SMIT TAK - Salvage attempt of the tanker Braer

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  • Опубликовано: 9 янв 2025

Комментарии • 90

  • @the_grand_tourer
    @the_grand_tourer 2 месяца назад +4

    I was there, part of a film crew, it was chaos, it was a post apocalyptic scene. The south end of the island had air was full of vaporised oil, airport rammed with news crews, fields covered black with oil spray, dead and oil covered animals ... no one was going to recover that before it broke apart.

  •  4 года назад +12

    Thanks for the openness to show a failure as well. The video quality doesn't matter, more important is to show what challenges and surprises a rescue operation can have.

  • @davidvanniekerk356
    @davidvanniekerk356 4 года назад +7

    Dankie / Merci Smit Tak en Radio Nederlands. Die Nederlands is fantasties! Thx.

  • @Trollberg60north
    @Trollberg60north 4 года назад +26

    The Braer was doomed from the minute it went aground.
    I'm a Shetlander and can tell you that there's no way anybody would have salvaged her in January.
    BTW, it's not "The Shetlands", it's just Shetland.

    • @peterj5106
      @peterj5106 Год назад

      Mind reading things about it just no Lang after it happened & kinda sounded like she wis doomed a4 she sailed. If I mind right it wis her last run a4 going for scrap.

  • @andilanzarote
    @andilanzarote 3 года назад +6

    Very, very good docu !
    Super authentic and simply real.
    Better a good docu with shit video quality than a shit docu in 4K.
    Thanks for the upload !!

    • @trep53
      @trep53 3 года назад

      Agreed, the video & audio quality is irrelevant the the tragedy.

  • @geomatteson9659
    @geomatteson9659 Месяц назад +1

    The salvors were just making a show of doing something on the cliffside so as to get compensation for mobilizing. Whatever they might possibly be able to pump from there would have had nowhere to go. There aren’t enough tank trucks in all of England to take away that much oil. It was an impossible situation.

  • @memphiskyle
    @memphiskyle 6 лет назад +15

    For anyone wondering before watching, the video quality does not improve, the white lines are there the whole time.

    • @JakeDarque
      @JakeDarque 5 лет назад +2

      Thanks, it's old so yeah.

    • @Dog.soldier1950
      @Dog.soldier1950 4 года назад +3

      It appears this is an old VCR tape played on a analog TV and then recorded

    • @juliadaniels3871
      @juliadaniels3871 11 часов назад

      In a world full of technology you would have thought there was way of transferring to Digital but maybe this was not possible😔

  • @peterj5106
    @peterj5106 Год назад +1

    I remember this happening clearly. We got a new roof on our house from it. The oil was heavy in the air for day's after she broke up.
    As soon as she was near the shore & they couldn't tow her clear only 1 thing was ever going to happen. It wouldn't matter what salvage company was involved.

  • @fw1421
    @fw1421 4 года назад +5

    Not a single break with this one. The weather worked against them every day.

  • @felixthecleaner8843
    @felixthecleaner8843 6 месяцев назад

    an awesome production!

  • @granskare
    @granskare 6 лет назад +15

    these guys with along with Mammoet company are the best!

    • @colesteven1123
      @colesteven1123 6 лет назад +2

      I politely disagree
      This failed salvage, and the Sea Empress show SMIT TAK to be almost incompetent. Unsure why any government would hire them, likely due to lack of competition. As the narrator said, these companies must be fully prepped year round to salvage. But wrecks such as these are quite rare.
      Just my opinion tho, source material i base my opinion on coming from RUclips, so i could very well be wrong.

    • @leonardbrookes6936
      @leonardbrookes6936 4 года назад +5

      @@colesteven1123 trust me, Smit and Mammoet are probably the best two companies in the world at what they do. Yeah they might have failed here but look at the odds they were up against, the seas round Shetland and Orkney and the north of Scotland are some of the worst in the world in January.
      Plus other local efforts to get a tow on her before she even ran aground failed due to the prevailing conditions, the captain and a few crew members were put back on that ship to try and get her undertow before she grounded and had to be lifted off again due to it being too dangerous.

    • @mcduck5
      @mcduck5 3 года назад +2

      @@colesteven1123 tbh the sea empress was more from the harbor master than smit

  • @navnig
    @navnig 5 дней назад

    This happened on my 14th birthday....I well remember helping comb the beaches here for seabirds and other wildlife tat was still alive and having to bag the unlucky ones that didn't make it =(

  • @etienhoogcarspel8919
    @etienhoogcarspel8919 5 лет назад +17

    shame that this video is so distorted

    • @emptech
      @emptech 4 года назад +2

      Considering that it was shot in that part of the world, most likely shot in PAL. The resolution and frame rate are different than what we use here in the US. They probably did not have a good non-linear editing system for converting the formats. There is terrible herringbone distortion, I wouldn't be surprised that they simply took a video camera (NTSC) and pointed it at a TV monitor, that would explain the miss-match. Really too bad, I'm sure somebody could have fixed it before uploading to youtube.

