Don't think I'll ever tire of watching this video. At least my 10th time in the past couple years. Always have found the clever engineering that makes a commerical ship work, and excel at tasks, far more interesting than a tour of luxurious yacht cabins. At least this vessel is no stranger to strong seas
Machinery! Glorious machinery! Thank you for letting the music of the machines come through. All that machinery working together is, I know, an every day occurrence, but it is also a profound symphony that is the result of many generations of human endeavor and ingenuity. Bravo, humanity!
Absolutely !! Everything screams ENGINEERING!!!! Considering the engineering eye candy going on here...what makes it even more remarkable in my mind is that that pretty much everything you are looking at here...needs to be there. A lot of talented people sweated countless details in the planning of this beautiful beast. What a masterpiece! While the rocket scientists get to play with what are probably considered the most advanced and exotic engineering marvels...to my eye, this ship is way more fascinating than the space shuttle! Thanks for the tour...great video! Smooth sailing!!
Watching this made me realise the true size and scale of large cargo ships. This engine room is very, very big and then the engine rooms in some of these large container ships are just monumental.
Watching this the intricacy and complexity of the machinery makes this engine room look more like the inside of a modern manufacturing facility than what I'd ever expected. From working in manufacturing I can recognize many control systems, automation components, etc. A very clean ship she is!
Defender has been at anchor just below our house near Falmouth UK for a couple of weeks. (Xmas 21). Fascinating video to see what's going on there as it swings round on the anchor, currently SW Force 7. Happy New Year guys!
This vessel is either two hours old or the crew and capt. take immense pride in their vessel.....the absolute definition of " shipshape". You could probably eat off the deck of that engine room....wow!
Next time you turn on the faucet to get a drink of water or flush the toilet, to get rid of it, think about all the machinery behind that process and now cram it onto a ship. This amazing video really shows what it takes to sustain people in an environmentally sound manner in the middle of the ocean for long periods. For the untrained, lots of ways to die in those spaces! Incredible. I wonder how much smaller this vessel could be if it was design to operate without humans? I know it's not possible...yet, but incinerators, waste plant, water purifiers, refrigeration, heating, cooling, washing, kitchen, food storage, space for 35 crew. How much smaller would the boat be without all of that?
I've always wanted to do one last run as a crew member on a large modern ocean tug... never got my chance... i was a tankerman for 12 years (pumper or pumperman in some countries) on small sea tugs from 1100 to 3500hp Thanks for sharing
@@JanDootjes yeah, ive been on a few boats that were super new... i was mainly a "floating" tankerman... so i did all 62 boats that my company had and whatever tank barges they were assigned and their respective chemical cargoes... then i was the trainer on an old boat that we had for training deck hands and tankerman... but never got work on an ocean tug... especially for a company that really takes care of their crew and equipment...
Every complicated machine is made of simpler machines :D - Very nice to see in a ship, where everything is accessible for maintenance, unlike a modern car, or other consumer product
Fascinating video, thanks for posting! I would love to have a full explanation of what every single thing and control is and does. Of course, that would make the video hours long, but worth it! It's amazing the amount of "stuff" there is in the engine room of a ship this size. Think about it...in a little motorboat, everything fits into a single outboard motor. For a small tug/workboat, maybe there's an inboard engine, a genset, hydraulic steering gear, a compressor, bilge pumps. It just goes up exponentially from there. Amazing!
This Hydrodynamic design innovative and efficient as it is scares me regarding the safety of marine mammals. Tugs already create huge suction into their giant props but your design enhances this already hazardous situation. I love the design on other levels though. Looks like an influence from auto racing ground effect.
I was a chief engineer on tugs, dredgers and AHTSVs, having started out on the box boats. I miss going to sea so much! I'm now a design engineer, but it's not the same :(
@@StuartZiane I was a chief engineer as well, and, DO NOT miss it. All I see in this video is over the top complicated HIGH maintenance machinery. I don't know what the manning on engineering staff is but there would a marathon gear box oil changes compressor oil changes; refrigeration compressor oil changes. Never mind constant diddling with the Oily Water Separators. I've only scratched the surface of maintenance. I left the Ocean for a good reason and haven't looked back.
