I used t go home nd call everything nautical terms and sounded crazy....That is why I often do not use all nautical terms when I talk in my videos so I hope yu understand. I AM very very familiar though as I have sailed for a good time. I just find it hard to turn on and off the ways of talking so I try to keep it as I do when home.....
My late wife called going on a cruise "being in jail , with a chance of drowning" and by these cabin commenters I know it was good we never went on one! She would have hated it!!
I just received my MMC and twic card, I served on 2 ships in the US Navy, I am also a retired correction officer..I'm having a hard time finding maritime work, would like know how you got a job on a container ship, maybe I'm doing something wrong, I definitely need advice
Augusto Huertas facilities on a cruise ship are much better than a container vessel, a lot more responsibly operating a ship with 20 crew rather than 2000
I never would’ve guessed that a single crew member on a container ship would get such nice, spacious accommodations. I would expect a bare bones, narrow room with a double bunk and community showers. I guess cruise ships are fighting for any extra space possible for a paying passenger. Nice setup.
The thing is the ships have gotten bigger and bigger and yes the accommodations I've gotten better with time I'm remembered working on all the ships where the rooms were nowhere near as nice so I have seen a drastic change
cargo ships have very small crew, no more than 20 even for biggest, that's why space is much more than passenger or military ship where crew is at around 100 times bigger
The thing is both are completely different concepts. A cruise ship tends to try to get their passengers outside so that they can spent their money in cafes, casinos, restaurants etc. They want the passengers to come out and get into the open areas with other passengers. (Well the bigger cruiseships that is) Container Ships on the other hand are manned by the crew alone and the occasional tourist coming on board. But all in all the crew stays in their cabins, mess or fitness room. So in order to keep morale high the crew cabins there are more spacious to make up for the lack of other opportunities to relax. I guess it also depends on the person itself which one of the two concepts are more appealing.
This is not a common stateroom. It's incredibly modern, spacious and comfortable compared to most crew quarters on fishing boats, cruise ships and tugs. In fact, I'd guess that about 90% could fit in this guy's bathroom. Being away from home for weeks or months at a time, it's nice that Maersk takes care of it's crew by providing them a room like this.
I was in the Navy... your shower is more space than I had for my rack and locker space combined. Only the Captain and XO had a cabin that big. Other officers would bunk 2 or 4 in a cabin that size. Senior enlisted would probably go 6-9, and regular enlisted like me would fit 9-12 in a room that size. I do not miss the joys of being an enlisted man on a military ship.
I spent 20+ years in the US Navy and I would have LOVED to have berthing like this while at sea! I'm glad you have your own really nice space to call your own while steaming.
Wow !! Definitely more space than I thought you would have. I guess it's important to keep you guys as comfortable as possible. My son and I recently built a large Lego version of one of your ships.........without living quarters, lol. Thanks for the tour.
Hello Good video to show for those who never got onboard. I'm a Ship Chandler from SSZ Brazil. My company has contract with Maersk. We supply most vessels here in SSZ port. Have a safe sailing. All the best!
It was a bittersweet moment watching the calendar for me. Apparently, my father passed on the following week. Just as I entered the hospital when they called a code blue. I was in shock when it was the room number that my father was in. I still remember going the emergency stairs. I did not want to believe it. But all the medical staff stood there and my fear came a reality. I miss my dear father so much. But he and my late mom helped me into getting a home that I can call now - MY OWN. For them: THE LAST BIRTHDAY GIFT OF MY PARENTS WHO WERE BORN IN JANUARY - THE FINAL MORTGAGE PAYOFF. 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Lucky you on a Danish ship. I worked on a small Swedish oil tanker in the 1960ties in east Asia Indonesia no air-conditioning but my cabin had 2 portholes that could be kept open. I loved it!
Hot damn! That room is bigger than most Tokyo apartments! I know, I just saw a video of one! I also noticed you have a ton of storage wow! Funny thing, until recently, I always thought CRUISE ships looked just like this, but smaller cabins. I was very surprised to see cruise ships are floating hotels! Did not know that was even possible.. Most of my life my dad was on military ships and so my experience seeing a ship was always a military or mercy ship, which look like this only very cramped. This must be a luxury cargo ship..