    • @leonardbrookes6936
      @leonardbrookes6936 4 года назад +1

      @@emptech also bear in mind it was filmed in 1993 well before the advent of digital technology and was most likely recorded onto vhs which will explain the white line dissipation if its been recorded off a t.v onto a tape.

    • @anthonyxuereb792
      @anthonyxuereb792 3 года назад

      @@emptech I believe you are correct in suggesting someone simply pointed a video camera at
      a TV monitor.

  • @isacchris1
    @isacchris1 5 лет назад +4

    Awesome audio!!

    • @travahh4352
      @travahh4352 4 года назад

      Perry Mason, Columbo or maybe Matlock tv actors wants their "suspense audio" royalties

  • @daviddwight5745
    @daviddwight5745 9 месяцев назад

    I went there once…it was exactly like that, June I think it was😂

  • @gastonbouchard9330
    @gastonbouchard9330 3 года назад

    Tango music for the intro and outro?

  • @jinmatwha264
    @jinmatwha264 4 года назад +3

    It was once a beautiful tanker, japanese-built, it is unforfunate that the rescuers could not do anithing because the weather intervened((

  • @etienhoogcarspel8919
    @etienhoogcarspel8919 5 лет назад

    grappig om zo oude bekenden terug te zien

  • @jorisvanswieten2995
    @jorisvanswieten2995 4 года назад

    Did the captain order the anchors away before it went aground?

  • @jinmatwha264
    @jinmatwha264 4 года назад +3

    It's hard for me, a ship lover to watch the Braer die((

  • @brookbilney761
    @brookbilney761 5 лет назад +7

    Reality tv at its best.

  • @RailPreserver2K
    @RailPreserver2K 6 лет назад +10

    i've seen the channel that has the original video, just some advise put a disclaimer in the description crediting the original source okay im not mad just giving very helpful advise

    • @ronnieg6358
      @ronnieg6358 6 лет назад +2

      I'd like to see the original, it would be a clearer picture.

    • @Idkbruv9
      @Idkbruv9 3 года назад

      Me too

  • @johnswimcat
    @johnswimcat 4 года назад +9

    To me it seems inexcusable for any vessel, large or small, to set off on a voyage without all necessary equipment in full working order. This disaster should never have happened

    • @navnig
      @navnig 5 дней назад

      Correct! She should never have left, or have been allowed to leave her previous port of call in Norway.

  • @hansel498
    @hansel498 5 лет назад +2

    What year was that?

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    @marcosantoniosilva4513 4 года назад +1

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  • @Vean440
    @Vean440 3 года назад

    I wonder if there is an AI solution to clear up those stripes on videos.

    • @couttsw
      @couttsw 2 года назад

      The video was uploaded with interlacing on.

    • @Vean440
      @Vean440 2 года назад

      @@couttsw reah i know that technology, but just wondering if anyone got a solution to refresh it with AI and remove interlacing stripes :D Good day to you.

  • @Alfsp1
    @Alfsp1 3 года назад

    Ok who’s got the links to video of the actual salvage?

  • @GavinY
    @GavinY 6 лет назад +12

    Fax, pen paper, smoking , good old days

    • @dorothybuttlicker3588
      @dorothybuttlicker3588 5 лет назад

      Funny how people complain about the quality you couldn't complain back the lol

  • @StofStuiver
    @StofStuiver 3 года назад +2

    Cant win em all.
    Nothing to be done in that weather.

    • @shaunmcclory8117
      @shaunmcclory8117 Год назад

      Should've asked the locals about the chances of calm seas/weather in Jan/Feb in Shetland!

    • @shaunmcclory8117
      @shaunmcclory8117 Год назад

      Should've asked the locals about the chances of calm seas/weather in Jan/Feb in Shetland!

  • @operatorjeffdeathstar7759
    @operatorjeffdeathstar7759 3 года назад +1

    No cure no pay is the way...

    • @daviddwight5745
      @daviddwight5745 9 месяцев назад

      No salvor would have accepted the contract on those conditions after first inspection of the Brear

  • @etienhoogcarspel8919
    @etienhoogcarspel8919 5 лет назад +1

    jammer dat deze video zo gestreept is

  • @robertriquelmy7193
    @robertriquelmy7193 4 года назад

    Poor audio but we will try.

  • @42D6JD210C
    @42D6JD210C 4 года назад +3

    To much Bla Bla not enough get her done!

