How To Start The Ship's Main Engine : From Preparation to Full Away
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- This video shows the procedure for starting up the Ship's Main Engine. As requested by many viewers, I made sure you will be able to hear the actual sounds made by the engine at different speeds.
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Chief MAKOi
Seaman Vlog S03E16
Ship's Main Engine : From Start-up to Full Away
I came over to your channel and subscribed because Sal Mercagnio suggested you as a great channel.
Me too
Me three!
And me.
Same here
And me 😅
Ive been a ships engineer for 33 years. What is missing from this video unfortunately for the viewers who have never been on a ship, is the smell and vibration. I love it, each ship has its own smell and personality. Some good and others not so good depending on the level of care over the years.
Fascinating Insight as to what it takes to fire up one of these gargantuan engines, not just turn the key and or press start.
I imagine it's very lengthy process from a dead ship status. That one would be interesting too.
Yes Chief just covers (and that's fine Chief)from M/E already warmed through etc, we used to get quite long times in Port back in the day and would shut things down especially if we had a fair bit of M/E work which basically was usually the case of course, as I recall (going back to the 70's) We did need a day or more once everything was boxed up to warm everything through properly, of course you needed permission from port authority to completely immobilise Main Engine(s) for maintenance, yes your right even going from "Cold" Main Engine(But Generator(s) running takes a while, got to circulate JCW (cooling water) through heaters and slowly bring up to temp, also piston CW (or Oil in some cases) Would have been great to have been able to show everyone how it was done on the old un automated motor ships built in 40s, 50s, 60s etc still very basically the same but no automation and often DC mai electrical power! I was " "brought up" on both
Absolutely Absolutely Yep!
How it's possible to reverse/fwd start the engine?
@@Airman.. good question. Many ships have variable pitch propellers so starting and stopping is not necessary. Many ships stjll use fixed pitch. The engine is stopped and the direction of the starting air distributor is reversed
Before 9/11 I was able to visit multiple engine rooms as ships were loading and unloading containers in the harbor. I did watch a piston being changed and other major repairs and it was amazing. One item I witnessed in all the vessels was the cleanliness of the engine rooms. The crews were always willing to explain what was happening and it was thoroughly enjoyed by myself and other mechanics on board. Sadly those days are gone.
I remember getting to do this when Navy ships came into port in the town where I grew up. My dad and I were always wowed by the size of the engines.
As a lifetime car mechanic, med duty diesel, small engine and 2 and 4 stroke recreational marine, I have always been fascinated by these gigantic engines. Thanks for the tour
These type of videos are more entertaining and interesting than most Hollywood movies. Plus you learn something.
Any other landlubbers like me just love watching this stuff?
I do lol.
I'm here for it. Kinda makes me wish I chose a nautical life.
Fascinating! One of the few things I know nothing about (apart from the huge engines, a little)
Haha yeah I enjoyed watching it as well
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My late grandfather would have been fascinated by this. He was a mechanical engineer by training and had served as an engineering officer in the US Navy during WWI. It was all steam then, but he would have loved touring your engine spaces. Thanks, Chief!
There were diesel ships then, but they were exclusively on the smaller side.
Quick question, just so I have this timeline straight - you said WWI. Did you mean that or WWII?
Chief MAKoi, I really enjoy watching your videos. I am retired now after working in the Oilfield for 37 years as a Chief & Senior Rotating Equipment Mechanic. I worked on Offshore Platform and Drilling Barges on a 28/28 shifts in South America and other countries. I know what it is to leave your family and loved ones behind, but I never imagined that in Maritimer would have to sacrifice so much to get to be a Chief Engineer. Look forward in watching any new videos in the future. Keep up the good work!
What an immaculate engine room! You can be really proud of yourself!
And his hard working team!!
I'd be more proud myself just hearing that engine running.
