One of my favorite yt shows/segments todate. I get more info from Dr./Prof/Capt Sal than anyone else in the "news" & he shows his sources too. This is why this channel is growing at a very good pace.
SORRY FOR THE ALL CAPS I HAVE POOR VISION. I JUST EANTED TO TELL YOU THST I NEVER THOUGHT I WAS INTERESTED IN SHIPPING UNTIL I FOUBD YOUR CHANNEL. TOU HAVE A VERY ENGAGING WAY OF GIVING INFORMATION THAT IS MUCH APPRECIATED. LOVE YOUR CHANNEL.
Sal you're a Gem. Found you because of the Titan toilet paper tube sub but you're like a real "TLC" channel. It's great to find an educated man. I never would have guessed how interesting your world was/is. A+
You are not only a very smart man, you are a powerfull informer and educater in the maritime shipping world! Great content and very clear in your presentation, so refreshing.
Thanks, Professor Dr. Sal! Sad that the U.S.A. is so short sighted we are steaming full speed ahead to risk being isolated, commercially, by the craze to outsource everything. No maritime assets = no global reach.
FYI Canadian labor code make it illegal to strike at at the grain terminals. All grain terminals under ILWU Canada jurisdiction are working and currently loading grain. About the cruise ships, its exactly what you said, the company and the union agreed in past collective agreements that they would not strike at the passenger terminals, to not lose the work.
Hahaha..." I am just a regular youtuber", you should have added "who knows to pick his shirts". Great summarizing all the most relevant events in shipping and beyond. Thanks that we have you and Capt Konrad to keep us up to date. Stay safe, and keep them coming. Right from the Big Ditch
I am no one but if I could assist, I definitely would. I’m 78, I’ve have been a racing sailor, have worked in case management for injured longshoremen, but have not been involved I. The maritime industry. My heart is involved, if that counts. ❤❤❤
An engine that is 5 stories tall and uses diesel fuel is going to produce exhaust. period full 🛑 now this industry would be a good candidate for cap and trade because of the vessel retirements and purchasing of new clean running vessels. thanks Prof. Sal. 🎉
As someone who only recently discovered this channel and knows practically nothing about the maritime sector, I am not surprised there is an information fog surrounding American shipping. All of us land-locked citizens rarely think about the denizens of the deep.
Excellent report and assessment. The reason important activities that you cover are not "reported", is because US media (MSM networks, cable) are only concerned with "hair on fire" hysteria and propaganda of all sorts.
Never in a million years did I think I'd be paying this much attention to the shipping sector. I know that it works in the background constantly and I sort of just... benefit from it, but I never thought it would be something that I would be excited to learn about. I have to say though, it's really cool! Like wow! It's just tied to everything. Thank you for doing this show! I discovered you because of your coverage of the Titan submersible, but stayed for the insights into commerce and global trade that I've never even considered.
Great update Dr. Sal. Sounds like they got to the 'dirty-politics' part of the BC ILWU fight. (I love the way you say that - 'ILUU''.) Nice of you to do the correction for the fine folks of Prince Rupert BC. I caught it on previous episodes but like the way you say ILWU - I didn't point it out. You're doing great work Sal - when not firefighting or teaching!! Get the Titanic model finished before Labour Day?
as long as it's very tightly controlled, and quality maintained, there is nothing particularly wrong with Nuclear powered vessels... the USN has been doing it for ages.... the fact that so many of the crews and companies do not do their job properly is the issue... but, that's discipline... maybe we were just a little premature in our abandonment of Keelhauling as a tactic IDK... I do not see a reason why a proper fully monitored nuclear trade fleet is out of the question if we start training today... we just need to properly control all the crew and the companies do. but that should be done even for conventional ships as well... it's just that with nuclear, you really can't let the s^%'&@show continue, and therefore, we might actually get safer shipping... PS: how more or less ecological that would be is another question all together.
Congratulations on your Alma Mater getting a new training ship. As a NYer I've driven across the top of your school many times.😁 PS... Love the channel. I learn more real news from each of your videos than I could get from months of the so called main stream media. CUOTO (stolen from TimB at Sea) Another cool channel.
Thank you for talking about this YES the massive container ships KEEP the Engine in the Ship for life. They change or service a problem with say a piston as a ship is moving. ( They can take a piston OFF line) to overhaul. Whats good news about Emissions is the major manufacturer of these Engines, is testing NEW builds with alternative Fuels. Say ( Methanal) so when in Ports the Air quality at ship is near 0. But you need storage tank system on shore. You need a Dock to load barges, so the barge can bunker next to ship. The heavy fuels would then be used for full speed at sea. Cruise terminal are already getting Shore plug in to system. But that is another problem for container ship docks. The massive container crane runs along dock front. And being able to build these shore power hook ups is a headache. No room for control boxs. These shore power set ups need a boom lift system to move these massive cable to side of ship. Plus ship must have a opening on side to plug into. Its not that easy to build. So glad you talked about the ( iron ore) thats shipped out of Vancouver Canada. The massive dock with long trains coming in to off load, the massive conveyor belt loading system onto ships. There is NO other west coast port that have this set up. You can see the massive terminal if you take the Twasson ferry to Vancouver Island. Just north of ferry dock. Its EYE opening to see.
