life at sea is something completely foreign to me. Your comments and insights are many times enlightening. Thank you for taking the time and making the effort to produce such interesting content for your channel!
That video turned up in my YT suggestions and I knew just from looking at the thumbnail, it'll be sensationalist BS. I also expected The Chief to come up with a response video. And I wasn't disappointed. Thanks for putting it into the right perspective.
This is NEVER done with only the chief engineer’s go ahead. The captain and the rest of the senior staff know about it too. It’s impossible to do something like this on a ship by yourself and keep it secret. Some companies are willing to allow this just to cut expenses too. Some even quietly demand it. I don’t blame you for leaving that company. The only reason they would have been doing that is if they were allowed or required to. Keep up the great work Chief. 😊👍
Hey Chief, always great to watch your videos, the amount of knowledge you have is just wonderful. As someone who years ago used to work with land based boilers, heavy oil and the like, I certainly appreciate your videos!!😃
Thanks for your realistic coverage of this subject. I'm retired after a long career overseeing safety critical work in shipyards as applied to US submarines. For 10 years I managed our submarine safety (SUBSAFE) Program and wrote and enforced requirements for watertight integrity and recoverability. What I learned is that no matter how carefully you write requirements and document compliance, there is no guarantee against deliberate malpractice. People are always subject to financial and schedule pressure at the cost of quality and safety. It's a balancing act and the best insurance policy is a strong corporate culture that rewards accountability and honesty.
Your talk, or presentation, is makes as excellent point about protecting our environment. Protecting sea life, and ultimately human life into the future.
Hey man, you are teaching us Marine engineering, free of cost. I have been watching your videos and my quest of seafarer grows more and more. Highly informative, keep up the good work. Let's not pollute our mind with bad comments guys.😜
Thank you chief. As a manager for the largest seafood restaurant in the the world, Red Lobster, I thank you for making our oceans sustainable. As we always have, “seafood with standards”.
I love how honest the Chief is and his presentation is outstanding. I have been in that same position and the integrity vs what they can do to you and you wind up out of a job and black-listed? Yea, you got to think about it. One was a sewer backup into a Bank Branch. the bacteria hazard, alone....... Yea, building owner (sewer lift pit) was also a big depositor (millions). You do have to ponder that all those branch workers knew it and said nothing. How far do you stick your neck out for people who won't do it for themselves. You thread those as best you can. Life is far from pretty. I had not known the Chief was Filipino and he reminds me of the painting crew doing FAA housing when I was a kid. Far from home and family, a tough job and they were the nicest people you could ever hope to meet. They took us fishing and I caught (snagged) my first fish with them. We met them again latter and were catching rock fish for them as we know where and how by then. It was a privilege to know those guys.
Thank you, Chief. I spent 8 years @ sea and 18 years @ shipyard. Regulations tightened over that time; we spent a great deal of time & money meeting environmental requirements. It appears your presentation clashed with somebody's bumper sticker.
You make me want to go back deep sea Chief, I work on ferries on the west coast of Scotland now but miss all the big machinery on large container ships
I really appreciate you sir explaining how and what the bilge tank is and where the water comes from and the process of disposal. And how responsible engineers do the process correctly.
WOW! As soon as I saw DW's documentary I thought of you to give a sound answer to It. Thank you for clarifying the proper way to do things AND exposing the motivations to acts contrary to that.
I have to say, you are definitely a roll model for future seafarers, and As a teacher I think your students definitely have the right teacher to learn about a job in the industry. 👍👍👍
Hi from uk Chief MAKOi👋👍 great info session thank you but a key point I noticed at time you mentioned bilge filling and overflowing to engine room if this level was to be reached it could possible put ship at risk too possibly as would make ship unsteady from wash moving as live load and could capsize the vessel 👍 but could not send dirty thru fuel sytem filters and burn that way rather than furnace? And pleased you excerpt you authority on board you great guy and awesome team leader👌 thanks for your time and be safe see you soon👍👋
thank you for sharing. my father was a second mate for several years. but has passed away and I was not able to ask him about this. I feel like you answered all my questions
Thank you Chief for an honest explanation, I have spent many years on commercial/chartering bulk carriers , but don’t have experience on technical side
Chief Makoi, as always....thank you very much for your insights! Was about to ask...you already had the video on Bilge dumping! Only yesterday, watched the Bilge dumping documentary by DW (which seems to be the same documentary you are referring to) ...and almost immediately, I thought wanting to know more about this and was the only person who could give a perspective about this via RUclips, was you, Chief. Amazing and thank you, Chief!