My late grandfather was employed by Mærsk. His job was to choose all the art that goes on the walls inside the ships and on oil rigs... So he probably chose the art for your walls.
Good sized cabin. I was a trainee deckhand on the fist ship to go between the Falklands and South America after the war (this was '89) and my cabin was half that for 2 of us. My abiding memory was of one VERY rough crossing from Stanley to Punta Arenas in Chile. The weather was so bad i put a load of life jackets under the outer edge of mt mattress to raise it up and create a "V" for me to sleep in against the bulkhead. Had to sleep feet forward as the ship came down some of the waves pretty vertically and it was easier hitting the forward bulkhead with your feet and flexing at the knee rather than landing on your head! (Learned that the hard way!) 2 day crossing took 6 days and the novelty of the rough weather wore off pretty quick.
I like your lil' cabin, lol. For me I think you have the perfect sized cabin. Plenty of storage and a private head (bathroom for your land lubbers, lol)
Thank you for posting! I am much too old now but have long wondered what life in the modern merchant marine might be like. My great-great was a mariner as were two of my uncles. Sadly the latter two were lost during WWII.
Wow. That living space is so super clean. My efficiency apartment is a little bigger, but very old and run down. But, hey, wherever you lay down and rest is Home! ✝️
Not bad at all. Quite a good standard. We had similar cabins in P & O Bulk Shipping back in the 70s. Good sized bed, shower and toilet, good furniture but no tv or fridge. We only had one multi-standard tv in the wardroom. When I got to 2nd Engineer, my cabin had a bath & shower, a fridge, and a short wave radio so I could listen to BBC World Service (It was crap then and still is now) but I usually took my own FM radio so I could receive the C & W and easy listening stations on the USA east coast (like WHIM at Providence, RI and WLIF at Baltimore, MD). At that time, computers were the size of large refrigerators, so no laptops, but I did have a typewriter the size of a printing press! On one occasion during that time, a few of us were invited aboard a vessel in the Persian Gulf that was crewed by a ship management company (might have been D******m, but can't remember for sure) and it was awful- dirty, cramped and no A/C. I certainly hope things improved for those guys.
This is a really great video thank you, as a college student I've told myself that if I really hate my job once I graduate then I'll try and find my way onto a cargo ship. It seems like you have more room than I do in a dorm although you don't share it with another human being and all their stuff. I always wondered what sorts of accommodations cargo ships had for the crew.
Thanks, I used to work for Mærsk at Giralda Farms, NJ. I did data management for North America. Lots of familiarity with the overall operation, but I never had any way to tie the raw numbers to actual people. This is really interesting and helpful.
I spent 6 years in the Navy I loved being at sea just was ready to get out of the military. I wish I would of known how to go about becoming a merchant seaman. Great videos I enjoy watching!
Thank you for sharing this video. I’ve always wondered what container ship quarters looked like. It looks VERY nice! Much better than what I had when I served in the US Navy. Again, thank you.
Wow, that is 1000 times nicer than the rooms we where issued in Afghanistan. I could live in that room indefinitely and never feel cramped. After 3 1/2 years in Afghanistan I can say a private bathroom or Head as sea farers call it is priceless. You have enough space to fit in a microwave and a cooktop and would be able to cook your own meals.
220v outlets and one small converter good enough for a radio and alarm clock- not cooking with that. We don't get shot at all that often, but we don't get more then 800 feet from our rooms for months at a time either.
Excellent. Thanks. Very good intro to the room, I get the sense of the size and the feel of it. Lot better than some hotel rooms, nice that you have windows.
I actually load and unload these container ships, I always feel sorry for the crew sleeping or chilling out when we are working close to the bridge, as it's just bang bang bang with the containers,
@@JeffOnboard Teesport Middlesbrough UK, not a huge port, if you Google "Jordan Lowrie pd ports dock worker" I come up, night be suprised at the article haha !!