Yes decarbonising shipping is a mammoth task, but unless we use the whip and the rod the incumbent industry will never make the changes that need to be made because they're making too much money doing it the way it's done now.
That is full of a lot of nice sounding words. The statement needs the consideration of the hostile conditions these people are enduring and those impacts to their life expectancy due to the exposure. So, their resources and quality of life will be shorten and less enjoyed. This going to hasten robotic and a compensation payout for the people.
You mentioned that Michigan should have a training ship. If you're referring to the Great Lakes Maritime Academy at Northwestern Michigan College, they do have a training ship. T/S State of Michigan is an ex-Navy submarine surveillance ship that was transferred to the academy in I think 2002.
I am referring to a new training ship. State of Michigan is a former Stalwart class T-AGOS. They need a ship with a better propulsion plant and more accommodations.
@@wgowshipping Ahh, I certainly can't offer an opinion on that front, but it is a fairly old and small ship, that's for sure. They're training up 50 cadets max on a 224 foot ship, that if they stay on the great lakes, are going to 600+ foot freighters? I could definitely see the need for a larger more modern replacement. Thanks, and keep up all the good work.
Sal, to my understanding it’s in the contract that you have to work the rails along with the passenger ships and any ship container or other under a US flag. Don’t quote me on this but this though.
Interesting! Talking about leased charter vessels, What happened to MV Home D'pot? And there were a couple of others. MV Wally World?? I jest about MV Home Depot and Walmart. I remembered that you had said these large companies were leasing vessels to protect their supply chain.
Sal, Having participated in one of IMO's meetings in Oslo on vessel emissions, I was startled at the lack of knowledge when it came to the mechanics of marine propulsion and the reduction of emissions. Short of switching to sail, as you have suggested, or going to nuclear power, zero Green House Gas emissions is impossible. It was impossible to convince the politicians that if you improved vessel efficiency by 30%, you could not come back in 30 years and improve efficiency by 30% once again. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the increase in the cost of bunkers led to a push to improve efficiency to reduce the cost of bunkers. I was inundated by "Snake Oil Salesman" each promising a 3 to 5% reduction in fuel consumption. After a particularly bad sales pitch, I told the salesman that if a combined the right snake oils I could generate fuel. The salesman had no idea what I was talking about. You have mentioned slow steaming several times. Slow steaming works well, if you reduce speed you reduce power (power is proportional to speed cubed). I worked with oil tankers where you could slow the ships if the refineries were long on crude. If they were short, you had to make timely deliveries. My guess is if slow steaming becomes the solution to greenhouse gas emissions reduction at some point additional vessels will be needed to move the same amount of cargo. In turn, the total amount of emissions will increase. Bob
Bob...First my sincerest apologies for having to attend an IMO meeting. I completely agree with you that politicians do not have a full appreciation for the magnitude for what they are trying to achieve. The engineering and science is mind-boggling and while the aspiration is great, I am not sure they can achieve it. Sal
@beanman853 Personally, I believe ammonia is far too dangerous for use as fuel. The risk of leaks and fumes presents a danger in the confined space of an engine room. Methanol is zero risk. But it takes fuel, fertilizer, and insecticide for the growing and harvesting of corn. Let's not forget fuel for transport to a processing facility, fuel for transport and delivery to each ship. As Sal points out there are issues with the phase-out and replacement of ships. I can only speak of the tankers I dealt with while I was working, but if maintained properly it is possible to operate tankers well past a 20-year life. T-2 tankers built for WWII were operated into the 1980s. We had tankers that were built in the early 1950s that were operated into the 1980s. We scrapped ships in the late 1990s that were built in the early 1970s because of requirements for double hulls and not because of the condition of the ships.
Thanks for the video Sal. I’m a currently sailing as a 2Off but I want to get into Maritime History and Archaeology basically anything related to history. How do I go about it??
Sal, Sal, Sal, the fake crazy msm is a joke today. To use them as a source, just down grades your credibility Professor Sal. You are the most credible and reliable source in reporting maritime events. Keep up the great work, and much appreciate all your hard work/time. Miss those classes you started but understand 😅
question @ 22;36 you say California, isn't the state of Washington far more active maritimely more active than California? when i lived in Ballard there was a school right down the street.