Essential equipment is doubled for safety reasons. Even by our days relatively high educational level ~80 accidents at Sea is caused by humans controlling, or mismanaging, the equipment...
this is an awesome vid with hypnotic rhythmic beating of the engine....also liked the emptiness of the Control Room - where is everyone...how many people are needed to sail this behemoth about. Lastly, a beautifully clean ship - thanks for this vid!
Hey Felix, thanks for your kind comment. Really appreciate it! I was, together with my oiler, on duty that night. We had a crew of about 22 men onboard.
@@dough9512 Hello Doug, No, the vessel was designed by a Norwegian company, owned by a Dutch company and build in Japan. Most of the equipment onboard is either from Norway, Holland or Japan. No Chinizium stuff there.
Awesome video. Worked on Diving Support Vessels myself as a Marine Engineer. A lot of machinery crammed in with not a lot of space around to maintain it.
Brilliant Video, I've been building a model of this boat, but never was able to get detail of the inside or any plans, all done from photo. thanks for posting
It's called the X-bow. The purpose is to reduce "slamming" that happens when a vessel with a conventional bow climbs over a wave and then "slams" into the water. X-bow makes rougher weather more comfortable for the crew (and machinery) because you don't feel like you're hitting a wall every time you hit a swell. Subsequently, there are reduced vibrations and improved power efficiency. In a nutshell :)
Interresting video, thanks for sharing. Where does that tiny door at 12:01, right of the orange hose, lead to? Also is that ship shown at the end of the video on tow?
So, lets say I am 40 and a land diesel heavy duty technician with exceptional knowledge of hydraulics, valves, actuators, motors and centrifugal pumps in the past. Also winches, hydraulic cylinders and other land stuff that mechanics deal with. Good with engine electronics and most electrical circuitry. Is it possible to get a job on the vessel like that without marine retraining at all? Is it worth the time to retrain myself to persuade this career path at 40?
Noooo, minimum 4 years of school and thousands of euro's to pay your certificates. You have to begin as a third or even fourth engineer. Good salary for someone who is 25 years old but not for someone who is 40.
@@rrg3740 Thanks for the reply. That's what I figured plus a lot of things changed since I was working in Qatar a few years back. I am not longer even remotely interested in working that far or remotely, considering all the shit that is happening due to Cervesa sickness bullshit. I have a very good career going running a service truck close to home.
@@olegk455 Yeah its problematic if you have a wife and children at home due to the long days at sea. Sailing is great way to improve your work experience and make a lot of money when your young. I am currently 2e engineer (26 years old) If I have enough money to buy a house and being able to take care of my wife and kids, the sailing days are over. Besides the cool work and traveling, due to ISPS you can not visit many cities. I have visited NYC, Miami, Singapore and many other great cities without being able to go to shore. If you have a contract for 3 months you will become depressed. I am Dutch and have applied at ALP but they only work with the MAFIA organisation named MARLOW. I believe I am to expensive for ALP as a Dutchman. Very sad after all ALP is a Dutch company.
I'd say the plastic chairs are brilliant, safety orange there light and they can be stacked and gotten out of the way you want rolling metal chairs around the engine control room in a boat? I can see stationary chairs bolted to the floor for the control panel but aside from that removable lightweight stackable very practical. Maybe not super comfortable but this crew maybe doesn't sit around a lot 👍
Awesome! The first dynamic positioned drill ship I worked on was the SEDCO 445 that was built at the Mitsui Shipyard half a century ago. They built great vessels.
Beautiful and CLEAN machine room! One thing though, it would be great if you could slow down the movement so wer can see the place without getting motion sick.
Say what you want mate but countless Emd's and detroits are out there still rolling coal. I may be alittle bit old school but at least I'm not a clip board engineer like all these up and coming " big shots". Most of them Cant change a light bulb but they sure can talk about What they know. As matter of fact your comment sounds like the typical clip board engineer...
Erg bedankt voor deze mooie tour, ik heb 2 vragen. Met wat voor bezetting varen jullie in de machinekamer? En hebben jullie ook stagaires aan boord? Groet.