Very comfortable looking cabin. I was a Radio Officer on British Deepsea Trawlers on Icelandic trips which had my cabin directly next to the radio room behind the bridge. My cabin was basic with a bunk and storage space but was probably half the size of your cabin but was comfortable enough for my needs aboard. I had a porthole in my cabin which used to leak like a sieve in very rough weather which was most of the time in winter months off Iceland. Apart from the Skipper who had his own cabin and heads etc all the other ships officers had their own cabin but had to share the showers, sinks and heads. This was back in the late 1960's early 1970's. Time at sea was approximately 21 days with 3 days shore leave. Trawlers today are much better and larger and stay at sea a lot longer up to six months at a time on freezer ships before returning to port.
Well, when I was in the Navy I shared a berthing compartment with about 50 other guys, so this is much better! I don't even think the XO's cabin was this big.
Wow, those are some luxury accommodations! After high school, 1968, I sailed as a deck hand on a Great Lakes ore Carrier that was Built-in 1900. We had bare steel bunks, 6 to a Room. Nothing but bare steel walls of which one was part of the anchor chain storage bin. You better hope to hell they didn't drop anchor while you were sleeping. Compared to your digs it was like being in a jail cell.
Wow, you got a lot of room to yourself with a ton of private amenities. That is real nice and also thanks for keeping it simple and not going to technical on us! :D
Looks a lot like my room I had near the Naval Hospital at Camp Pendleton in the mid 70's. We even had coed barracks but not coed rooms unfortunately. A few years ago I was thinking about visiting Europe but I don't use planes ever. I also couldn't afford a cruise ship room. Someone told me that some merchant ships have a few empty rooms that private individuals can book. Of course it's not cruise ship standards and I'm sure the rooms are clean and there are certain rules you have to follow. I wonder if you can still do that?
Wow I used to work for P&O containers, and our cabins in the late 80s early 90s were better than this, and my bed was twice the size,, a lovely way to live life, I miss the days badly, but memories never fade
That is a massive room for one person in a ship! And they are all that size except the Captains is even bigger? Wow. And they have an ensuite plus a couch plus plenty of free space. It is worth getting a job on a container ship just for that. At the other extreme , in submarines they don't even get their own bunk to sleep on. They have to share their bunk with another submariner, so when one is working the other one can sleep, and then they swap. Sometimes three of them share one bunk and all do 6 hour rotations. So the bunks must always be hot. Yuck. And they have to share two toilets for dozens of men and same with the showers.
Never seen this kind of thing before. Thank you for going to the trouble of making a video for us land lubbers . It seems quite nice altogether. Bless you as you travel the seas.
At least your bed is pointed the correct way! The wonderful engineers that designed our ships, thought it would be a great idea to put the beds athwartship! You think it's hard sleeping when the weather is rough, try doing it when your laying athwartship! I like how they have your bunk in your room, at least then it's easy to put something under the mattress and wedge yourself up next to the bulkhead, no can do with our beds, they are in the middle of the stateroom with the head of the bed up next to the bulkhead. Whoever designed our ships, obviously has never slept on one during high seas! Fair Winds and Following Seas my friend. 😁
My father was a US Merchant Marine starting in the late 1930's up until the very early 1950's. Then he came ashore but stayed in the shipping industry. When he started going to sea rooms like this were none existent. No air conditioning but did have fans. Mind you no internet but they did have short wave radio...and no private head. At least for the crew. Thanks for the view.
Thats actually bigger than my room now. Mine is only 10’x10’ . Not on a ship but a shared chicago basement apartment . So small it looks like the space station, even the ceiling in my room is used for storage! Im 5’11” and my ceiling is 6’9”.
I used t go home nd call everything nautical terms and sounded crazy....That is why I often do not use all nautical terms when I talk in my videos so I hope yu understand. I AM very very familiar though as I have sailed for a good time. I just find it hard to turn on and off the ways of talking so I try to keep it as I do when home.....
My late wife called going on a cruise "being in jail , with a chance of drowning" and by these cabin commenters I know it was good we never went on one! She would have hated it!!
They hiring?
Do you have to share room's on there?
