Very interesting, an impressive workplace for sure. It's marvellous that everything on your barge looks so clean, considering the amount of heavy fuel oil you have to transfer.
GREAT to see listen and learn from you Mike, what a wonderful place to live what really nice scenery. This reminds us of hanging out in our own Pacific Coastline Long Beach, California port, there are so many ships. Looked a bit overcast and chilly based on your filming. That is one heck of a boom, very tall into the air. That is quite the amount of hose fittings. Yes x 2 on the coffee machine. Nice living quarters. Hi Emma channel. Nice to expose your son to this great work you perform. Thank you for sharing with us, Lance & Patrick.
Thanks for the glimpse into your job (and the Art of Noise). The closest I ever got to you was the docks in Terneuzen for a work trip in 2012. I'd love to go back, anytime.
Hi Michel, not seen this one before. You have a very interesting and clearly demanding job to do. Some of those pictures at the end are spectacular especially the sun rise and sun set ones. The refinery at night all lit up is a sight to behold. I can see why your relaxation hobby is machining lol. Some of those pieces of steel were enormous! Cheers to the Bunkerman Captain !
This is a nice video reminding me of a day-trip to a rainy Rotterdam. That trip makes another connection: in the port museum there was the nicest workshop, that they used for restoration work. I don’t remember seeing a shaper but there was an atmosphere that I meet in your videos. Thank you for your time to record and edit. 😊
This is a fascinating video. I appreciate your taking time to put this together and edit it for us. I hope you continue to have many more years of safe travels.
I have t say that was a very cool video. Thank you for giving us a glimpse into your world - a lot of us have never worked on the water like you do and it's very interesting to see how the system works. I'm very surprised that the wind would move shipping containers like that though, that would have been crazy to see in person!
To see containers be blown away is indeed spectacular. In this video that was taken by a worker on a tugboat, you can see our barge (blue and white) between the floating container and the crane. We have seen this happen to, but we didnt film it. ruclips.net/video/oUNsdZPvSQI/видео.html
Gday, thank you for the opportunity to see your work, very interesting, some of those ships are huge, the size of the engines those ship are mind blowing, truely incredible, with only a crew of 2 you have to know how to fix/repair everything on that ship which would make the job even more enjoyable, no 2 days would be the same, thank you again, Matty
What you see in this video are just the cylinder heads of the engines. The total engine is more than 3 storeys high. The total weight of one piston+piston rod is about 5 metric tons. This are two-stroke engines and have between 75.000 and 100.000 HP. The biggest run at 78 rpm. If you have questions, don't hesitate to ask. I 'll see what i can do.
Truly incredible the size, what fuel consumption roughly do they get p/hr, I’m thinking a bunker ship load like the one you operate, how many hours of running would that give considering the size of the engine, I’m a retired truck driver and been around what we class as a “big diesel” engine and simply things like the injector lines must be bloody huge, your job would certainly be very interesting mate.
@@MattysWorkshop About consumption i have no idea, but i'm sure you can find that on line. In the big ships we give mostly between 200 and 800 metric tons of diesel. For the heavy fuel you can add a zero to this numbers.
Rusti, that is an interesting and unusual profession you have. A working environment like that requires you be alert to danger at all times. Things can go pear shaped very quickly if human error creeps in with this job. I live on the Isle of Man and many of our people are very familiar with working at sea. We also have a large number of commercial ships registered with Manx shipping companies. Dohle have main offices here.
Sometimes it is, sometimes it is not. If you think about it, where will you be at christmas evening? There's no need to answer this question. In summertime and during the day, it is indeed a cool job. Instead in winter and night it is sometimes a s**t job.
Well that was 17 minutes of my life that I truly enjoyed. Great video. Although I live at least a thousand miles from the sea I've always had some interest in bunkering ever since I read a book called 'The Only Way to Cross' about the era of North Atlantic passenger ships. In it there was a section on bunkering (mostly coal). It was interesting how the bunker company would try to cheat the ship owner back then. Erecting wire cages under the coal piled in their barge to give the impression of a full load, or dropping large quantities overboard during bunkering which were later recovered by divers and resold. I did a bit of 'bunkering' when I was younger. I used to fuel and grease my dad's heavy equipment, starting when I was 12. Back then the deal from my dad was 'you miss a grease nipple you get a kick in the ass.' Thanks Rustinox. Ken
Thanks for your comment Ken. I suppose that in every business there are honest people and cheaters. My dad was an office worker, so no grease nipples for me when i was 12.