I’m an engineering student at a maritime academy and sometimes I think about quitting..but this channel is one of the things that motivates me and get me back on track..I appreciate u chief 🖤
@Kok Hoa Kik it’s actually really stressful,,don’t regret it my friend..everything happens for a reason..god has a greater plan for u insha allah 🖤🖤
@Kok Hoa Kik you got it brother
@@ibrahimmubarak9035 are u Saudi ?
@@mfallatha9991 no sir
Retired truck driver. But I will always admire a man who respects his job by showing a passion of doing it well. Many thanks and congratulations to you; Chief.
Couldn't agree more. We need to be proud of whatever achievement and knowledge we gain.
I worked on a ship and I always loved when the ME's would start up the engines; it was if the ship herself was waking up and saying, "Hi there - let's goooooo"! I loved the vibration you can feel once she opens up - like the ship is jogging along on the water. (I know I romanticize it, but when the work got exhausting I'd always remember those little things to remind me of what a smart, beautiful, and dedicated lady the ship was.)
Short and incredibly informative video deserving of 5*. Superb production in which we can actually see and hear exactly what the producer set out to show us. Thank you
Im so glad i stumbled across your channel Chief, ive wanted to know about all this stuff for at least 30 years!
Absolutely fascinating. Thanks for all your hard work bringing us our goods.
I wish I loved being educated this much when I was in school.....
As a young marine engineer myself from the UK, id love the pleasure to work alongside you in the engine room one day.
Excellent explanations which anyone can readily follow + understand. Chief Makoi shd be in tv educational +/or documentary programmes. He is great. My father was a Marine Engineer + CM's videos have brought some happy memories!!😎
I served in many Brazilian warships and, in general, the starting up procedures are the same. Pre- lub, fuel and starting air are very important so we can make it possible to full speed ahead...
a lot of smiles on my face, when I see the new movie
Thank you Chief MAKOi for taking the time to explain things. I am a 2nd year Marine Engineering Cadet based out of Vancouver BC Canada. I appreciate your videos. Thank You
Nice to see you back. What an insightful film on engine startup. Very interesting to see. One thing for sure, that isn't a simple startup sequence. A lot of very important steps to obviously preserve engine life.
Happy sailings 👍🏴🇳🇱
Had to come over and revisit this one after all that has happened in the last couple of weeks in Baltimore. Much love to you Chief. This is absolutely incredible the BEST channel for ocean going ships technical and mechanical aspects. TimBAtSea calls Sal “Dr. Sal” , you should be Dr Chief Makoi on the technical side. Thank you for all you do for the Maritime industry Chief. The world depends on guys like yourself
Thanks, a very clear and informative description. Beforehand I would have guessed that full ahead was the maximum power setting, you lean something every day.
Your voice is fantastic for documentary narrations, Chief MAKOi
Chief, Welcome back! Another great video on ship operations. Does the Maritime Academy use your videos? If not, they should. Your content and production value are as professional as your leadership of the vessel’s Engineering Department. DG.
I love the video. These are same actions we execute in diesel fired engines in our plant. The ship engine runs at slightly lower rpm, I guess it's a two stroke. Very similar environment as in diesel power plants! I'll love to work in a ship.
Clean engine room and efficient crew. A pleasure to watch. Thanks much.
Chief allow me to introduce myself before commenting on this video....my name is Ochenika Abdulrosheed from Nigeria currently in UAE,I must say that u have really encourage me by watching most of your video.....I must sail no Matter what it takes.....
Thanks Chief! What a great bit of work. You’re becoming quite an editor.
Thank You Sir, very informative. As an apprentice marine fitter in the 1960's I was training in assembling and fitting those main engines in bulk carriers built in Verolme Cork Dockyard in the Port of Cork, Ireland. Your video brought back great memories of my apprenticeship and sailing on those ship's first sea trials. Thank you.
Glad to see you back on water. Fair winds
This video brings back memories when I was working in a vessel years ago,now I'm retired, watching this video feels good,miss the engine room
Fascinating video Chief, I had no idea how many complicated systems were required to work in harmony just to get the engine running... :)
I have a friend who used to work in an engine room in some kind of ship, and he said he worked with an engine that had to have the camshaft removed and installed backwards to change direction. I love big engines like this, thanks for the video!