Love the Show....Here's a Question ,be fun if you add as a Subject on your show "latest in improving shipping propellents"....THEY have be testing ships with sails and kites (MOL) that help push AND PULL SHIPS....IT would be cool to use the strong ocean winds to assist to push the ship on her way...or perhaps USE those BIG walls of Containers to double as a Sail to also help push the ship......(2).....THERE is a interesting Concepts That Japan shipping MOL,WAS TESTING of wind power Generators using Sea Water in to Hydrogen to power Ships.....Would this W[work...? Perhaps this would help lower The use of Ship Engines. To help lower Emissions....You would thick That different Concepts would work for some People and not be feasible for others .Which is true.. But This is good for others to help lower Emissions etc...🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤😢😮😅 Thanks Uncle Sal for STARTING INNOVATIVE THOUGHTS.......😢🎉😂❤❤❤❤❤
lol the medium salary is 140k , but they forgot to mention it takes 10 years + to get there. first year u might make 5000$-2nd year mabee 9500$- also the tax bracket is around 150k the wage increase just means we will work less to get the 140k and in turn let lower boards get more shifts. we cant retain tradesmen cause they all take off to Alberta for better pay----
great video. only thing you didn't bring up is the law suit trying to make vessels over 35 ft have a max speed of 11 MPR on the east coast. i don't see it going through. what are your thoughts. this would be from Maine to Florida rolling speed limits meaning as Whales migrate. i see it being a big impact on shipping along with commercial fishing and charter boats. where am I wrong?
the fact its in MPR and not speed Knots says a lot... what does that even mean... I am guess that's a propeller rotation value??? but how does that translate into the real world.
@@joshwelner1951 still, using land miles rather than knots??? that sounds like whoever wrote that want to tick off anyone who knows anything about the sea...
@@joshwelner1951 my original thought was MPH (which is when I thought of commenting like you see in my other reply) but when I saw MPR, I started looking on the internet what it could be, and found that there was a measurement with the acronym that vaguely made sense, so I went for that definition...
@@stanislavkostarnov2157 I got a laugh out of your comment. I think the news might be dumbing it down because most people don't know how fast a knot is. maybe. but still very little in the news about 30 + mammal deaths this past winter around offshore windmill areas sonar blasting (mapping of the seafloor)
Well you might get her whether you want her or not lol. She's been doing harbour and sea trails and when I drove past her on my way to work this morning there was what looked like a ocean going tug moored next to her, I assume to escorts her home, or at least tow her out past the 12 mile lkkit before she sinks
Yes, you will need maybe a dozen times the number of ships, but it's not a question of current technology (as you have always put it) it's a question of how much you are willing to pay There is much enough technology to get sizable sail ships... they will not be very competitive in the current market, but they will be sufficient for a greater (but not incomparable) cost... can the government force us to spend that kind of money on shipping? if there is enough support for them in the public, I do not see why not?
Regarding dockworkers' pay, it seems to me that the cost of living (primarily housing) in many North American port areas is WAY higher than average. They don't bother to "normalize" their figures.
I work longshore 6 years. I had to leave because still only halfway to fulltime work. People say wage good, but when start only work 3 or 4 day a month. Really hard get full time
Well, we can electrify motor vehicles and railways with existing tech, the problem is investing public and private money to do so. Ships and aviation however are much harder to get to zero-emissions without sails or going nuclear, hydrogen fuel cells offer the most likely solution, but green hydrogen production is where batteries were a decade ago, a lot of R&D to be done to get hydrogen to the cost of diesel on a broad scale. For more niche uses, like powering regional train in Germany, hydrogen produced from off-peak overnight wind power is reportedly competitive with diesel fuel.
if it's say double the price of diesel, it's just a rise in the cost of shipment.. if companies are all forced to do so, they will suffer no competition at lower prices, and therefore can still keep a profit... will make import more expensive, and therefore lessen shipping volumes somewhat in the long-term, but it will not eat into company profits too fast or hard.
They lie about the trades they'd fill every skilled trade position nearly overnight and the employer knows that ..period i am a tradesman and dont work there so no knife in the fight here
Grain bank. Negotiating the terms of their surrender to contractural decrees. Yet, none can be valid if they are not of sound mind and not under the influence of mind altering substances?
Does the ILWU strike shut down Ferry service as well? There is ferry service from Rupert to Vancouver island as well as some of the inaccessible communities. Not sure if those services are part of ILWU. Also, Prince Rupert manages to combine the smell of papermills with fish canneries. Beautiful in pictures, infested with bald eagles, don't recommend the smell. Also, check the fine print on IMO agreements on emissions. Putting the onus on private companies smells like a carbon tax is coming. They don't want zero emissions, the want money they can direct to poorer countries that do dirty work like shipbreaking.