Gezz its Saturday here Rustinox and I'm off for the weekend but watching your vid its like I'm back at work. Love the pop up/down wheel house. Would love to bring my youngest son out but the Australian Maritime laws are very strict about access onto our wharves with an MSIC required so he can only look in from the security fences. Cam
One day i asked chief engineer if it was ok for him to bring my son on board. 15 minutes later he visited the whole engine room with chief engineer's ear protection on his head. He was 11 years old then. Even if regulations are strict, sometimes it's possible.
Hi Tom. Normally nobody is allowed to walk around the dockside. I'm sure that you understand that not even one hair on my head thinks about picking up stuff that doesn't belong to me. But dreaming is free...
I learned in french. At work we speak dutch. On the ship we speak english. My brain is to small to figure that out in the right language in milliseconds. So i prefer left and right.
Very interesting indeed, I have seen many inland barges in Belgium and Germany, certainly a lot bigger than the 1.8 metre wide ones we have in the UK, though there are a few larger ones on the Manchester ship canal. I love engineering, and ships are the biggest transport ever built. I always prefer to travel by car and ship, rather than fly. I have traveled many times from England to both France, Belgium, Norway & Sweden. Dank u wel.
Thanks for your comment. Since this sea vessels are registered in different countries, i visited a big part of the world without leaving the port of Antwerp :)
Very interesting, an impressive workplace for sure.
It's marvellous that everything on your barge looks so clean, considering the amount of heavy fuel oil you have to transfer.
Well, we take care of our toys :)
ICECREAM 😉 😂🤣
Such an interesting and entertaining insight into your work on the bunkerbarge. Thank you for sharing this. 👏👏👍😀
My pleasure.
Great video. It brought back many great memories. I truly did have a great career going to sea on ships. Thank you Michel.
Thanks Randy.This is an inland barge, so we never go on the see. Luckily for me, because i have seasickness. (i really do)
WOW what else can i say, that was fantastic. Thanks for the tour...
Glad you enjoyed it Jim.
What a totally fascinating video and I'm trying to imagine what your job must be like in severe weather and wintertime. Thanks for sharing.
Well, in winter time it's not fun at all...
This was a funny informative and inspirational video as i am soon going to have a internship on a bunker vessle. Thank you!
That's nice. Where will you work?
In the waters between sweden and denmark
GREAT to see listen and learn from you Mike, what a wonderful place to live what really nice scenery. This reminds us of hanging out in our own Pacific Coastline Long Beach, California port, there are so many ships. Looked a bit overcast and chilly based on your filming. That is one heck of a boom, very tall into the air. That is quite the amount of hose fittings. Yes x 2 on the coffee machine. Nice living quarters. Hi Emma channel. Nice to expose your son to this great work you perform.
Thank you for sharing with us, Lance & Patrick.
Hi Lance & Patrick. Thanks for your comment. It's a long one :)
Thanks for the glimpse into your job (and the Art of Noise). The closest I ever got to you was the docks in Terneuzen for a work trip in 2012. I'd love to go back, anytime.
Thanks Doug. The picture of our barge in the snow is taken in Terneuzen.
Hi Michel, not seen this one before. You have a very interesting and clearly demanding job to do. Some of those pictures at the end are spectacular especially the sun rise and sun set ones. The refinery at night all lit up is a sight to behold. I can see why your relaxation hobby is machining lol. Some of those pieces of steel were enormous! Cheers to the Bunkerman Captain !
Thanks. I had to quit this job because health problems.
This is a nice video reminding me of a day-trip to a rainy Rotterdam. That trip makes another connection: in the port museum there was the nicest workshop, that they used for restoration work.
I don’t remember seeing a shaper but there was an atmosphere that I meet in your videos. Thank you for your time to record and edit. 😊
That's nice. Thank you very much.