Hey, we varen met 3 werktuigkundigen, een elektricien, een fitter, twee wipers en een oiler. Klopt!, op sommige ALP slepers lopen leerlingen hun stage uit. gr Jan
Plastic garden chairs in the control room? I heard some cowboy stories of ALP being out of money after all these newbuilds, maybe they were true after all. LOL
The vessel came just of the shipyard and the more luxurious chairs were still in pastic stored elsewhere. Don't just take those cowboy stories for granted ;)
I always wonder; how much fuel to these ships have to carry! The tanks must be huge! Also, how much oil do those engines need? I've read that in some of the biggest V10s & V20s they need as much as 100 gallons of oil!
lots of stuff and Technology inside that ship, do you get a service Manual when it was built, or a laptop with all the schematics, blueprints and troubleshooting guides? I'm curious. There's no way, that one single person can master all that Hardware on that ship. It's impossible! Do you know, just how much energy that room consumes, starting @ 2:05 ? Probably x100 what my house consumes 😆
Actually... That's why marine engineers are so special! Yes, there is documentation and yes some machinery and equipment would be repaired by service engineers, but marine engineers have such an enormous amount of training and are typically educated to degree level before being certificated as watchkeepers. It's not about learning how every single piece of equipment works, though. It's about learning how to troubleshoot, etc. It's for this reason that the Chief Engineer is GOD on a vessel. The Master is like, I don't know, the Angel Gabriel, perhaps? I hope this helps. P.S. The generators (probably 3 or 4 of them) produce roughly 1000 kW each. There will also likely be shaft generators, which are on the propeller shafts between the main engines and the propellers) will probably be (at a guess) between 2000 kW and 3500 kW. (Former Chief Engineer, now a design engineer).
hmmm, it now is more intricate with black cable, pipe, flange, gear box, stairs and stairs, ladder and ladder, well I do not know what it is. still but titanic give me more comfort and reliability old machinery nonetheless, no high advances likely today at that time all they had was manual ways to be trusted. because that is only way no others. you are good thumbs up~
Yes sir! All engine room, or engine room related. The vessel operates with 3 engineers, a electrician, a fitter, an oiler, two. Wipers and sometimes a cadet. Hope my comment makes sense to you :) all the best, Jan
@@JanDootjes Thanks for the reply. I used to work offshore rig and travelled on the supply/tug boats many times. I was once invited briefly inside the engine room to take a look at the actual engines. That was 25yrs ago. Apprarently the ALP is modern and much more sophisticated than those tug boats I had seen. Very informative indeed.
I thought all you needed was a tank of fuel, an engine and a prop shaft with a propeller? How do maintain the reliability of such a complicated system?
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Don't think I'll ever tire of watching this video. At least my 10th time in the past couple years. Always have found the clever engineering that makes a commerical ship work, and excel at tasks, far more interesting than a tour of luxurious yacht cabins. At least this vessel is no stranger to strong seas
Is it a towing ship ?
Have you seen this ? Big towing job for sister tug.
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This is a great video. Very few people realise there is a whole world down there in the engineering spaces of a ship. My favourite place to visit.
Incredible how clean it is
All so clean and well maintained. Surgery could be preformed anywhere in those spaces. Amazing.
Machinery! Glorious machinery! Thank you for letting the music of the machines come through.
All that machinery working together is, I know, an every day occurrence, but it is also a profound symphony that is the result of many generations of human endeavor and ingenuity. Bravo, humanity!
Absolutely !! Everything screams ENGINEERING!!!! Considering the engineering eye candy going on here...what makes it even more remarkable in my mind is that that pretty much everything you are looking at here...needs to be there. A lot of talented people sweated countless details in the planning of this beautiful beast. What a masterpiece! While the rocket scientists get to play with what are probably considered the most advanced and exotic engineering marvels...to my eye, this ship is way more fascinating than the space shuttle! Thanks for the tour...great video! Smooth sailing!!
Absolutely amazing how much machinery is needed to support a ship.
Watching this made me realise the true size and scale of large cargo ships. This engine room is very, very big and then the engine rooms in some of these large container ships are just monumental.
Ehh, this was the Tugboat's engineroom.
That is the cleanest most squared away engine space I have ever seen. Makes me want to go to sea again, almost.
What a Vessel, and perfectly maintained well done fellas.