I would assert that the public oblivion toward merchant shipping bespeaks the exact same intellectual vacuum which has created the idiotic myth that conferences and treaties will result in easing down some nonexistent planetary thermostat. I've watched it all my life. The brief window of opportunity came and went decades ago, in the 1970s during the various 'energy crisis' periods, for prosperous societies to take a hard look at the staggering and unforgivable waste of every resource making modern prosperity possible, and DECIDE TO USE LESS OF EVERYTHING. The brief fashion trend that got as far as a few suburban escapees wearing organic cotton T-shirts to their Dead shows, or driving four-cylinder cars and whatnot, didn't last. It wasn't enough fun to try and maintain the kingly lifestyles modern people think is their birthright, while trying to cut down on how much of literally everything it took to sustain them. Most of what is wasted every second of every minute was never necessary in the first place, and this is such a big thing to know and live with that it's easier to pretend we don't know it. In short, we blew it, we missed the chance, the eighties came along and Gordon Gecko's 'greed is good' became the new and enduring religion of modern life, and it's too late. It's been too late for decades. The planet is going to warm up or not, depending on what the planet decides to do, and ain't a damn thing anyone can do to stop it. And everyone with the sense God gave geese (which does not include Greta Thunberg) knows this too. Climate activism is pure silly pageantry to relieve the global conscience for not stopping the profligacy of modern life decades ago, when it might have made the difference, and now nobody wants to be reminded that most of what they use comes to them on an oil-chugging super-vessel from who-cares-where. Nor is anyone particularly serious now, any more than during the 70s, about changing their way of life to require less, instead of just demanding more. That ship has sailed, to coin an apt enough phrase.
What is this????? From the Empire State VII Wikipedia page… “the NSMV class is also to be equipped for disaster relief: a Roll-on/Roll-off side ramp, container space and crane, and a helipad. Though a helicopter cannot actually land on the helipad.” Really????? Can I have the money spent to build that useless helipad?
One of my favorite yt shows/segments todate.
I get more info from Dr./Prof/Capt Sal than anyone else in the "news" & he shows his sources too.
This is why this channel is growing at a very good pace.
Me too!
SORRY FOR THE ALL CAPS I HAVE POOR VISION. I JUST EANTED TO TELL YOU THST I NEVER THOUGHT I WAS INTERESTED IN SHIPPING UNTIL I FOUBD YOUR CHANNEL. TOU HAVE A VERY ENGAGING WAY OF GIVING INFORMATION THAT IS MUCH APPRECIATED. LOVE YOUR CHANNEL.
Sal, I have to say, that your reporting, especially on the ILWU West Coast contract negotiations, is the most unbiased, I've seen. Great work 👍
Sal you're a Gem. Found you because of the Titan toilet paper tube sub but you're like a real "TLC" channel. It's great to find an educated man. I never would have guessed how interesting your world was/is. A+
Thanks Adam!
you mean the fake psyop story that was entirely fabricated?
You are not only a very smart man, you are a powerfull informer and educater in the maritime shipping world!
Great content and very clear in your presentation, so refreshing.
Thanks, Professor Dr. Sal! Sad that the U.S.A. is so short sighted we are steaming full speed ahead to risk being isolated, commercially, by the craze to outsource everything. No maritime assets = no global reach.
FYI Canadian labor code make it illegal to strike at at the grain terminals. All grain terminals under ILWU Canada jurisdiction are working and currently loading grain. About the cruise ships, its exactly what you said, the company and the union agreed in past collective agreements that they would not strike at the passenger terminals, to not lose the work.
The very important work you do is important to humanity. Thank you. .
My best friend graduated from Texas A&M Maritime, so it is nice to see us building ships for them. Go Bears!
Dear dr sal bmf
I love the voodoo you do so well
The best exposition of current world shipping.
Hahaha..." I am just a regular youtuber", you should have added "who knows to pick his shirts". Great summarizing all the most relevant events in shipping and beyond.
Thanks that we have you and Capt Konrad to keep us up to date.
Stay safe, and keep them coming.
Right from the Big Ditch
This has become my new favorite channel 😭😭😭
Thank You!
I am no one but if I could assist, I definitely would. I’m 78, I’ve have been a racing sailor, have worked in case management for injured longshoremen, but have not been involved I. The maritime industry. My heart is involved, if that counts. ❤❤❤
Yes some of us Longshore workers make over 100 g a year but at the cost of working 300-330 days a year.
So wise , Thank You . I Agree that we NEED to Build MORE Matitime and U.S. MILITARY Ships
Glad to hear that the five new national multi-mission security ships are being built in Philadelphia.
OUTSTANDING coverage!
Excited to sail on the new NSMVs in the coming years.
An engine that is 5 stories tall and uses diesel fuel is going to produce exhaust. period full 🛑
now this industry would be a good candidate for cap and trade because of the vessel retirements and purchasing of new clean running vessels.
thanks Prof. Sal.