I just received my MMC and twic card, I served on 2 ships in the US Navy, I am also a retired correction officer..I'm having a hard time finding maritime work, would like know how you got a job on a container ship, maybe I'm doing something wrong, I definitely need advice
Your room actually looks incredibly comfortable
That room is a mansion compared with the cruise ship crew rooms.
Space isn't nearly as restricted on container ships, as there are very few people. In fact, you can pay to travel on many of them.
It is very nice and spacious 👍😎
Augusto Huertas facilities on a cruise ship are much better than a container vessel, a lot more responsibly operating a ship with 20 crew rather than 2000
Or paying customers
Augusto Huertas there are only 3 in any ship. The rest are small.
Love the Red Dwarf DVD’s. Loved that show! Watched it all the time.
I never would’ve guessed that a single crew member on a container ship would get such nice, spacious accommodations. I would expect a bare bones, narrow room with a double bunk and community showers. I guess cruise ships are fighting for any extra space possible for a paying passenger. Nice setup.
It usually depends on your job on the ship the more important the bigger the room
The thing is the ships have gotten bigger and bigger and yes the accommodations I've gotten better with time I'm remembered working on all the ships where the rooms were nowhere near as nice so I have seen a drastic change
cargo ships have very small crew, no more than 20 even for biggest, that's why space is much more than passenger or military ship where crew is at around 100 times bigger
The thing is both are completely different concepts. A cruise ship tends to try to get their passengers outside so that they can spent their money in cafes, casinos, restaurants etc.
They want the passengers to come out and get into the open areas with other passengers. (Well the bigger cruiseships that is)
Container Ships on the other hand are manned by the crew alone and the occasional tourist coming on board. But all in all the crew stays in their cabins, mess or fitness room. So in order to keep morale high the crew cabins there are more spacious to make up for the lack of other opportunities to relax. I guess it also depends on the person itself which one of the two concepts are more appealing.
NemeanLion I'm in the Navy and I expected the same. Now I'm just jealous.
I love your channel man, no hype, no clickbaity thumbnails, just showing us something most of us will never get a chance to see.
RED DWARF!!!! YES!! The perfect series for being stuck on a massive ship.
RED DWARF DVDS in the cabinet!!!! WInning!
Just remember, gazpacho soup is served cold. ;)
Smoke me a kipper skipper 😎 best show ever!!
Cool video. I have never seen the inside of a ship's cabin before and didn't expect it to look like a regular apartment.
This is not a common stateroom. It's incredibly modern, spacious and comfortable compared to most crew quarters on fishing boats, cruise ships and tugs. In fact, I'd guess that about 90% could fit in this guy's bathroom. Being away from home for weeks or months at a time, it's nice that Maersk takes care of it's crew by providing them a room like this.
Play videogames alone in a Ship cabin is Priceless. A great experience for Someone who is a Gamer and Seafarer!
Heyyyy please come check my channel out, I’m trying to reach 1K subscribers! 💜
Exactly bro I'm also a gamer. When I sailed
I was in the Navy... your shower is more space than I had for my rack and locker space combined. Only the Captain and XO had a cabin that big. Other officers would bunk 2 or 4 in a cabin that size. Senior enlisted would probably go 6-9, and regular enlisted like me would fit 9-12 in a room that size. I do not miss the joys of being an enlisted man on a military ship.
I spent 20+ years in the US Navy and I would have LOVED to have berthing like this while at sea! I'm glad you have your own really nice space to call your own while steaming.
I couldn't do it. I need my space. I like being by myself. Thank you for your service!
Men just need a game system, chair, and TV and we're good lol. This looks like every dorm/apartment I've lived in since I turned 18.
Lol😁😁😁
Ah, I see you have Red Dwarf DVDs. Good man.
He's got great smeggin' choice in comedy.
Series I-IV. Quality choices. Presumably V is in the player.
"You call those triangular sandwiches? Did you use a set square? I think not!"-Kryten
cplcabs I was going to make the same comment until I skimmed down and saw your own. Red Dwarf is classic.
No idea how I got to this video, but when I saw the Red Dwarf dvd's instant thumbs up from me. Also I found his room to be more than tidy enough!