Good to have you back Chief!
I enjoy your narration of the ship. Its full of info . And the camera working of how the engine works. Thank s
Fascinating! Such a great channel! All the best from Romania 🇷🇴
BTW Chief! That Engine Room is a credit to You and Your Team, Absolutely Immaculate! I would have been proud to sail with you guys! 👍🇦🇺
The quality of your videos is unbelievable, the narration, filming and editing is better than most documentaries.
100
Very well said sir
Bulls eye.
Can't agree more
@@martinrandall5436 0⁰
I really enjoyed my short time working on ships and the water. But a mooring line helped me decide on a different career path. Stay safe out there, conditions change quick.
We love your videos ! Please do more. Much respect coming from a fellow seafarer.
Great video Chief, it certainly brought back memories.
I would like to see more engine room, videos, maybe of a unit being pulled, exhaust valve replacement or crank case inspections (if they are still carried out).
When I was at sea prior to stand-by we did the steering checks with both steering motors under bridge control after putting the second alternator on the board.
We also had the turning gear engaged and turning all the time we were alongside, only removing it when we had permission from the bridge to turn the engine over prior to sailing.
Happy sailing.
The engineering that went into the propulsion system and engine, literally blows my mind
After watching a video on large ship engines, I learned they are started with compressed air. So I wanted to see that in action... Should have known Chief would have a superb video!
Hi I didn’t know there was so much to starting a ship’s engine I thought you just turned a key and that was it interesting video thanks
as a diesel mechanic
I find ship engines just amazing
thanks again for your thorough explanation of the start up process
Your style of telling and choise of subjects are high class
Chief..I was eagerly waiting for this 👍👍👍👍
Nice video chief helpped a lot with being 2 stroke got my orals exam for 3rd engineer in a few week cheers 👍🏻
Hej! Chief MAKOi you seems to be an exelent teacher/ instructor! And your videos must be loved for the engein crue! Barbro Sweden
It's been a while Chief!
Chief..!! The best video yet.. the sound of that engine speeding up made the hairs on my arms stand up... It was abit scary too, the sound of it was amazing...!! Just a beast getting fed and becoming alive... Thanks man..!!
Always a pleasure to watch your work, Chief! Fair winds and trailing seas!
This Stuff is next level chief. Could you please make a tutorial on how you shoot videos and edit it?
Your videos aren't bad either, subscribed you mate😊👍
I am a subscriber of yours, too! I enjoy all of the Merchant Marines videos, no matter what language they are filmed in.
As a landlubber-love this,too! I get seasick easily-so I couldn’t go to sea. An acquatence that used to work at the transmitter plant used to be in the Navy and Coast Guard. His description of ‘going underway” is just like described in this video! Some land stationary engines are sort of like the ones shown here. I get the impression this engine is reversible so you can go astern.
Yes, he made it very clear, several times, that it is reversible.
Absolutely fascinating and very well made.
FANTASTIC! Preparation yields a long term, great running engine!
Thank you for this video!
Look after the heart and it will look after you! Applies to everything.
This is great. We love the engineering oriented videos.
..seems like i watched an educational video in a maritime school..very audible voice and well verse voice over..without saying it..with your organization of thoughts really an educator-a good mentor to your studts as well wayback in pmma.. with your choice of words!.so applauded..safe sailing chief with your team!.Godbless you all
I had no idea it was this complex but it makes sense. All the inertia of a large engine requires a lot of auxillary help to get it going. Fantastic video. Learned a lot.
Good evening from Bangkok Chief. A very pleasant watch for an old gear head.
Great video. Keep safe.
Thank you for an insightful and educational video about something I would not ordinarily get to experience. Appreciate your many videos.
Well boys and girls I guess this is one of those tried and true procdeures that never goes out of style. I remember starting the old fairbanks morse apposed piston diesels back in the 1970s amd we did it in much the way this fellow explained it. Of course it was on a much smaller scale.