Watching this the intricacy and complexity of the machinery makes this engine room look more like the inside of a modern manufacturing facility than what I'd ever expected. From working in manufacturing I can recognize many control systems, automation components, etc. A very clean ship she is!
She sure is, like the rest of the ALP Tugs. When I recorded this vid the vessel was just a few months old. Thanks for your kind comment, Jan.
Defender has been at anchor just below our house near Falmouth UK for a couple of weeks. (Xmas 21). Fascinating video to see what's going on there as it swings round on the anchor, currently SW Force 7. Happy New Year guys!
Dang, this is great. The boat is cleaner than many kitchens.
Great video, like the labeling of the differenting locations on the ship and no garbage music. The ship should sound like a ship!!!
Thank you 4 the upload! Im a big Fan of these bulkybow- ships 👍👍
This vessel is either two hours old or the crew and capt. take immense pride in their vessel.....the absolute definition of " shipshape". You could probably eat off the deck of that engine room....wow!
there's one way to find out, google it
Brand new in the video
THE TOTALITY Of ENGINEERING PERFECTION.
What a fantastic feat of engineering, absolutely mind blowing.
Next time you turn on the faucet to get a drink of water or flush the toilet, to get rid of it, think about all the machinery behind that process and now cram it onto a ship. This amazing video really shows what it takes to sustain people in an environmentally sound manner in the middle of the ocean for long periods. For the untrained, lots of ways to die in those spaces! Incredible. I wonder how much smaller this vessel could be if it was design to operate without humans? I know it's not possible...yet, but incinerators, waste plant, water purifiers, refrigeration, heating, cooling, washing, kitchen, food storage, space for 35 crew. How much smaller would the boat be without all of that?
I've always wanted to do one last run as a crew member on a large modern ocean tug... never got my chance... i was a tankerman for 12 years (pumper or pumperman in some countries) on small sea tugs from 1100 to 3500hp
Thanks for sharing
I sure could recommend it, it is nice working with new equipment 👌🏻
@@JanDootjes yeah, ive been on a few boats that were super new... i was mainly a "floating" tankerman... so i did all 62 boats that my company had and whatever tank barges they were assigned and their respective chemical cargoes... then i was the trainer on an old boat that we had for training deck hands and tankerman... but never got work on an ocean tug... especially for a company that really takes care of their crew and equipment...
@@GreatDaneLoverz
Where would your crews mostly come from? Train any females?
@@JanDootjes
What was your ship's horsepower? And with four engines, how many props did the ship have? And what was your draft?
@@dough9512 18.000 Kw, two props of 5 metres. Draft was about 7 metres.
Thank you! Amazing ship. So new and clean. A real thing of beauty.
Clean and well organized like it should be! Proves that it can be done and probably without the bosses orders! Great video.
What a monster of a ship. Beautiful engine room. The winch spooling gear is huge. It looks like they were towing that cruise ship behind them.
That is one big complicated machine , Thank you for posting !
damn right, adorable technology
complicated???? just a normal engineroom
Yeh alright mate, please list everything shown in the video if its just normal...
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Every complicated machine is made of simpler machines :D - Very nice to see in a ship, where everything is accessible for maintenance, unlike a modern car, or other consumer product
Fascinating video, thanks for posting! I would love to have a full explanation of what every single thing and control is and does. Of course, that would make the video hours long, but worth it! It's amazing the amount of "stuff" there is in the engine room of a ship this size. Think about it...in a little motorboat, everything fits into a single outboard motor. For a small tug/workboat, maybe there's an inboard engine, a genset, hydraulic steering gear, a compressor, bilge pumps. It just goes up exponentially from there. Amazing!
I wanna see the 10 Volume service Manual on a Blu-Ray disc 🤘
Beautiful thing to understand and maintain such a active complicated vessel 👍 you the man 👍
Incrediable, complexity is amazingly detailed.
This Hydrodynamic design innovative and efficient as it is scares me regarding the safety of marine mammals. Tugs already create huge suction into their giant props but your design enhances this already hazardous situation. I love the design on other levels though. Looks like an influence from auto racing ground effect.
I wonder what would happen to you in this regard if you fell from the sides during voyage at cruise speeds?