Outstanding video. From watching your previous videos and the video doc series you did on the maritime academy, one comes to understand the degree of professionalism and pride on moral values you display every time. Keep up the good work, Chief.
I was wondering when you would buzz in about that video I had pop up in my feed recently. As was watching it i was literally thinking "Wow, the chief would lose his mind if he saw this", and literally one day later, here you are. As usual, you do not disappoint. You really take pride in your job and in doing it properly, you run a tight ship and really seem to love life at sea. I knew as soon as I saw that propaganda video you would tell everyone how it should be done properly. Thank you chief for educating people on how to be professional and do things properly and respectfully. :D
Well it's not propaganda if they have thousand of documented cases of this happening. He's a great guy but he's only one guy this is a massive problem.
Really informative and interesting video, Chief. Like most things, people form opinions based on bits of information combined with bits of knowledge. Thanks for setting the record more straight.
I agree Chief. !! Those who do so bad should have to stand trial. I know you and your co. And most are sqare. We all are greatful for that. Hope your Easter was well n your family n crew also. Much love n prayers from southeast ohio USA. God bless n thankyou.
Whenever I think of the whale populations it makes me sad. To think most of the damage done to that population happened after WW2 when ships became faster than whales. So many populations are completely devastated.
Makoi isn't the chief on every ship at sea. If he was, there would be no pollution from any ship. Chief's videos are some of the most informative on YT. I admire him for his work and life ethics, and his life's accomplishments. Any one who criticizes him is a member of the woke community ... ignorance and hate. Chief ... keep on keeping on. You are greatly admired.
Thanks Chief! It has always amazed me that we use our oceans as a food source and a toilet at the same time. Please keep doing what you do setting the bar higher.
When I worked on oil tankers in the 1980s we would clean the tanks using the Butterworth system. This is a hose with a revolving nozzle on the end of it that allows a high-pressure stream of water to shoot out and rotate 360°. I was under the impression this water was dumped overboard when we were far enough from shore. The tanks on the tankers only had to be cleaned if they were going to be used for different cargo. I still remember at the end of the process having to go down into the tanks and use a mop to remove the last bit of water. I'm not aware that anything is changed.
Thank you so much chief makoi for sharing your experience about bilge dumping. This is unfortunately happening on some of the ship. I hope, if we can only have a better management system, we can eradicate this "temptations" you are saying. There is a lot more to comment but definitely this is something significant that needs to heed of.
Thank you again for insight into a world I will never see, but have always been interested in. I, too saw the video you referenced and some things in it seemed overblown.
How many times it's been scary out in middle of the ocean thousand's of milles from land and thank you for doing the right thing and keeping little part of world trade going ❤
Thank you for taking on this difficult topic. I know from experience racing small boats how big a problem this is. 20 miles out is a dead zone of oil covered water. You need to raise this issue often - no matter whether it ends up revealing a specific nation responsible for the vast majority of the offense. Those of us fast enough to see hundreds of vessels know exactly who is doing it.
Thanks Cheif, I like your videos. I do a lot of recreatrional sailing in the Los Angeles/Long Beach harbor, there is an oily sheen on the water most days.
Thank you for presenting these tutorials sir. They should be required courses at every merchant marine academy and U.S. Navy ROTC school as well as at the U.S. Naval Academy and U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
This is a topic i know about! My dad builds, installs and maintains Bilge water treatment/Oil-Water-Separators! From when i was young, i always joined him to ships being build or being in port to repair them or give them a periodic check with certificate! Whenever i get the chance nowadays, i still go with him for a day. But 40 hour workweek leaves few chances!