    • @Dave-id6sj
      @Dave-id6sj 3 года назад +3

      Right oh mate, just what would you have done in that weather apart from what they did? Prepare for a break in the weather that never came, enlighten us all with your wisdom as to just how you would have got shit sorted? Dickhead!

  • @normandate4495
    @normandate4495 4 года назад

    No video showing

  • @bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24
    @bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24 5 лет назад +4

    Perhaps they should salvage their crappy blue transit van

    • @andrewswinton2059
      @andrewswinton2059 5 лет назад +3

      It would have been brand new at the time idiot...

  • @lucmarchand617
    @lucmarchand617 Год назад

    This thing happen because owner of oiltanker was cheap pure simple.this a book about this stupid thing.the tanker cut corner,not well maintains,big storm,problems with water in fuel,argue cost for tug,the brits slack off yup,the coats guard a joke,then the ship show up door step and wreck everything.they still talk about here calgary alberta in oilfield and office in alberta pure negligence all finger pointing sad part.the north sea is tough and rough and respect if not you pay price period.don't forget canadian drill for oil in britain so word pass around fast.nice video thanks😮

  • @mybluesaway6856
    @mybluesaway6856 4 года назад +3

    Omg the music!!!😱

  • @johngrantham8024
    @johngrantham8024 4 года назад +3

    No such place as "the Shetlands" . It's Shetland. No 's'. As in The Shetland Islands. Same applies to Orkney. It doesn't have an 's' either.
    And before a brit accuses me of semantics, imagine referring to the London boroughs as "the Londons". 'oh, the weather's bad in the Londons today'.

  • @kevinhornbuckle
    @kevinhornbuckle 4 года назад

    I am worried about the fish.

    • @StofStuiver
      @StofStuiver 3 года назад

      Its 28 years ago. Pretty sure most is gone by now.

  • @alexjames9495
    @alexjames9495 5 лет назад

    Lekker kwaliteit

  • @daveforrest5047
    @daveforrest5047 6 лет назад +5

    Video looks like it has been ripped off from another site.

    • @JakeDarque
      @JakeDarque 5 лет назад +2

      It's been taped from 1993

    • @020Dutchy
      @020Dutchy 6 месяцев назад

      VHS tape played on TV and then made a video of it for RUclips?

  • @andrewwilson8317
    @andrewwilson8317 6 лет назад +4

    Great when you can get paid for not actually doing anything! Mother Nature cleaned up the man made mess,the waves dispersed and broke down the oil and the wreck still there!

    • @kwarts
      @kwarts 6 лет назад +3

      Andrew Wilson Ik vermoed dat ze het graag anders hadden gezien. (Although I don't know any of the memebers of this salvage crew, I'm quite confident they had liked another outcome)

  • @trevorpom
    @trevorpom 4 года назад +2

    filmed in potatovision...

  • @koala1955
    @koala1955 6 лет назад +2

    Zonde van het bagger slechte beeld.

  • @CuttingEdge49
    @CuttingEdge49 6 лет назад +6

    Great job by the salvage company getting paid basically for nothing.

    • @marcbakker2349
      @marcbakker2349 5 лет назад +2

      These companies are working on a no cure,no pay base. So, in this case they probably get nothing.

    • @vrolijkjan1
      @vrolijkjan1 3 года назад +1

      @@marcbakker2349 they got paid Marc. it was spoken in the video that an expense allowance has been paid to the tak crew

    • @richardcline1337
      @richardcline1337 2 года назад

      @@vrolijkjan1, it was just their expenses, no payment for anything done to try to salvage the ship or it's cargo.

  • @carl4043
    @carl4043 4 года назад +4

    Misleading title! Save your time there is no salvage attempt shown. This is a super bad copy of a super bad program. Nothing but fluff and b-roll where nothing was accomplished.

  • @Utubin
    @Utubin 4 года назад +1

    And who is the biggest loser?
    Yep!!! U guessed,wildlife as always do to our greed!!!
    Karma's gone be a b#&th for man.
    Our day to pay will come one day.

  • @thetessellater9163
    @thetessellater9163 4 года назад

    Appears to be filmed off the Telly and clearly not the posters IP !!! Please prosecute.

  • @CH1LDOFTHEMOON
    @CH1LDOFTHEMOON 6 лет назад +2

    Thumbs down, terrible visuals.

    • @JakeDarque
      @JakeDarque 5 лет назад +2

      It's from 1993. Of course it's got bad quality. It would have been taped, because, back then the record button wouldn't be invented. (apart from recording the TV tape.) so it's not bad at all.

  • @moefuggerbeer7793
    @moefuggerbeer7793 4 года назад +1

    Worthless. Shows nothing.