I approve of the DVD collection.
Red Dwarf is my all time favorite....
Wow! When I was in the U.S. Navy, I had a bunk and a locker. That was it! If I had more time i might think about a year or two in the Merchant Fleet.
Wow !! Definitely more space than I thought you would have. I guess it's important to keep you guys as comfortable as possible. My son and I recently built a large Lego version of one of your ships.........without living quarters, lol. Thanks for the tour.
Hello I’m one of the lashing crew of the port of Antwerp MPET , I have worked a lot on your ship. I have subscribed to your channel👍🏻
This is better than most motel rooms and it's probably twice as clean.
This beats my cabin onboard a Celebrity Cruise ship. My cabin wasn't a quarter of what you had....and I had to share it with another person!!
Wow, sounds tight
That’s actually pretty sweet. Looks cozy.
Hello Good video to show for those who never got onboard. I'm a Ship Chandler from SSZ Brazil. My company has contract with Maersk. We supply most vessels here in SSZ port. Have a safe sailing. All the best!
It was a bittersweet moment watching the calendar for me. Apparently, my father passed on the following week. Just as I entered the hospital when they called a code blue. I was in shock when it was the room number that my father was in. I still remember going the emergency stairs. I did not want to believe it. But all the medical staff stood there and my fear came a reality. I miss my dear father so much. But he and my late mom helped me into getting a home that I can call now - MY OWN. For them: THE LAST BIRTHDAY GIFT OF MY PARENTS WHO WERE BORN IN JANUARY - THE FINAL MORTGAGE PAYOFF. 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Thank you so much for sharing that and I wish you all the best
Digs like that can help attract good crews.
Yes if you know a ship has terrible cabins it might make you not inclined to want to work there
Lucky you on a Danish ship. I worked on a small Swedish oil tanker in the 1960ties in east Asia Indonesia no air-conditioning but my cabin had 2 portholes that could be kept open. I loved it!
Danish company, but Maersk Line Limited American crewed ship...
Hot damn! That room is bigger than most Tokyo apartments! I know, I just saw a video of one! I also noticed you have a ton of storage wow! Funny thing, until recently, I always thought CRUISE ships looked just like this, but smaller cabins. I was very surprised to see cruise ships are floating hotels! Did not know that was even possible.. Most of my life my dad was on military ships and so my experience seeing a ship was always a military or mercy ship, which look like this only very cramped. This must be a luxury cargo ship..
That room looks more comfortable,spacious, and more accommodating that an expensive cruise liner room. Way awesome!!!!
Lol.
So true.
No complaints it's decent
There is something so comforting on a ship with your own cabin. Lottsa good nights sleep there I suppose.
Good choice of DVD's. Red Dwarf. As a Brit I totally approve.
My late grandfather was employed by Mærsk. His job was to choose all the art that goes on the walls inside the ships and on oil rigs... So he probably chose the art for your walls.
Wow that’s an awesome room wouldn’t expect such a spacious place to live on a ship! Thanks for showing
Good sized cabin.
I was a trainee deckhand on the fist ship to go between the Falklands and South America after the war (this was '89) and my cabin was half that for 2 of us.
My abiding memory was of one VERY rough crossing from Stanley to Punta Arenas in Chile.
The weather was so bad i put a load of life jackets under the outer edge of mt mattress to raise it up and create a "V" for me to sleep in against the bulkhead.
Had to sleep feet forward as the ship came down some of the waves pretty vertically and it was easier hitting the forward bulkhead with your feet and flexing at the knee rather than landing on your head!
(Learned that the hard way!)
2 day crossing took 6 days and the novelty of the rough weather wore off pretty quick.
I remember times when I did the "V" as well in storms.....ship quarters have improved over time 100%
I like your lil' cabin, lol. For me I think you have the perfect sized cabin. Plenty of storage and a private head (bathroom for your land lubbers, lol)
Yes I don't always use the nautical terms, lol....I should make a video about sea terms, lol.
Red Dwarf, great show!
That's what I noticed. He has all the seasons from the looks of it.