Hello markoi good to see you and your family have got through the covid horrors , the bilge pumping has always been a problem in some small companies as well it never makes the headlines as much , my biggest nightmare was running bunker barges as combined master and second engineer , it was pressure pulses when the ship swapped tanks with out letting us know or just closed valves and you know how many different types of connecting point arrangements are out there , I've had ships engineer want to connect up using 3 bolts poorly aligned and g clamps and one new ship inparticular had a bunker flange with no holes as there regular port in Europe the connecting line had a flange with 8 built in clamps , my worst engine room was a large harbour tug were the prior ten years were FIFO engineers in a tropical northern port ,in Australia it took a 2 month layup to get the tug suitable for its next working life new oil water separation system and we separated the bilge area around the water pumping area to stop this entering the bilge, good to chat ,calm seas and clean er vent systems fresh air intakes cheers for now
Swim with the fishes?! I know it happens (at least in the Navy), but it is hard to think that in this day and age someone would be that desperate to cover something like this up. As usual, your video is excellent and easily understood. When I served (1974 to 1982) we were allowed to dump overboard as long as we were 12 miles from land. This always seemed arbitrary to me, but then nobody asked for my opinion! We even threw solid waste overboard once we were 12 miles out. This has all been changed today and I think this is a good thing. I bet they still dump CHT tanks while at sea. :-) Good job Chief!!
Thanks Chief for another informative video, I cannot understand why people would dump that oily Bilge into our oceans and see that oil in the water, I wouldn't be able to sleep at night knowing that.
I went to college years ago for Biology. We were taught that that the biggest source/origin of oil pollution in the Oceans, was day to day shipping operations - dumping & filling bilge tanks for ballast!??? Such nonsense is taught as FACT! Professor very smart in some things, but did not have a clue in others. I'm sure we would both agree that pollution is a very real problem to be taken very seriously - but bashing good & responsible Engineers such as you & your company is not the solution. I really like the way you addressed this, & have no doubt of your integrity & commitment to do your best to do things right! Unfortunate the world will always have Jerks that will do stupid things, but sad that other Jerks will try to condemn other good people along with them. Meanwhile same jerks are dumping bad stuff down their drains any time that it is most convenient to them - never caring it all ends up in the Ocean.
Thank you for that great video. We all know the perpetrators who have been fined for this dumping. Hopefully we can clean it up with our laws and our eyes.
Stop it with the BS Chief. Ships leak oil into the bilge and dump it everywhere they go. Cruise ships don’t have holding tanks so when you see one go by look for the trail of sht. Your industry is killing our oceans.
No, you're the one spewing BS. "Ships leak oil into the bilge and dump it everywhere?" As in all ships? That's just dumb. Like I said, some seafarers do it but they are the exception. Stop generalizing just because you are a zealot for your advocacy. Not everyone is your enemy. Not everyone is a bad guy.
We should all be feckless know nothing losers like you
US Navy motto: Dilution is the solution to pollution. 😃😃😃😃
@@ChiefMAKOi Don't feed the troll! Too late you already did😀
I been watching these videos for quite sometime now & if this is a bs video, then I'm shocked!!! Because in every video if you look in the background of these videos I am in ah at how clean the ship looks as a whole in every area shown on videos i've seen. Thank you Chief for your great videos of a seafarer's life!!!!! Believe it or not Freedom Freedom there really is exceptions of companies that do things as they're suppose to be done.
I was the engineer who operated the OWS, preformed all of the OWS maintenance and filled out the oil record book. I babied that OWS and took extremely good care of that equipment. Never bypassed it or was asked by anyone to do so. The moral, legal and ethical consequences would far too great for myself and the company. Another good video. Have a good watch chief..
Thank-You for not harming the oceans.
I'm amazed at how far the technology has come in all aspects of merchant ship operation...but also, the forensics of oil spills can quickly identify the source of the oil, but of course they probably wouldn't bother except for significant quantities....but the advances the Chief has so
well described make me feel better about the future of shipping. Once we find alternate power sources (Electrical? Sails? Fusion?)shipping will be less environmentally costly. Of course there's still the problem of hitchhikers - flora and fauna that are spread by bilge water organisms being carried everywhere, nuch as cars and trucks spread weed seeds along highways.....
always something, enit?