🎉
Lots of acronyms to follow! Great program
Sorry. Will aim to minimize that in the future.
Sail - a - boat! Outstanding! One row of containers stacked very high Eastbound. DFO Westbound. Your show drips sarcasm!
As someone who only recently discovered this channel and knows practically nothing about the maritime sector, I am not surprised there is an information fog surrounding American shipping. All of us land-locked citizens rarely think about the denizens of the deep.
Great edition. Keep up the great work!
Excellent report and assessment. The reason important activities that you cover are not "reported", is because US media (MSM networks, cable) are only concerned with "hair on fire" hysteria and propaganda of all sorts.
Good analysis on the ILWU strike bro, you just gained a subscriber 👍
Hi Sal I scored 68 out of 100 for port management strategy. 70 and higher is a distinction.
Great segment Sal...thanks for all the great information.
Glad you enjoyed it
Never in a million years did I think I'd be paying this much attention to the shipping sector. I know that it works in the background constantly and I sort of just... benefit from it, but I never thought it would be something that I would be excited to learn about. I have to say though, it's really cool! Like wow! It's just tied to everything.
Thank you for doing this show! I discovered you because of your coverage of the Titan submersible, but stayed for the insights into commerce and global trade that I've never even considered.
Thanks Stanley!
I worked in shipyards for seven years., until they closed. The same answer, as always is money!
Good work Sal.
Great update Dr. Sal. Sounds like they got to the 'dirty-politics' part of the BC ILWU fight. (I love the way you say that - 'ILUU''.) Nice of you to do the correction for the fine folks of Prince Rupert BC. I caught it on previous episodes but like the way you say ILWU - I didn't point it out. You're doing great work Sal - when not firefighting or teaching!! Get the Titanic model finished before Labour Day?
Decrbonise shipping, yes, with an entirely nuclear powered merchant fleet! nothing could go wrong...
as long as it's very tightly controlled, and quality maintained, there is nothing particularly wrong with Nuclear powered vessels... the USN has been doing it for ages....
the fact that so many of the crews and companies do not do their job properly is the issue... but, that's discipline... maybe we were just a little premature in our abandonment of Keelhauling as a tactic IDK...
I do not see a reason why a proper fully monitored nuclear trade fleet is out of the question if we start training today... we just need to properly control all the crew and the companies do. but that should be done even for conventional ships as well... it's just that with nuclear, you really can't let the s^%'&@show continue, and therefore, we might actually get safer shipping...
PS: how more or less ecological that would be is another question all together.
Congratulations on your Alma Mater getting a new training ship. As a NYer I've driven across the top of your school many times.😁 PS... Love the channel. I learn more real news from each of your videos than I could get from months of the so called main stream media. CUOTO (stolen from TimB at Sea) Another cool channel.
Tim B is the man!
As we get closer to the net zero target date and the industry can't meet it, the date will get pushed out.
Thank you for talking about this
YES the massive container ships KEEP the Engine in the Ship for life. They change or service a problem with say a piston as a ship is moving. ( They can take a piston OFF line) to overhaul. Whats good news about Emissions is the major manufacturer of these Engines, is testing NEW builds with alternative Fuels. Say ( Methanal) so when in Ports the Air quality at ship is near 0. But you need storage tank system on shore. You need a Dock to load barges, so the barge can bunker next to ship. The heavy fuels would then be used for full speed at sea. Cruise terminal are already getting Shore plug in to system. But that is another problem for container ship docks. The massive container crane runs along dock front. And being able to build these shore power hook ups is a headache. No room for control boxs. These shore power set ups need a boom lift system to move these massive cable to side of ship. Plus ship must have a opening on side to plug into. Its not that easy to build. So glad you talked about the ( iron ore) thats shipped out of Vancouver Canada. The massive dock with long trains coming in to off load, the massive conveyor belt loading system onto ships. There is NO other west coast port that have this set up. You can see the massive terminal if you take the Twasson ferry to Vancouver Island. Just north of ferry dock. Its EYE opening to see.
Very informative, keep it up
Glad you liked it
Yes decarbonising shipping is a mammoth task, but unless we use the whip and the rod the incumbent industry will never make the changes that need to be made because they're making too much money doing it the way it's done now.
That is full of a lot of nice sounding words. The statement needs the consideration of the hostile conditions these people are enduring and those impacts to their life expectancy due to the exposure. So, their resources and quality of life will be shorten and less enjoyed. This going to hasten robotic and a compensation payout for the people.
6:36 passengers, domestic and mil cargo never get messed with. Bad PR
True!
Solidarity with Canadian all port workers on strike!!!
You mentioned that Michigan should have a training ship. If you're referring to the Great Lakes Maritime Academy at Northwestern Michigan College, they do have a training ship. T/S State of Michigan is an ex-Navy submarine surveillance ship that was transferred to the academy in I think 2002.