Was does this video ever bring memories !!! Thank you for sharing this with us... :):):)
When you're rotating the engine with compressed air and no fuel and combustion is not occurring - is the main propeller turning (slowly) from that too?
I was wondering the same but I assume so I don't think it has a clutch
It does.
In this sort of big deep sea ship yes it will. The prop in connected via a shaft directly to the crankshaft. Smaller ships and and things like ferries that are in and out all the time have different arrangements with gearboxes to disconnect and reverse the prop without stopping and starting the engine every time. Theses ships often have a 4 stroke diesels as opposed to the 2 strokes used on big ships.
@@ChiefMAKOi so...(sorry if this is a nonsense question) how is possible that the ship is not moving whether the propeller does?
@@rahepla If I'm understanding correctly, these small tests occur while the ship is moored or tied to the docks. The ship may move very slightly, but because of the size of the ship and because the ship is tied to the dock, it won't really go anywhere. However, I'm willing to be corrected if I'm mistaken.
Thank you sir! This is very informative and helpful for me as engine Cadet (Future Chief Engineer like you!). We've done this preparation on ERS. It's very a big help sir Chief makoi that I've seen what happened on actual than on the ERS congsberg.
Did you go to film school too?
man, the quality of post production is at BBC documentary levels. You devserve a shore leave :)
a shore leave would mean no more content , tho ;)
I think he has a lot of time on his hands out at sea with no way to upload. It is vary good thou i agree!!!!
Correct, indeed 🙂
One thing is missing: how many years of classroom studies plus apprenticeship are required to get an entry position in the engine room?
up rum
I think you missed your calling. You should be making instructional videos. It is amazing how much this video translates across industries. I work in Water Treatment, and we have a large diesel generator. This one is battery start, but I have worked in plants with air start. And we prayed it started on the first few rounds, as we normally used the generator during power outages and there was no way to refill the air tanks.
Nice info again sir
Glad to see that you’re ok and back with new content.
I'm curious, if the engine is at cruising speed (NF) and there was an emergency that required reversing the engine, how long would it take to bring the engine to a stop and start it again in reverse? It would seem with all that rotating mass it would take quite a long time. Great content by the way. Thank you for providing it.
Reversing is done with a gearbox I think, so it would be pretty quick
Edit: I am wrong, I was thinking about steam ships
@@senecanero3874 About 40 odd years ago , I was in the engine room when we had a double ring astern whilst navigating our way to New Orleans. the procedure was to turn off the fuel, and attempt to turn over the engine in reverse by using compressed air. Once the engine is going in reverse reapply the fuel. It took3 or 4 attempts to start in reverse and it is about all the chances you get before the compressed air is too low to turn the engine , even with all air compressors working.
Thanks for covering "critical RPM." I have tried to explain that to people in the past, even the occasional mate on watch.
Can you explain it on here, as the sound was muffled when I was trying to hear the reason.
@@coloradostrong 8:00. I listened to the video again. It wasn't muffled at all. Ask Chief MAKOi. He can give you a far better explanation, with video, than I ever could with a keyboard. Actually, vibrational, as well as hull stresses would make for a good video subject. From pitching to sagging and from twisting to prop cavitation.
Sal sent me
Eye opening explanation and visual of these industrial scale behemoths that power those giant ships across oceans.
Chief I am an old Steam propulsion engineer you have it too easy, we had to do at least a 24 hour prep and ready before getting underway
Yes that's right. You couldn't just turn a few knobs and shut down a boiler.
Good God! What if you had to get to a hospital in a hurry? 🤕
Steam is a Dream!
@@styldsteel1 helo/small boat/taxi
@@charlesrack8044 lighten up Sam
It was a joke
For 37 years i operated 8 Cooper Bessemer GMXA's and GMXD's in the natural gas pipeline industry. Everything was manual most of those years. Starting engines manually is not something just anyone can do. All though these engines were basically just alike with the same horsepower and displacement they each had it's own characteristics. Trying to start one of these engines that had been offline for 2 or 3 days and the atmospheric temperature in the 30's took steady hands and concentration to prevent backfiring. Nobody wanted to get woken at 1:00 AM in the morning from a very loud boom coming from the exhaust of an engine.