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@@TheEarthHistorysConfusing Well... Not harming the oceans any more than the rest of us. And by the rest of us, I mean those of us who know they have an impact on the environment and would like to minimise that as much as possible. But none of us are free from blame there. There's plenty of people who couldn't give two shits though, that's for sure.
@@C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13 Thanks
I love it when a rational human being with on-the-job knowledge points out reality. Thank you chief. You are part of my weekly education about sea life and I've learned a lot!
So he is not a part?
Even when the person is in massive error?
Never trust the media and their so called documentaries. They always lie.
From observations made over a period of 50 years of summer holidaying on a specific strip of coast, I can confirm that the level of tar lump aggregation on coastal rocks have dimished markedly fom the mid 1970s and until today. So IMO the stricter regulations relating to cleaning of cargo holds & handling of bilge water do work.
When I was a kid we hade to look out carefully, so as not to step on sticky lumps of tar when walking along certain strips of rocky shoreline. Nowadays the tar lumps are almost gone. And so much for the better.
I remember those days, when the beaches were filthy and fish caught near shore was almost always dirty with sticky tar and tasting horrible.
Those days are indeed gone. I'm sure dumping is still going on, far offshore, by some ships and companies, but near shores it's now pretty much impossible at least in civilised countries with coast guard organisations running frequent patrols with aircraft and ships to deter and catch violators.
Chief, at my company we had a ChEng that was caught illegally dumping. He ended up getting 5yrs in prison and the company was placed under regulatory supervision for 5 years or so. I imagine there were stiff fines involved as well. For the people that don't know that's what really happens to dumpers because there's always someone who knows and they will get you eventually.
During my Navy time back in the 80s we could pump clean bilge water as long as we were at least 10 miles out. This was mainly condensate and brine from the evaporators. In port we would pump into a barge. 👍👍
Condensate now has to be kept inboard and drained to greywater which ensures it does not go overboard (for example) pierside. Brine can still go directly overboard
Chief MAKOi is obviously passionate about his profession. I wholeheartedly approve.
Chief, You sound like a man of integrity! I wish there were more people out there taking care of our oceans and waterways.
Another outstanding video episode Chief, thanks. Very clear overview, shipboard specific issues & a precise review of the international regulations. Excellent acceptance of the duties and responsibilities of senior leadership at sea!
as a new engineer that just got my first sertificate after about 4 years of school and ca 3 years of sailing in total. love you're content and agree with you. PS my time at school and sailing is from Norway and Scandinavia. And now in new times we have a (billage water - BW) separator, in my experiance we have two tanks one for settling the BW and after settling the bw it is transferd to a (Clean billage water - CBW) tank, from there we separate the CBW tank for a good time and after that the BW separator is pumping it over board when the PPM is under 5, and if the PPM go over 5 ppm, the automatics that is sett up in the controll unit close the overboard valve. sorry for the bad English, as it is late and I just gott home from a contract. and since it is a coment on YT im not that botherd with som miss spelling.
I've been on a ship with that kind of system. Alfa Laval. That was way back in 2006 when I was still 3/E.
Do yourself a favor and don't spend time apologizing for your second language fluency.
Anyone who cares to point out flaws in your English didn't bother to notice where you got your training or has any intention of helping you.
You managed to convey a complicated and technical topic clearly.
Well done.
@@truthsRsung thank you. but I don't belive I will be abel to prove you wrong, on you're comment.
I love your integrity, Chief Makoi.
Chief, I enjoy how you break it down "Barney" style for those of us who are not in the industry, to understand your ship's operations
I especially liked the schematics, even pausing the video to get a better understanding.
Another great video chief, that's an awesome insight to what happens in the bilge tank, enjoying learning about these sorts of things, love your work. Take care mate well done
Much appreciated
Hello Chief i really admire your morals and professionalism on this subject.
Chief.....i think your integrity is beyond reproach......as always THANK YOU !