I am referring to a new training ship. State of Michigan is a former Stalwart class T-AGOS. They need a ship with a better propulsion plant and more accommodations.
@@wgowshipping Ahh, I certainly can't offer an opinion on that front, but it is a fairly old and small ship, that's for sure. They're training up 50 cadets max on a 224 foot ship, that if they stay on the great lakes, are going to 600+ foot freighters? I could definitely see the need for a larger more modern replacement.
Thanks, and keep up all the good work.
Sal, there also no interruptions in grain handling during strike!!!
Thanks!
Thank you so much for your support!
Sal, to my understanding it’s in the contract that you have to work the rails along with the passenger ships and any ship container or other under a US flag. Don’t quote me on this but this though.
GREAT---AS ALWAYS
Interesting! Talking about leased charter vessels, What happened to MV Home D'pot? And there were a couple of others. MV Wally World?? I jest about MV Home Depot and Walmart. I remembered that you had said these large companies were leasing vessels to protect their supply chain.
They only leased ships for short duration and they are now back leading space on the big carriers.
You are a smart guy
Sal,
Having participated in one of IMO's meetings in Oslo on vessel emissions, I was startled at the lack of knowledge when it came to the mechanics of marine propulsion and the reduction of emissions. Short of switching to sail, as you have suggested, or going to nuclear power, zero Green House Gas emissions is impossible. It was impossible to convince the politicians that if you improved vessel efficiency by 30%, you could not come back in 30 years and improve efficiency by 30% once again.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the increase in the cost of bunkers led to a push to improve efficiency to reduce the cost of bunkers. I was inundated by "Snake Oil Salesman" each promising a 3 to 5% reduction in fuel consumption. After a particularly bad sales pitch, I told the salesman that if a combined the right snake oils I could generate fuel. The salesman had no idea what I was talking about.
You have mentioned slow steaming several times. Slow steaming works well, if you reduce speed you reduce power (power is proportional to speed cubed). I worked with oil tankers where you could slow the ships if the refineries were long on crude. If they were short, you had to make timely deliveries.
My guess is if slow steaming becomes the solution to greenhouse gas emissions reduction at some point additional vessels will be needed to move the same amount of cargo. In turn, the total amount of emissions will increase.
Bob
Bob...First my sincerest apologies for having to attend an IMO meeting.
I completely agree with you that politicians do not have a full appreciation for the magnitude for what they are trying to achieve. The engineering and science is mind-boggling and while the aspiration is great, I am not sure they can achieve it.
Sal
@wgowshipping I am happy to be retired. I did my time dealing with the politics of California, Alaska, Washington State, Washington DC, and IMO.
Bob
Well stated. The same is happening with the US electric grid.
Ammonia is zero depending on source of hydrogen feedstock. Methanol is zero net emissions
@beanman853 Personally, I believe ammonia is far too dangerous for use as fuel. The risk of leaks and fumes presents a danger in the confined space of an engine room.
Methanol is zero risk. But it takes fuel, fertilizer, and insecticide for the growing and harvesting of corn. Let's not forget fuel for transport to a processing facility, fuel for transport and delivery to each ship.
As Sal points out there are issues with the phase-out and replacement of ships. I can only speak of the tankers I dealt with while I was working, but if maintained properly it is possible to operate tankers well past a 20-year life. T-2 tankers built for WWII were operated into the 1980s. We had tankers that were built in the early 1950s that were operated into the 1980s. We scrapped ships in the late 1990s that were built in the early 1970s because of requirements for double hulls and not because of the condition of the ships.
Thanks for the video Sal.
I’m a currently sailing as a 2Off but I want to get into Maritime History and Archaeology basically anything related to history. How do I go about it??
What do you think about doubling amount of shipping going down the St. Lawrence seaway?
Sal, Sal, Sal, the fake crazy msm is a joke today. To use them as a source, just down grades your credibility Professor Sal. You are the most credible and reliable source in reporting maritime events. Keep up the great work, and much appreciate all your hard work/time. Miss those classes you started but understand 😅
I am aiming to finish those classes. I just got over committed.
@@wgowshipping I know Sal, lots of big news stories. So much for slow news days...😆
As to the IMO zero emissions story, would going to nuclear powered ships meet the critera? Please elaborate!!
question @ 22;36 you say California, isn't the state of Washington far more active maritimely more active than California?
when i lived in Ballard there was a school right down the street.
There is a maritime school in Washington but the only West Coast maritime academy is in California.