Thank you for posting! I am much too old now but have long wondered what life in the modern merchant marine might be like. My great-great was a mariner as were two of my uncles. Sadly the latter two were lost during WWII.
Don't know why this was in my recommended but I'm very pleased. Thanks for sharing!
Was very glad to see you had those windows. Actually, very nice set up. thanks for sharing.
Wow. That living space is so super clean. My efficiency apartment is a little bigger, but very old and run down. But, hey, wherever you lay down and rest is Home! ✝️
I go to my next ship July 9. If the room is good I will share again and try to make more marine related footage....TY for your comment.
That is a very comfortable room. Looks like a tub/shower. Nice for taking a hot muscle soaking bath.
No, just a stand-up shower.
2:11 Red Dwarf DVD's, nice! A man of good taste!!
Jeff, what a spacious layout. It's perfect! Thank you for showing this.
Yes, but the one i posted later from a different ship was even better...
Not bad at all. Quite a good standard. We had similar cabins in P & O Bulk Shipping back in the 70s. Good sized bed, shower and toilet, good furniture but no tv or fridge. We only had one multi-standard tv in the wardroom. When I got to 2nd Engineer, my cabin had a bath & shower, a fridge, and a short wave radio so I could listen to BBC World Service (It was crap then and still is now) but I usually took my own FM radio so I could receive the C & W and easy listening stations on the USA east coast (like WHIM at Providence, RI and WLIF at Baltimore, MD). At that time, computers were the size of large refrigerators, so no laptops, but I did have a typewriter the size of a printing press! On one occasion during that time, a few of us were invited aboard a vessel in the Persian Gulf that was crewed by a ship management company (might have been D******m, but can't remember for sure) and it was awful- dirty, cramped and no A/C. I certainly hope things improved for those guys.
I was at sea for 18 years and never had cabin as nice as yours.
This is a really great video thank you, as a college student I've told myself that if I really hate my job once I graduate then I'll try and find my way onto a cargo ship. It seems like you have more room than I do in a dorm although you don't share it with another human being and all their stuff. I always wondered what sorts of accommodations cargo ships had for the crew.
Thanks, I used to work for Mærsk at Giralda Farms, NJ. I did data management for North America.
Lots of familiarity with the overall operation, but I never had any way to tie the raw numbers to actual people.
This is really interesting and helpful.
I spent 6 years in the Navy I loved being at sea just was ready to get out of the military. I wish I would of known how to go about becoming a merchant seaman. Great videos I enjoy watching!
Red Dwarf collection! Nice! Also it's really neat and quite roomy compared to what I thought and you've got video games, that's awesome.
World's largest container ship watching Red Dwarf. How appropriate.
love Red Dwarf!
Love how you have all of Red Dwarf stashed away in your personal drawer, pretty fitting.
I love Red Dwarf....I often imagine I am on the mining ship as I work. It makes it better, lol.
Thanks 😊 that was interesting to see for us who have never worked at Sea on a ship.
So glad I stumbled upon this. I always wondered what a crew room would look like on a ship of this size. Very cool, stay safe out there!
Thank you for sharing this video. I’ve always wondered what container ship quarters looked like. It looks VERY nice! Much better than what I had when I served in the US Navy. Again, thank you.
Impressive ! i'd never guess you would have such a nice room - thanks for sharing !
CABIN, NOT ROOM
thank you for watching. I made it because so many asked to see what it looks like where we sleep....Thanks
Wow, that is 1000 times nicer than the rooms we where issued in Afghanistan. I could live in that room indefinitely and never feel cramped. After 3 1/2 years in Afghanistan I can say a private bathroom or Head as sea farers call it is priceless. You have enough space to fit in a microwave and a cooktop and would be able to cook your own meals.
Its not abot feeling cramped but feeling lonely in there.
Obviously don't be expecting a 5 star hotel while on tour hahah 🤣
220v outlets and one small converter good enough for a radio and alarm clock- not cooking with that. We don't get shot at all that often, but we don't get more then 800 feet from our rooms for months at a time either.
“this is a couch you can sit on....” lol-thanks buddy for the explanation. That one puzzled me. Nice video.