That Chief Engineer did the discharge when you weren't around because he knew what you would do. The hardest part of leadership is having the moral fortitude to confront superiors about their actions.
I got the impression that Makoi was superior to that Engineer. Perhaps he could confirm?
What I like most about your channel is you tell us how it's supposed to be and all the hard work it takes to do your jobs properly.
Thank you for covering this and giving your feedback and critisim on the matter.
Thank you for your dedicated service. You are a responsible person!!!
Hey Chief MAKOi! I'm guessing lt is easier to prevent oil from entering the bilge water in the first place by fixing leaks and doing repairs in a manner to clean any oil drips up right away than running an overburdened seperation system! Thanks for keeping our oceans a bit cleaner! You rule! Greetings from Vancouver British Columbia Canada! Ride ride ride!
Yes, exactly.
Goodluck keeping a Detroit diesel from leaking….not possible
if you don't manage oily waste leaks proactively, the OWS system won't be able to separate it and filters will clog every couple hours. unfortunately the fleet i'm in all the vessels are maintained reactively, so the spaces are all very dirty and the seperators are not funtional.
@@cappyjpadgett which is why you have engine enclosures and recovered oil scuppers, intended to be seperate from the bilge system.
This is very interesting, I was a petroleum/chemical engineer and I had similar incursions with refinery personnel not following established EPA guidelines on handling HAZ waste, which resulted in the removal and firing of the individuals. I didn’t play with my shift leads and technicians under me because I knew it was my ass on the burner should we get randomly inspected and fail. Good on you, we need more people in industry that aren’t afraid to be assertive and sometimes confrontational.
Thank you for being such a great First Engineer on your vessel. You, Chief, Should be the industry standard.
Chief Makoi, I have to borrow your words: I hope that those who do "bilge dumping" drink it and rot.
The same happens in land, buy a snack and throw away the empty container. I'm in favor of forcing countries to have compulsory facilites and services to receive bilge, clean or oily.
Aplaude your courage to speak out loud of this themes and to practice every day excellence at work.
Thank you so much for satisfying my curiosity in a topic I'd never have the opportunity to observe and learn first-hand. You are so conscientious of your job and doing the right thing. I admire you greatly. Pinoy power!
This was a great episode chief thank you.
As a Chief engineer myself, I have never seen this practice in all my years but I'd heard they used to do this back in the early 90s.
We have the same Volcano incinerator on board my ship that's in your video. They're excellent.
Very articulate explanation, Chief. The problem, as you point out, is that some mariners are irresponsibly putting their own and their corrupt managers' interests ahead of the regulations and laws. It would be great to have a monitoring technology that could not be bypassed by such criminals.
But you can bypass everything if you know what you are doing specialy on a ship in the middle of the ocean
Thanks Chief for another excellent video! Very well explained and as always, super interesting to watch. I am glad to hear that this practice is not industry wide
Great video, Chief - and pulling no punches. Thanks for explaining how things work and highlighting that yes, there are a-holes dumping oily waste to save a few minutes and dollars, but they are the exception.
Thank you, Chief, for yet another informative, well-produced presentation on a subject about which many of us know very little, if anything.
Life at sea is something completely foreign to me.
Your comments and insights are many times enlightening.
Thank you for taking the time and making the effort to produce such interesting content for your channel!
That video turned up in my YT suggestions and I knew just from looking at the thumbnail, it'll be sensationalist BS.
I also expected The Chief to come up with a response video. And I wasn't disappointed.
Thanks for putting it into the right perspective.
This is NEVER done with only the chief engineer’s go ahead. The captain and the rest of the senior staff know about it too. It’s impossible to do something like this on a ship by yourself and keep it secret. Some companies are willing to allow this just to cut expenses too. Some even quietly demand it.
I don’t blame you for leaving that company. The only reason they would have been doing that is if they were allowed or required to.
Keep up the great work Chief. 😊👍
Hey Chief, always great to watch your videos, the amount of knowledge you have is just wonderful. As someone who years ago used to work with land based boilers, heavy oil and the like, I certainly appreciate your videos!!😃
My highest of respect and admiration to Chief Makoi on your high integrity. Dont ever lose that.