Love the Show....Here's a Question ,be fun if you add as a Subject on your show "latest in improving shipping propellents"....THEY have be testing ships with sails and kites (MOL) that help push AND PULL SHIPS....IT would be cool to use the strong ocean winds to assist to push the ship on her way...or perhaps USE those BIG walls of Containers to double as a Sail to also help push the ship......(2).....THERE is a interesting Concepts That Japan shipping MOL,WAS TESTING of wind power Generators using Sea Water in to Hydrogen to power Ships.....Would this W[work...? Perhaps this would help lower The use of Ship Engines. To help lower Emissions....You would thick That different Concepts would work for some People and not be feasible for others .Which is true.. But This is good for others to help lower Emissions etc...🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤😢😮😅 Thanks Uncle Sal for STARTING INNOVATIVE THOUGHTS.......😢🎉😂❤❤❤❤❤
lol the medium salary is 140k , but they forgot to mention it takes 10 years + to get there. first year u might make 5000$-2nd year mabee 9500$- also the tax bracket is around 150k the wage increase just means we will work less to get the 140k and in turn let lower boards get more shifts.
we cant retain tradesmen cause they all take off to Alberta for better pay----
Maritime ship building I have tried to educate everyone but I am a nobody also teaching history that never has been taught without discussing SHIPS !
great video.
only thing you didn't bring up is the law suit trying to make vessels over 35 ft have a max speed of 11 MPR on the east coast. i don't see it going through.
what are your thoughts.
this would be from Maine to Florida rolling speed limits meaning as Whales migrate.
i see it being a big impact on shipping along with commercial fishing and charter boats.
where am I wrong?
the fact its in MPR and not speed Knots says a lot... what does that even mean...
I am guess that's a propeller rotation value??? but how does that translate into the real world.
@@stanislavkostarnov2157 🤦 MPH.
my kids wouldn't to go to bed and I didn't proofread.
@@joshwelner1951 still, using land miles rather than knots???
that sounds like whoever wrote that want to tick off anyone who knows anything about the sea...
@@joshwelner1951 my original thought was MPH (which is when I thought of commenting like you see in my other reply) but when I saw MPR, I started looking on the internet what it could be, and found that there was a measurement with the acronym that vaguely made sense, so I went for that definition...
@@stanislavkostarnov2157 I got a laugh out of your comment.
I think the news might be dumbing it down because most people don't know how fast a knot is.
maybe.
but still very little in the news about 30 + mammal deaths this past winter around offshore windmill areas sonar blasting (mapping of the seafloor)
I helped build the empire state! She has come a long way since February
Here is a little bit of levity much needed there - If you still want a Container ship? the Shiling is still in Wellington.
I will pass!
Well you might get her whether you want her or not lol. She's been doing harbour and sea trails and when I drove past her on my way to work this morning there was what looked like a ocean going tug moored next to her, I assume to escorts her home, or at least tow her out past the 12 mile lkkit before she sinks
Sal ,,,,,Grain is being loaded at Fraser Surrey Docks .
So... BDMEA is the company that supplies the workforce to the port?
No. Union supply that. Bcmea handle contract and payroll, but they farm out payroll so now they only do contract
It’s the quality of union work.
The employer has to “double work” .
Yes, pay people what they are worth - not because they belong to a certain group.
Ammonia is zero ghg depending where you count from
Are they gonna hire more hd mechanics at bc ports ???
Yes, you will need maybe a dozen times the number of ships, but it's not a question of current technology (as you have always put it) it's a question of how much you are willing to pay
There is much enough technology to get sizable sail ships... they will not be very competitive in the current market, but they will be sufficient for a greater (but not incomparable) cost...
can the government force us to spend that kind of money on shipping? if there is enough support for them in the public, I do not see why not?
THE CHOKE IS ON
Regarding dockworkers' pay, it seems to me that the cost of living (primarily housing) in many North American port areas is WAY higher than average. They don't bother to "normalize" their figures.
I work longshore 6 years. I had to leave because still only halfway to fulltime work.
People say wage good, but when start only work 3 or 4 day a month.
Really hard get full time
Well, we can electrify motor vehicles and railways with existing tech, the problem is investing public and private money to do so. Ships and aviation however are much harder to get to zero-emissions without sails or going nuclear, hydrogen fuel cells offer the most likely solution, but green hydrogen production is where batteries were a decade ago, a lot of R&D to be done to get hydrogen to the cost of diesel on a broad scale. For more niche uses, like powering regional train in Germany, hydrogen produced from off-peak overnight wind power is reportedly competitive with diesel fuel.
if it's say double the price of diesel, it's just a rise in the cost of shipment.. if companies are all forced to do so, they will suffer no competition at lower prices, and therefore can still keep a profit...
will make import more expensive, and therefore lessen shipping volumes somewhat in the long-term, but it will not eat into company profits too fast or hard.
We can bring back the Trireme just a few thousand rows men.
Don't give them any ideas unless you want to be chained to an oar
They lie about the trades they'd fill every skilled trade position nearly overnight and the employer knows that ..period i am a tradesman and dont work there so no knife in the fight here
The empire success story was not promoted, because it is a success story, and that is not what the "powers that be" want.