Hi, I just got picked up for a job with Crowley, I'm going to a container ship, Thank you for the video and it gives me some idea what to expect.
That's luxury try out the berthing on an aircraft carrier! Small to say the least. Everything stuffed into your rack!
Oh it’s terrible isn’t it? I was on the USS Stennis back in 2001. I fucking hated it
There are thousands of college kids who would absolutely love to have a dorm room that's as nice and spacious as that 👍
A room that moves, lol
A nice room and you deserve it! It's hard work on a big ship!
Yes it is hard work and the room is not bad...Happy New 2024🥳🥂
Excellent. Thanks. Very good intro to the room, I get the sense of the size and the feel of it. Lot better than some hotel rooms, nice that you have windows.
Nice cabin, it’s much bigger than what I’d thought it be, cool video, thanks for sharing.
It's better than the last cabin I had on a cruise ship.
I was a cargo ship passenger many years ago. I have vivid memories of my picture window looking out on the backs of containers.
I actually load and unload these container ships, I always feel sorry for the crew sleeping or chilling out when we are working close to the bridge, as it's just bang bang bang with the containers,
Yes it is loud, but all part of the job and we learn to sleep through it....What port are you working?
@@JeffOnboard Teesport Middlesbrough UK, not a huge port, if you Google "Jordan Lowrie pd ports dock worker" I come up, night be suprised at the article haha !!
Wow, that is spacious! I'd love to live in something that size right now! Looks like you got it made. 🙂👍
Very comfortable looking cabin. I was a Radio Officer on British Deepsea Trawlers on Icelandic trips which had my cabin directly next to the radio room behind the bridge. My cabin was basic with a bunk and storage space but was probably half the size of your cabin but was comfortable enough for my needs aboard. I had a porthole in my cabin which used to leak like a sieve in very rough weather which was most of the time in winter months off Iceland. Apart from the Skipper who had his own cabin and heads etc all the other ships officers had their own cabin but had to share the showers, sinks and heads. This was back in the late 1960's early 1970's. Time at sea was approximately 21 days with 3 days shore leave. Trawlers today are much better and larger and stay at sea a lot longer up to six months at a time on freezer ships before returning to port.
That is a mansion, my locker in the navy was smaller than his small one, for everything I had.
Fellow Veteran Thank You for your Service .
I am looking directly at the red dwarf dvds that you have in your cabinet you have good taste
Ahhh smeg!! Yes my all time favorite show.....
Well, when I was in the Navy I shared a berthing compartment with about 50 other guys, so this is much better! I don't even think the XO's cabin was this big.
It's easier to have a larger space on a merchant vessel because we only have a crew of 20
Smegnhell...Red Dwarf!!!
Nice room. Thanks for showing us.
Wow. That's actually a good room for a ship. Good amount of space. Very nice.
I have no idea how I ended up here... but I enjoyed the video!
RED DWARF!!! My favorite show. You have the DVD's too! Same. I even had the VHS tapes.
Me too.... best show ever.... yes I have the DVDs....😎
Wow....
I am proud that I am working for Maersk shipping company and currently working in Mumbai office
Wow, that's huge from what I expected for a container ship. Thank you for sharing!
Wow, those are some luxury accommodations! After high school, 1968, I sailed as a deck hand on a Great Lakes ore Carrier that was Built-in 1900. We had bare steel bunks, 6 to a Room. Nothing but bare steel walls of which one was part of the anchor chain storage bin. You better hope to hell they didn't drop anchor while you were sleeping. Compared to your digs it was like being in a jail cell.
I'm impressed by how nice that room is...
Yes the rooms are generally good size because we only have Crews of about 20
Ah, the pre-Covid world. I miss it.
Huge cabin compared to an inside cabin on cruise ships.
Yes, I miss it too.. on Merchant ships, we often have slightly larger cabins because we only have crews of about 20 people or so.
😎🚢🐳⚓️🌊
That looks really nice..comfy.. I certainly wouldn’t complain. 😀
Good room. Great to see Red Dwarf videos in the locker. Hours of hilarious entertainment there.