@@michaelcaplin8969 you would become FLOTSAM.... AND FISH FOOD....LOL
Magnificent! And it just keeps going and going. Thanks
Nice engine room, I was a chief engineer on factory trawlers for 20 years still miss it thanks for posting the video
I was a chief engineer on tugs, dredgers and AHTSVs, having started out on the box boats. I miss going to sea so much! I'm now a design engineer, but it's not the same :(
@@StuartZiane I was a chief engineer as well, and, DO NOT miss it. All I see in this video is over the top complicated HIGH maintenance machinery. I don't know what the manning on engineering staff is but there would a marathon gear box oil changes compressor oil changes; refrigeration compressor oil changes. Never mind constant diddling with the Oily Water Separators. I've only scratched the surface of maintenance. I left the Ocean for a good reason and haven't looked back.
I had no idea, there was so much equipment on a Tug , great video
Lots of bright colours, hey? On Nevasa all was white or cream or silver so we painted the valve handwheels to look like flowers!
Watching this E/R tour video was such a nice feeling.. Awesome
The sound is just awesome!
I never would have thought it takes so many electricals and mechanicals to run a ship.
Same here
ship's company is only 35
Essential equipment is doubled for safety reasons.
Even by our days relatively high educational level ~80 accidents at Sea is caused by humans controlling, or mismanaging, the equipment...
I was at sea 40 years ago, not as much gear as this vessel. Love the noise. I miss being at sea. Good luck J.
Thanks man!
this is an awesome vid with hypnotic rhythmic beating of the engine....also liked the emptiness of the Control Room - where is everyone...how many people are needed to sail this behemoth about. Lastly, a beautifully clean ship - thanks for this vid!
Hey Felix, thanks for your kind comment. Really appreciate it! I was, together with my oiler, on duty that night. We had a crew of about 22 men onboard.
@@JanDootjes
Sir, was any of that equipment made in China? Just curious. Wonderful video; amazing ship!!
@@dough9512 Hello Doug,
No, the vessel was designed by a Norwegian company, owned by a Dutch company and build in Japan. Most of the equipment onboard is either from Norway, Holland or Japan. No Chinizium stuff there.
Can you imagine designing this ship? Sooo many systems!!! Crazy!!! No wasted space.
Fantastic video of a. very complex system. Quite a contrast to my experience!
Awesome video. Worked on Diving Support Vessels myself as a Marine Engineer. A lot of machinery crammed in with not a lot of space around to maintain it.
Real nice tour, thank you
Amazing video, thank you.
Very nice AHTS vessel. Good video. 👍🏾
Boy those marine engineers had there work cut out for them designing this thing!!! Amazing!!
Brilliant Video, I've been building a model of this boat, but never was able to get detail of the inside or any plans, all done from photo. thanks for posting
Amazing ... Just AMAZING
Thank you for uploading this video
Thanks man!!
Hands down the most impressive piece of equipment I have ever seen.
And I would love to know this tug was designed with a snub nose type bow.
It's called the X-bow. The purpose is to reduce "slamming" that happens when a vessel with a conventional bow climbs over a wave and then "slams" into the water. X-bow makes rougher weather more comfortable for the crew (and machinery) because you don't feel like you're hitting a wall every time you hit a swell. Subsequently, there are reduced vibrations and improved power efficiency. In a nutshell :)
@@StuartZiane Great Answer! Thank you.
Fantastic Tug !!!
Captain my ass! You know who REALLY runs that ship? Who ever the gentleman are that run all those engineering spaces!...AND...KEEPS THEM RUNNING!
That is one clean engine room.
kinda wish there was some commentary as to what the use of everything was and did and the such, i love learning
What a work of art!
Great tour video, thanks for sharing, just hope the pirates aren't watching 😄 lol
Hope so too! Haha
Love it, music to my ears
I googled ship name for exterior view; interesting how high the bow is compared to the very low stern. Thanks for the vid.
Yeah, it's called and X-bow.
Nice review, Aquatuff 3E))) Good luck.
Look at all those control panels! Wow!!
Interresting video, thanks for sharing.
Where does that tiny door at 12:01, right of the orange hose, lead to?
Also is that ship shown at the end of the video on tow?
awesome man!