Salamat Chief, I'm one of those who posted the link about bilge waste a few days ago. Never thought to have this explanation vid this fast.
Thanks for your realistic coverage of this subject. I'm retired after a long career overseeing safety critical work in shipyards as applied to US submarines. For 10 years I managed our submarine safety (SUBSAFE) Program and wrote and enforced requirements for watertight integrity and recoverability. What I learned is that no matter how carefully you write requirements and document compliance, there is no guarantee against deliberate malpractice. People are always subject to financial and schedule pressure at the cost of quality and safety. It's a balancing act and the best insurance policy is a strong corporate culture that rewards accountability and honesty.
It's good to see a man who's passionate about his work.
Your talk, or presentation, is makes as excellent point about protecting our environment. Protecting sea life, and ultimately human life into the future.
You're a good man for defending your industry so thoughtfully.
Hey man, you are teaching us Marine engineering, free of cost. I have been watching your videos and my quest of seafarer grows more and more. Highly informative, keep up the good work. Let's not pollute our mind with bad comments guys.😜
Thank you chief. As a manager for the largest seafood restaurant in the the world, Red Lobster, I thank you for making our oceans sustainable. As we always have, “seafood with standards”.
I love how honest the Chief is and his presentation is outstanding. I have been in that same position and the integrity vs what they can do to you and you wind up out of a job and black-listed? Yea, you got to think about it. One was a sewer backup into a Bank Branch. the bacteria hazard, alone....... Yea, building owner (sewer lift pit) was also a big depositor (millions). You do have to ponder that all those branch workers knew it and said nothing. How far do you stick your neck out for people who won't do it for themselves. You thread those as best you can. Life is far from pretty.
I had not known the Chief was Filipino and he reminds me of the painting crew doing FAA housing when I was a kid. Far from home and family, a tough job and they were the nicest people you could ever hope to meet. They took us fishing and I caught (snagged) my first fish with them. We met them again latter and were catching rock fish for them as we know where and how by then. It was a privilege to know those guys.
Wow, I had that video pop up too and wondered what Chief Makoi’s thoughts would be on it.
Thank you for your first hand point of view. I enjoy the videos.
Thank you, Chief. I spent 8 years @ sea and 18 years @ shipyard. Regulations tightened over that time; we spent a great deal of time & money meeting environmental requirements. It appears your presentation clashed with somebody's bumper sticker.
Thank you Chief, your standards are impressive at the least and your love of job and duty are the best!!!
Chief Makoi, thank you for sharing this and helping God provide a sustaining lifestyle.
Brilliant video and explanation Chief!! Well done indeed! Fair winds and following seas brother!!!
This is your best one yet. Great job explaining the problem, but also the solutions.
You make me want to go back deep sea Chief, I work on ferries on the west coast of Scotland now but miss all the big machinery on large container ships
I really appreciate you sir explaining how and what the bilge tank is and where the water comes from and the process of disposal. And how responsible engineers do the process correctly.
A living legend of knowledge!
Great job Chief👍👏😊
WOW! As soon as I saw DW's documentary I thought of you to give a sound answer to It. Thank you for clarifying the proper way to do things AND exposing the motivations to acts contrary to that.
Great video, Chief. Clear and thorough. I admire your ethics! 💕
I have to say, you are definitely a roll model for future seafarers, and
As a teacher I think your students definitely have the right teacher to learn about a job in the industry. 👍👍👍
Thanks Chief from an old Salt you do an amazing job for us former Sailors great job!
Hi from uk Chief MAKOi👋👍 great info session thank you but a key point I noticed at time you mentioned bilge filling and overflowing to engine room if this level was to be reached it could possible put ship at risk too possibly as would make ship unsteady from wash moving as live load and could capsize the vessel 👍 but could not send dirty thru fuel sytem filters and burn that way rather than furnace? And pleased you excerpt you authority on board you great guy and awesome team leader👌 thanks for your time and be safe see you soon👍👋
thank you for sharing. my father was a second mate for several years. but has passed away and I was not able to ask him about this. I feel like you answered all my questions
The Chief is again showing us how it is done.