Wow, you got a lot of room to yourself with a ton of private amenities. That is real nice and also thanks for keeping it simple and not going to technical on us! :D
Looks a lot like my room I had near the Naval Hospital at Camp Pendleton in the mid 70's. We even had coed barracks but not coed rooms unfortunately. A few years ago I was thinking about visiting Europe but I don't use planes ever. I also couldn't afford a cruise ship room. Someone told me that some merchant ships have a few empty rooms that private individuals can book. Of course it's not cruise ship standards and I'm sure the rooms are clean and there are certain rules you have to follow. I wonder if you can still do that?
Cosy enough by the looks,everything you need pretty much. Thanks for Sharing.
Thanx for the tour and the example of shipboard living.👍
I like that little floor space, for me it's space enough for body weight exercises, a bit of yoga and stretching. Nice room!
I’m jealous... very nice stateroom. I did 4 years in the US Navy and I shared with 109 people ⚓️
This is actually really nice.
The cabin tour I did on the other ship that room is even better but this room is comfortable yes
Wow I used to work for P&O containers, and our cabins in the late 80s early 90s were better than this, and my bed was twice the size,, a lovely way to live life, I miss the days badly, but memories never fade
That is a massive room for one person in a ship! And they are all that size except the Captains is even bigger? Wow. And they have an ensuite plus a couch plus plenty of free space. It is worth getting a job on a container ship just for that.
At the other extreme , in submarines they don't even get their own bunk to sleep on. They have to share their bunk with another submariner, so when one is working the other one can sleep, and then they swap. Sometimes three of them share one bunk and all do 6 hour rotations. So the bunks must always be hot. Yuck. And they have to share two toilets for dozens of men and same with the showers.
I enjoy that you are doing this. We could have never seen one of these ships on board, otherwise. :)
Thank you for taking the time to show your room. I spent time watching live stream Marine City MI USA. It is a very busy water why river. Safe
Journey
Nicer than the captain's room on a navy ship.
Private company = money to spend especially big company's like Maersk
that i would not have expected. what about an admiral?
No it isn't
Yes, if you don't have 20 crew members for bridge team only, we have some extra space.
Ty for sharing your adventures and videos. Very interesting. Not a bad room for ya. HUGS and blessings from NY State 👍🌠🌌🏞👣🔥🌞Happy Spring
Never seen this kind of thing before. Thank you for going to the trouble of making a video for us land lubbers . It seems quite nice altogether. Bless you as you travel the seas.
At least your bed is pointed the correct way! The wonderful engineers that designed our ships, thought it would be a great idea to put the beds athwartship! You think it's hard sleeping when the weather is rough, try doing it when your laying athwartship! I like how they have your bunk in your room, at least then it's easy to put something under the mattress and wedge yourself up next to the bulkhead, no can do with our beds, they are in the middle of the stateroom with the head of the bed up next to the bulkhead. Whoever designed our ships, obviously has never slept on one during high seas! Fair Winds and Following Seas my friend. 😁
My father was a US Merchant Marine starting in the late 1930's up until the very early 1950's. Then he came ashore but stayed in the shipping industry. When he started going to sea rooms like this were none existent. No air conditioning but did have fans. Mind you no internet but they did have short wave radio...and no private head. At least for the crew.
Thanks for the view.
My uncle was a US Merchant Marine when your dad was, during WW-2. Amazing they made it through the war. 🇺🇸
no internet in the 1940's???
;-)
I'll send this to my 27 year old. Work options.
Thats actually bigger than my room now. Mine is only 10’x10’ . Not on a ship but a shared chicago basement apartment . So small it looks like the space station, even the ceiling in my room is used for storage! Im 5’11” and my ceiling is 6’9”.
And all of a sudden my rolling 130sqft apartment inside a box truck with a 7'10'' ceiling height doesn't sound so much like minimalism anymore.
My dad always cherished his time as a merchant marine. Treated like kings. He's in a nyt best seller called Super Ships.
His stories were legendary.
love the video i worked on a boat on the chicago ship and sanitary cannal. I was thinking about the old days watching this. thanks so much.
Surface ships...on the sub an area that size would house 10 men and the galley
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