So, lets say I am 40 and a land diesel heavy duty technician with exceptional knowledge of hydraulics, valves, actuators, motors and centrifugal pumps in the past. Also winches, hydraulic cylinders and other land stuff that mechanics deal with. Good with engine electronics and most electrical circuitry. Is it possible to get a job on the vessel like that without marine retraining at all? Is it worth the time to retrain myself to persuade this career path at 40?
Hello Oleg, at least you must pass the STCW. Standard basic seaman training just to work on board without any consideration of your task onboard.
Noooo, minimum 4 years of school and thousands of euro's to pay your certificates. You have to begin as a third or even fourth engineer. Good salary for someone who is 25 years old but not for someone who is 40.
@@rrg3740 Thanks for the reply. That's what I figured plus a lot of things changed since I was working in Qatar a few years back. I am not longer even remotely interested in working that far or remotely, considering all the shit that is happening due to Cervesa sickness bullshit. I have a very good career going running a service truck close to home.
@@olegk455 Yeah its problematic if you have a wife and children at home due to the long days at sea.
Sailing is great way to improve your work experience and make a lot of money when your young. I am currently 2e engineer (26 years old)
If I have enough money to buy a house and being able to take care of my wife and kids, the sailing days are over. Besides the cool work and traveling, due to ISPS you can not visit many cities. I have visited NYC, Miami, Singapore and many other great cities without being able to go to shore. If you have a contract for 3 months you will become depressed.
I am Dutch and have applied at ALP but they only work with the MAFIA organisation named MARLOW.
I believe I am to expensive for ALP as a Dutchman. Very sad after all ALP is a Dutch company.
Great stuff ! Thanks..
Great place to find a xenomorph ..
Global Elitists would certainly fit into that description / "species"!!
I'd say the plastic chairs are brilliant, safety orange there light and they can be stacked and gotten out of the way you want rolling metal chairs around the engine control room in a boat?
I can see stationary chairs bolted to the floor for the control panel but aside from that removable lightweight stackable very practical. Maybe not super comfortable but this crew maybe doesn't sit around a lot 👍
This ship is assembled in Mitsui Shipyard Japan, i've worked there, it's a cool boat.
not according to her owners
Awesome!
The first dynamic positioned drill ship I worked on was the SEDCO 445 that was built at the Mitsui Shipyard half a century ago.
They built great vessels.
@@GWRProductions-kg9pt The Niigata Shipbuilding and Repair yard where the ALP Defender was built, is owned by Mitsui Ship building in Japan.
love offshore tug 😍😍
Wow.....a very nice Video!
Beautiful and CLEAN machine room! One thing though, it would be great if you could slow down the movement so wer can see the place without getting motion sick.
Thanks for the tip!
Just wish you went around slower but cool amazing...... would love a guided tour!
Beautiful.
Woooooooow.!! Beautiful
Riiiipleeey! They're coming out from the walls!!
What a bunch of over kill. Can tow anything with two EMD mains and a couple detroit gennys. All that stuff looks fancy though... Good luck to ya man
Say what you want mate but countless Emd's and detroits are out there still rolling coal. I may be alittle bit old school but at least I'm not a clip board engineer like all these up and coming " big shots". Most of them Cant change a light bulb but they sure can talk about What they know. As matter of fact your comment sounds like the typical clip board engineer...
Hahaha at 34 I would like to think im far from a fossil. I got no problem with new shit ive worked plenty i just prefer older mechanical engines.
Fantastic!
What is the thermal oil used for, is it transferring engine heat, and is is used to heat the ship quarters?
Nice video
Behoorlijk gecompliceerde installatie al met al. De Smit Rotterdam en de London waren aanzienlijk eenvoudiger.
awesome!
Nice video! I got a question, how many are there in the engine deparrtment onboard ships like this?
Chief engineer, 2nd engineer, 3rd engineer, electrician, fitter, oiler and 2 wipers.
Erg bedankt voor deze mooie tour, ik heb 2 vragen.
Met wat voor bezetting varen jullie in de machinekamer?
En hebben jullie ook stagaires aan boord?
Groet.
Hey,
we varen met 3 werktuigkundigen, een elektricien, een fitter, twee wipers en een oiler.
Klopt!, op sommige ALP slepers lopen leerlingen hun stage uit.
gr Jan
Great! Thanks!!!