@13:00 elimination of fossil fuels is not about the environment. it's about control.
Go NYMA
Fort Schuyler here.
Sal, if you want carbon free shipping, it's already been done. NS Savannah. Could you imagine a fleet of modern nuclear powered container ships?
They are thinking of using ammonia as well
I can... not even with difficulty!
Net zero= fantasy world!
You use nuclear powered ships to reduce ghg emissions
(I know its not practical)
#logistics #ukmfg you know you’re better off investing south.
no press....NO free lunch for the press !
Grain bank. Negotiating the terms of their surrender to contractural decrees. Yet, none can be valid if they are not of sound mind and not under the influence of mind altering substances?
And the risk of a ship grounding
What about the chevron tanker getting fired on by iranian navy?
I filmed that section earlier and did not have that story. I will do a follow up.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels reference rules! Ruprecht. Funny 💩
Ecoquack doesn’t belong in the same sentence with logic , morality, competence, values, common sense.
Does the ILWU strike shut down Ferry service as well? There is ferry service from Rupert to Vancouver island as well as some of the inaccessible communities. Not sure if those services are part of ILWU. Also, Prince Rupert manages to combine the smell of papermills with fish canneries. Beautiful in pictures, infested with bald eagles, don't recommend the smell.
Also, check the fine print on IMO agreements on emissions. Putting the onus on private companies smells like a carbon tax is coming. They don't want zero emissions, the want money they can direct to poorer countries that do dirty work like shipbreaking.
Ferries are a different employer and are not a part of the dispute with the shipping companies.
BC Ferry and Marine Workers’ Union.
Zero emissions is a very long way off.
Here's to the Empire State!
Thanks for the support!
Like the missing ammonia nitrate train vessel. 🙄😱
Is there a 'Ozone' tax credit?
Hi Sal, good call on them putting Sorry on the protest signs. I hope they get what they want.
I hope they get nothing and all get fired.
@@smgdfcmfahagreed, they need to fire the lot and start over.
Well....Wow, enjoy paying more for Basic Items and importing foreign Labor. 👍
@@M167A1 jealousy, gets you nowhere. Have fun at your shitty job.
Sal ,,,,,Grain is being loaded at F S Docks
Canada need port automation
Trudeau is batting 1000.
It's not that difficult. All you need is a BIIIIIIG rubber band.
The U.S. should build nuclear powered merchant ships and use U.S. crews.
Well done guys... The government wants inflation and so we need more pay to stay even.
I would assert that the public oblivion toward merchant shipping bespeaks the exact same intellectual vacuum which has created the idiotic myth that conferences and treaties will result in easing down some nonexistent planetary thermostat.
I've watched it all my life. The brief window of opportunity came and went decades ago, in the 1970s during the various 'energy crisis' periods, for prosperous societies to take a hard look at the staggering and unforgivable waste of every resource making modern prosperity possible, and DECIDE TO USE LESS OF EVERYTHING.
The brief fashion trend that got as far as a few suburban escapees wearing organic cotton T-shirts to their Dead shows, or driving four-cylinder cars and whatnot, didn't last. It wasn't enough fun to try and maintain the kingly lifestyles modern people think is their birthright, while trying to cut down on how much of literally everything it took to sustain them.
Most of what is wasted every second of every minute was never necessary in the first place, and this is such a big thing to know and live with that it's easier to pretend we don't know it.
In short, we blew it, we missed the chance, the eighties came along and Gordon Gecko's 'greed is good' became the new and enduring religion of modern life, and it's too late. It's been too late for decades.
The planet is going to warm up or not, depending on what the planet decides to do, and ain't a damn thing anyone can do to stop it.
And everyone with the sense God gave geese (which does not include Greta Thunberg) knows this too. Climate activism is pure silly pageantry to relieve the global conscience for not stopping the profligacy of modern life decades ago, when it might have made the difference, and now nobody wants to be reminded that most of what they use comes to them on an oil-chugging super-vessel from who-cares-where.
Nor is anyone particularly serious now, any more than during the 70s, about changing their way of life to require less, instead of just demanding more.
That ship has sailed, to coin an apt enough phrase.
To go zero carbon... All those ships will need nuclear reactors for power. GOD HELP US! Nothing Could Go Wrong There.. SMFH
What is this????? From the Empire State VII Wikipedia page… “the NSMV class is also to be equipped for disaster relief: a Roll-on/Roll-off side ramp, container space and crane, and a helipad. Though a helicopter cannot actually land on the helipad.” Really????? Can I have the money spent to build that useless helipad?
Hence there designation as National Multi-Mission Security Vessels.
US and NATO shouldn't provoke Russia.
Putin puppet says WHAT?
Russia shouldn't provoke US and NATO.