Starting this engine takes a lot of time and knowledge. Great video.
Thank you, and all marine crew, for your service.
Mabuhay mga marinong Pinoy🇵🇭
Sabi n nga ba pinoy sila😄
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How these things are even built is just amazing
Thanks for covering the 'red band' on the tacho... it was as I suspected, a region not healthy due to resonances. Very much love the in-depth technical videos... we only got a tantalizingly-short piece of synching generators... the entire electrical system would make a good video series I think. And thanks to the ship's owners, that let you publish these videos! I wonder if your company books passengers, I've crossed the North Sea as a passenger on a freighter, the experience of a lifetime.
These videos are amazing!
Question: Theoretically, would it be possible for the engine to “bounce” off top dead center in one cylinder and start rotating in the reverse direction? I imagine that only the camshaftless engines would even come close to having the precise control needed, and even then only if the control software was designed for this not-necessarily-useful trick.
Completely reversing the rotation of the motor would vause catastrophic damage, the inertia of the crankshaft, connecting rods and pistons is too great to overcome without damaging the engine. Usually what you're thinking of is only used on small engines like those on snowmobiles since the rotating assembly is very light. And even then the engine shuts down completely before it reverses rotation
@@mcgee9777 5:47 - “The engine itself needs to stop first, and then reverse its rotation”
@@bneyens Yes I already said that in my previous comment using a smaller engine as an example.
A single cylinder can run at 0 rpm, lave a look at Lanz bulldog engines, zero rpm is their party trick.
What a process. Thanks for sharing. I'll never complain about my car not starting first go in the morning, ever again. 🙃
once my daddy was called to start a ship's engine because nobody else had the know-how
My heart beats with same beats now. So rhythmic on FA. It reminds me of my old days when I used to sail
Isn't it wonderful the way they have trained the natives to do all this complicated stuff?
Anyone else got here by clicking uncontrollably in the middle of the night, and watching all of it?
Yes, and I liked it!
yes, but let's not blame ourselves, this is very informative and interesting, worth all the time watching. Actually much better than a lot of other shit I watch :)
I love watching your videos my first contract is this month watching your videos inspire me all the way from Trinidad 🇹🇹
Why is 50-60RPM barred, please?
8:18
He explains at 8:05 that it is because this engine suffers from heavy harmonic vibration at those rpms.
Specifically the natural torsional vibration of the main engine shaft compared to the piston impulses.
@@electrostatic1 OK, I have now read a simple explanation en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_damper#Torsional_crankshaft_movement_and_harmonics
Point of maximum distortion was how it was explained to me as cadet in 1973
I already saw this previously but came again thanks to a reminder with What's going on with Shippings channel.. Really interesting and excellently layed out! Thanks again!!
it's awesome, as a deck officer, i had no wide of such a view in this point. thx chief
Thanks, Chief. That's answered a good number of questions I've always wanted to ask. I've had several tours around engineering decks of Ro-Ro ferries- going back far enough to remember steam powered vessels- but never really had the chance to ask the technical questions.
Really well done video. Thanks Chief!
The funny thing is that we're only seeing the tip of the iceberg as it were, in terms of the whole engine. We're only seeing the top of the engine: the fuel injectors and air manifold. The majority of the engine is below that deck and much larger.
Another well done video - You mentioned that the engine changes direction to go astern. I always thought it was done by a gear box.
Looking forward to your comments.
Got sent here by Big Clive.
Was not disappointed. Thanks Chief!
That turbo is one hell of a beast, you're not getting that in a Fiesta!!
Even at half , it seems like it’s insanely loud in the engine room.
Great video. Thank you for the education in a field I know little about.
Chief what are your feelings about using your videos in instructional settings. More how it works than a ship engineering class. This is by far the best 12 minute large ship engine starting video out there. It's excellent.