Thanks for the insights.
Thank you Chief for an honest explanation, I have spent many years on commercial/chartering bulk carriers , but don’t have experience on technical side
Good to see an person of the trade talk about the issue
Chief Makoi, as always....thank you very much for your insights! Was about to ask...you already had the video on Bilge dumping! Only yesterday, watched the Bilge dumping documentary by DW (which seems to be the same documentary you are referring to) ...and almost immediately, I thought wanting to know more about this and was the only person who could give a perspective about this via RUclips, was you, Chief. Amazing and thank you, Chief!
Best seafarers education channel on the net.
Outstanding video. From watching your previous videos and the video doc series you did on the maritime academy, one comes to understand the degree of professionalism and pride on moral values you display every time. Keep up the good work, Chief.
I was wondering when you would buzz in about that video I had pop up in my feed recently. As was watching it i was literally thinking "Wow, the chief would lose his mind if he saw this", and literally one day later, here you are. As usual, you do not disappoint. You really take pride in your job and in doing it properly, you run a tight ship and really seem to love life at sea. I knew as soon as I saw that propaganda video you would tell everyone how it should be done properly. Thank you chief for educating people on how to be professional and do things properly and respectfully. :D
Well it's not propaganda if they have thousand of documented cases of this happening. He's a great guy but he's only one guy this is a massive problem.
Chief Makoi you're doing a great job. Thank you.
Really informative and interesting video, Chief. Like most things, people form opinions based on bits of information combined with bits of knowledge. Thanks for setting the record more straight.
Thankyou Chiefe. I truly apreciate your content. You always give me learning. Keep up the great work.
I agree Chief. !! Those who do so bad should have to stand trial. I know you and your co. And most are sqare. We all are greatful for that. Hope your Easter was well n your family n crew also. Much love n prayers from southeast ohio USA. God bless n thankyou.
On my older brothers cruise ship its very strict, along with brown and gray waste. Again a very balanced review. Thanks again
As big as the ocean is we managing to ruin it. It's good there are people like you that respect the ocean. Thanks for your hard work
Whenever I think of the whale populations it makes me sad. To think most of the damage done to that population happened after WW2 when ships became faster than whales. So many populations are completely devastated.
Makoi isn't the chief on every ship at sea. If he was, there would be no pollution from any ship. Chief's videos are some of the most informative on YT. I admire him for his work and life ethics, and his life's accomplishments. Any one who criticizes him is a member of the woke community ... ignorance and hate. Chief ... keep on keeping on. You are greatly admired.
Hi sir my name is firaol I'm from Ethiopia I going to join your industry and I'm so excited and I want
let that you are the one who motivate me
Good video Chief MakOi. Very informative. Hope it makes a difference. Keep posting.
Thanks Chief! It has always amazed me that we use our oceans as a food source and a toilet at the same time. Please keep doing what you do setting the bar higher.
When I worked on oil tankers in the 1980s we would clean the tanks using the Butterworth system. This is a hose with a revolving nozzle on the end of it that allows a high-pressure stream of water to shoot out and rotate 360°. I was under the impression this water was dumped overboard when we were far enough from shore. The tanks on the tankers only had to be cleaned if they were going to be used for different cargo. I still remember at the end of the process having to go down into the tanks and use a mop to remove the last bit of water. I'm not aware that anything is changed.
Another great video & you highlight what goes behind the scenes & ship’s maintenance, et cetera
As soon as I saw that documentary, I thought of you. So glad you did this.
Almost every time in life, I've found it tends to be easier to do it right in the first place.
another great vid, hearing what happens first hand is always best! thanks chief!
Thank you so much chief makoi for sharing your experience about bilge dumping. This is unfortunately happening on some of the ship. I hope, if we can only have a better management system, we can eradicate this "temptations" you are saying. There is a lot more to comment but definitely this is something significant that needs to heed of.
Thanks for the explanation of how ships dispose of oil waste in the bilge. I always learn from your channel.