This is a fascinating video. I appreciate your taking time to put this together and edit it for us.
I hope you continue to have many more years of safe travels.
Thanks Robert. Glad you enjoyed it.
G day Michael thank you 👍 great to see what you get up to when not making videos much appreciated, stay safe cheers 👍👍🥃🥃
Thanks Jack. And even at work i make videos... well, only two.
Very cool! Thanks for sharing!
Welcome.
Very interesting and as usual enjoyable with your special narration 👍🏻
Thanks Peter.
A very fun job. Thanks for taking us along
My pleasure. It is just as fun as you make it. What i like the most is that we work together with people from over the whole world.
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers from Canada
My pleasure. Thanks for your time.
A very interesting video, I never knew how those big freightship got refueled..Thank you.
Well, I suppose now you know :)
Thanks.
I have t say that was a very cool video. Thank you for giving us a glimpse into your world - a lot of us have never worked on the water like you do and it's very interesting to see how the system works. I'm very surprised that the wind would move shipping containers like that though, that would have been crazy to see in person!
To see containers be blown away is indeed spectacular. In this video that was taken by a worker on a tugboat, you can see our barge (blue and white) between the floating container and the crane. We have seen this happen to, but we didnt film it.
ruclips.net/video/oUNsdZPvSQI/видео.html
Thank you for sharing a look into your other life. It is a view that non-seaman rarely get to see.
Thanks for your time, Jim.
I enjoyed this very much. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it. Welcome on board.
Thanks for sharing. The man that I work for part time is a New York Harbor Pilot. It is interesting to see another side of the shipping industry.
One day you should show him this video. I'm sure he will find it interesting.
@@Rustinox That is a good idea, will do.
That is super ! I enjoyed really to see such a side from you !
Well, it's a job. It has to be done :-)
Gday, thank you for the opportunity to see your work, very interesting, some of those ships are huge, the size of the engines those ship are mind blowing, truely incredible, with only a crew of 2 you have to know how to fix/repair everything on that ship which would make the job even more enjoyable, no 2 days would be the same, thank you again, Matty
What you see in this video are just the cylinder heads of the engines. The total engine is more than 3 storeys high. The total weight of one piston+piston rod is about 5 metric tons.
This are two-stroke engines and have between 75.000 and 100.000 HP. The biggest run at 78 rpm. If you have questions, don't hesitate to ask. I 'll see what i can do.
Truly incredible the size, what fuel consumption roughly do they get p/hr, I’m thinking a bunker ship load like the one you operate, how many hours of running would that give considering the size of the engine, I’m a retired truck driver and been around what we class as a “big diesel” engine and simply things like the injector lines must be bloody huge, your job would certainly be very interesting mate.
@@MattysWorkshop About consumption i have no idea, but i'm sure you can find that on line. In the big ships we give mostly between 200 and 800 metric tons of diesel. For the heavy fuel you can add a zero to this numbers.
Rustinox, I’ve sent you an email, it’s under my wife’s name Rebecca
Thanks for the tour . Is that main eng a 3412E Cat ? Cool .
I don't know what model it is. I will let you know next week when i am back on board.
It's a C 32 Acert. Withh 1000 bhp.
Maw rpm; 1800.
I hope it answers your question.
@@Rustinox Cool , 32 litre . We have C15's that i work on in some of our machines . Cheers .
Fantastic video, thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for an inside into your world
You're welcome.
Great video.. you have many excellent photos there as well!
Thanks for your visit.
Brilliant video.
Thanks. I'm glad you liked it.
Rusti, that is an interesting and unusual profession you have. A working environment like that requires you be alert to danger at all times. Things can go pear shaped very quickly if human error creeps in with this job.
I live on the Isle of Man and many of our people are very familiar with working at sea. We also have a large number of commercial ships registered with Manx shipping companies. Dohle have main offices here.
Indeed. If you don't know wat you're doing some situations can go banannnas very quyckly.
Love the ice cream part haha
Lol. Thanks.
Great video. I used to be on the receiving end of the hoses. Actually the engineer was on the receiving end and I was Captain or Mate.
Thanks. That's nice. So i suppose you know what i am talking about.
Really cool job u do! Nice pictures !