Wow ! a several million dollar thing, and they had to make their own pulpit, very homemade like (@14:34)
Very an important ship it produces more money than an oil tanker panamax vessel or any other kind of ships such as a container ship
Plastic garden chairs in the control room? I heard some cowboy stories of ALP being out of money after all these newbuilds, maybe they were true after all. LOL
The vessel came just of the shipyard and the more luxurious chairs were still in pastic stored elsewhere. Don't just take those cowboy stories for granted ;)
immaculate, everywhere, I'd ;lve a euro for every pipeweld
What a jungle of plumbing.
THANK YOU VERY GOOD BEAUTIFUL GOOD job blessing
I am wondering how big needs to be an engine room crew to operate and take care to all of these machinery and equipment.
3plus3 or4
Hi, man!! Very interesting videos on your channel , thanks a lot. What is your position onboard ?
I was third engineer on that vessel.
Is the engine room or any factory,,???
Nice video tks....
I always wonder; how much fuel to these ships have to carry! The tanks must be huge!
Also, how much oil do those engines need? I've read that in some of the biggest V10s & V20s
they need as much as 100 gallons of oil!
The largest ships never change the engine oil, they filter and recondition it. Only have to add hat is burned.
I've spent a little time in the engine room of a ship forty years ago.
What is a "shaft generator"?
It's when generators getting rotary power from main engine by gear box.
lots of stuff and Technology inside that ship, do you get a service Manual when it was built, or a laptop with all the schematics, blueprints and troubleshooting guides?
I'm curious. There's no way, that one single person can master all that Hardware on that ship. It's impossible!
Do you know, just how much energy that room consumes, starting @ 2:05 ? Probably x100 what my house consumes 😆
Actually... That's why marine engineers are so special! Yes, there is documentation and yes some machinery and equipment would be repaired by service engineers, but marine engineers have such an enormous amount of training and are typically educated to degree level before being certificated as watchkeepers. It's not about learning how every single piece of equipment works, though. It's about learning how to troubleshoot, etc. It's for this reason that the Chief Engineer is GOD on a vessel. The Master is like, I don't know, the Angel Gabriel, perhaps? I hope this helps. P.S. The generators (probably 3 or 4 of them) produce roughly 1000 kW each. There will also likely be shaft generators, which are on the propeller shafts between the main engines and the propellers) will probably be (at a guess) between 2000 kW and 3500 kW. (Former Chief Engineer, now a design engineer).
hmmm, it now is more intricate with black cable, pipe, flange, gear box, stairs and stairs, ladder and ladder, well I do not know what it is. still but titanic give me more comfort and reliability old machinery nonetheless, no high advances likely today at that time all they had was manual ways to be trusted. because that is only way no others. you are good thumbs up~
amazing how many water bottles are stashed around the various machinery spaces........
mindblowing
Im gonna have to see one of those myself someday
any one of those in NL Nowadays?
Hello Aart. Currently there is not an X-bow ALP tug in Holland. The ALP Defender comes close, she is in Norway now.
Geez, all of that is just the engine room for a tug boat? Amazing. I wonder how many engineers/workers does it take to run this engine room?
Yes sir! All engine room, or engine room related. The vessel operates with 3 engineers, a electrician, a fitter, an oiler, two. Wipers and sometimes a cadet. Hope my comment makes sense to you :) all the best, Jan
@@JanDootjes Thanks for the reply. I used to work offshore rig and travelled on the supply/tug boats many times. I was once invited briefly inside the engine room to take a look at the actual engines. That was 25yrs ago. Apprarently the ALP is modern and much more sophisticated than those tug boats I had seen. Very informative indeed.
Big bit of metal banging around like in a washing machine in that steering gear room
It's the same as with us, only that everything is bigger, stronger and better on the ships of the Bavarian Mountain Navy.
Everyone knows that! I've often wondered how large in diameter your props are and how much they weigh. Any help there?
Some of our bavarian propellers are so heavy that Heinz Ollesch cannot lift them. And Heinz Ollesch can lift a lot. #HeinzOllesch
I thought all you needed was a tank of fuel, an engine and a prop shaft with a propeller? How do maintain the reliability of such a complicated system?