Another great video, thank you! I miss my time going to sea. Your videos help. Again, thank you.
Thank you again for insight into a world I will never see, but have always been interested in. I, too saw the video you referenced and some things in it seemed overblown.
How many times it's been scary out in middle of the ocean thousand's of milles from land and thank you for doing the right thing and keeping little part of world trade going ❤
Thank you for taking on this difficult topic. I know from experience racing small boats how big a problem this is. 20 miles out is a dead zone of oil covered water. You need to raise this issue often - no matter whether it ends up revealing a specific nation responsible for the vast majority of the offense. Those of us fast enough to see hundreds of vessels know exactly who is doing it.
Let me guess, the same country that is obvious from the accent of the whistleblower?
Thanks Cheif, I like your videos. I do a lot of recreatrional sailing in the Los Angeles/Long Beach harbor, there is an oily sheen on the water most days.
Good work Chief - and a great work attitude.
Thank you for presenting these tutorials sir. They should be required courses at every merchant marine academy and U.S. Navy ROTC school as well as at the U.S. Naval Academy and U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
This is a topic i know about! My dad builds, installs and maintains Bilge water treatment/Oil-Water-Separators! From when i was young, i always joined him to ships being build or being in port to repair them or give them a periodic check with certificate! Whenever i get the chance nowadays, i still go with him for a day. But 40 hour workweek leaves few chances!
Hello markoi good to see you and your family have got through the covid horrors , the bilge pumping has always been a problem in some small companies as well it never makes the headlines as much , my biggest nightmare was running bunker barges as combined master and second engineer , it was pressure pulses when the ship swapped tanks with out letting us know or just closed valves and you know how many different types of connecting point arrangements are out there , I've had ships engineer want to connect up using 3 bolts poorly aligned and g clamps and one new ship inparticular had a bunker flange with no holes as there regular port in Europe the connecting line had a flange with 8 built in clamps , my worst engine room was a large harbour tug were the prior ten years were FIFO engineers in a tropical northern port ,in Australia it took a 2 month layup to get the tug suitable for its next working life new oil water separation system and we separated the bilge area around the water pumping area to stop this entering the bilge, good to chat ,calm seas and clean er vent systems fresh air intakes cheers for now
Swim with the fishes?! I know it happens (at least in the Navy), but it is hard to think that in this day and age someone would be that desperate to cover something like this up. As usual, your video is excellent and easily understood. When I served (1974 to 1982) we were allowed to dump overboard as long as we were 12 miles from land. This always seemed arbitrary to me, but then nobody asked for my opinion! We even threw solid waste overboard once we were 12 miles out. This has all been changed today and I think this is a good thing. I bet they still dump CHT tanks while at sea. :-) Good job Chief!!
Nice one chief. As an ex OCM service engineer you nailed this one.
Thank you for clearing this up for us.
You are the man!
Thanks Chief for another informative video, I cannot understand why people would dump that oily Bilge into our oceans and see that oil in the water, I wouldn't be able to sleep at night knowing that.
I went to college years ago for Biology. We were taught that that the biggest source/origin of oil pollution in the Oceans, was day to day shipping operations - dumping & filling bilge tanks for ballast!??? Such nonsense is taught as FACT! Professor very smart in some things, but did not have a clue in others. I'm sure we would both agree that pollution is a very real problem to be taken very seriously - but bashing good & responsible Engineers such as you & your company is not the solution. I really like the way you addressed this, & have no doubt of your integrity & commitment to do your best to do things right! Unfortunate the world will always have Jerks that will do stupid things, but sad that other Jerks will try to condemn other good people along with them. Meanwhile same jerks are dumping bad stuff down their drains any time that it is most convenient to them - never caring it all ends up in the Ocean.
Another excellent and informative vlog. Thanks for your clear and precise explanations.
Thank you for that great video. We all know the perpetrators who have been fined for this dumping. Hopefully we can clean it up with our laws and our eyes.
Well said Chief! I work in an industry where a few cause big problems for the rest of us and the culture is always in question!
Thank you Chief.