Sometimes it is, sometimes it is not. If you think about it, where will you be at christmas evening? There's no need to answer this question. In summertime and during the day, it is indeed a cool job. Instead in winter and night it is sometimes a s**t job.
Rustinox
I think there is no just cool and not s....ty job ... I love what I do , but sometimes it’s just ....aww
Great job you have!
We're still looking for co workers, so if you're interested...
Well that was 17 minutes of my life that I truly enjoyed. Great video. Although I live at least a thousand miles from the sea I've always had some interest in bunkering ever since I read a book called 'The Only Way to Cross' about the era of North Atlantic passenger ships. In it there was a section on bunkering (mostly coal). It was interesting how the bunker company would try to cheat the ship owner back then. Erecting wire cages under the coal piled in their barge to give the impression of a full load, or dropping large quantities overboard during bunkering which were later recovered by divers and resold. I did a bit of 'bunkering' when I was younger. I used to fuel and grease my dad's heavy equipment, starting when I was 12. Back then the deal from my dad was 'you miss a grease nipple you get a kick in the ass.' Thanks Rustinox. Ken
Thanks for your comment Ken. I suppose that in every business there are honest people and cheaters.
My dad was an office worker, so no grease nipples for me when i was 12.
Gezz its Saturday here Rustinox and I'm off for the weekend but watching your vid its like I'm back at work. Love the pop up/down wheel house. Would love to bring my youngest son out but the Australian Maritime laws are very strict about access onto our wharves with an MSIC required so he can only look in from the security fences.
Cam
One day i asked chief engineer if it was ok for him to bring my son on board. 15 minutes later he visited the whole engine room with chief engineer's ear protection on his head. He was 11 years old then. Even if regulations are strict, sometimes it's possible.
Thanks for taking us to your work. Sure you couldn't stuff your pockets full of that round stock? LOL.
Hi Tom. Normally nobody is allowed to walk around the dockside. I'm sure that you understand that not even one hair on my head thinks about picking up stuff that doesn't belong to me. But dreaming is free...
Hej rusti thanks for the fun and beautiful moments i mis or old barge...
Me to my friend... me to.
Awesome video mate, I always wanted to be a marine engineer, But I am an engineer at a coal terminal in Australia. Thanks again. Regards Wayne
Thanks Wane. A least you can go home every day.
Rustinox this is true my friend.
First comment. What cargo's do usually carry?
We only do bunkering of marine diesel. No other products and no transport.
@@Rustinox Working for an oil company we hauled everything, all over the place. Nice only having to work with one grade and clean product.
Nice, cool stuff
I should do one of these work videos
Indeed Tommy, that would be very interesting.
Well, that was a first, very interesting, and the containers falling, whew.... bad day.
Thanks for getting some memories from 15 years ago!
By the way captain, it is port side and starboard side...
I learned in french. At work we speak dutch. On the ship we speak english. My brain is to small to figure that out in the right language in milliseconds. So i prefer left and right.
Easy way I learned to remember.... there’s no PORT, LEFT in the bottle.
Hic
Cheers
Great video! Interesting, now I can say I've been on a barge!😁
Welcome on board.
Hey Rustinox, thanks man really enjoyed
Cheers
Raymond
Thanks Raymond.
very interesting, thanks
Thanks Patrick. You're welcome.
Hello master. Did I see the Romanian flag or was I just wrong? I didn't see if it was blue or black. I appreciate you for your dedication to work.
The barge is registered in Antwerp, so it's the Belgian flag.
@@Rustinox Thanks
Very interesting indeed, I have seen many inland barges in Belgium and Germany, certainly a lot bigger than the 1.8 metre wide ones we have in the UK, though there are a few larger ones on the Manchester ship canal. I love engineering, and ships are the biggest transport ever built. I always prefer to travel by car and ship, rather than fly. I have traveled many times from England to both France, Belgium, Norway & Sweden.
Dank u wel.
Thanks for your comment. Since this sea vessels are registered in different countries, i visited a big part of the world without leaving the port of Antwerp :)
Tricky.Jp-8 same thing.Your refuel tougher for sure
what a great job to have
Nice video.
Thanks Stefan.