Yeah but for some poor subsistence farmers from the middle east, its a dream. Get fed well, paid well, work a few months, get months off work to relax. And its an adventure visiting foreign ports that they'd otherwise never see.
M60A3 There is a type of MAN that Loves the sea life of Profit Mariner. I think it's like wanting to be a cowboy. Dieing breed. But high sea adventure. Seeing far of ports. Talk to a old NAVY chief. They just Love a Life at Sea.
@@kenfryer2090 A lot of BIG Engines need a start-up engine to get going just due to the sheer size of them. So its not impossible, but it might well have been a generator or axillary motor as well (even river tankers have multiple engines in a lot if ships)
@@kenfryer2090 Those are called "Pony Engines". You can find them hanging off of older large stationary engines and even early Caterpillar bulldozers. The idea with them is that it's easy to crank by hand a little 4 HP gas engine. Then they start something that's VERY difficult to start by hand. Like when the flywheel is measured in tons. They mostly predate electric starters with powerful batteries. Very large engines though are started by compressed air. So in the case of this ship, the generators would be started, either via reserve air or battery, and would run an electric air compressor. The air compressor would run to anywhere from 100 to 300 BAR (~4000 PSI) - then that air is used to start the main engine. Instead of a starter motor that spins, air gets shot into a cylinder to push the piston down. This repeats a couple times until the engine can keep its momentum on its own. You can see this process pretty well on videos that show Fairbanks-Morse Model 32 engines
The curtains in the wheelhouse are there to block the light coming from the chart tabke and radioroom towards the rest if the bridge during dark hours. Keeping your night vision in place. The radio equipment is not prehistoric but pretty modern. Solas makes equipment very sturdy. What do you think about the smell all the water is evaporated out of the toilets and sinks. Giving the sewage tank vapours free acces to the rest if the vessel. You can start the main engine by means of the equipment run by the emergency generator. The aux engines are supplying the vessel with electric power during port stays and or at sea. Depending of a shaft generator is present.
@@Ricksworkshop Give them credit though. They at least SHOW us all side line U-Tube judges this stuff. I don't care about what they say. There Maritime background. I'm just thrilled that they find these ships, go on them for us all to see.
How absolutely evil to leave those people on that ship with no food for all that time! Thank God for the kindness of the local people, if they helped my family members I would never have forgotten them and sent them some kind of thank you as soon as I could. Thank you for telling this story I have never heard of it and will share this with friends and family.
Nona Please read some History on High sea shipping. It has not changed much. Remember the Captain is the Master and Commander. All those ships sitting at anchor off San Diego the Crew can NOT leave. It's way bad know with Covid restrictions.
@@rp1645 . Yes I have seen the people who are now sitting in the harbors are stuck there because of new regulations and ridiculous red tape. They want to put people out of business and drive up prices and of course they couldn’t care less about the human suffering as usual. I just get more amazed at how evil and greedy people are ever time I see something like this. International trade has seemed to do nothing but destroy sadly because we never seem to actually have “ fair trade “ it’s always monopolized by a few . Every day people never want to believe that things like this happen because most people are actually good and they project what kind of people they are onto others who may not be such good people.
It happens more than you think with ship owners abandoning a ship and crew. In most cases everyone but the ships master is allowed to go home till the ships owner relents and pays for what ever reason it was forced to stay and or in this case the ship was seized and sold for back pay in docking, maintaintance and security fees.
Some of the guys doing recovery on ships after Pearl Harbor died as a result of being overcome by airborne toxins caused by decaying bodies and rancid food stores. So I agree.
For such an newer ship, it sure got very bad inside. Cant even imagine living in those conditions. The size of those pistons in the engine is amazing. Thank you for this explore.
@@robivlahov If someone has only seen Pistons on say Motor Trend TV. Pistons for a vehicle car build. Then YES there going to think those are big. People don't understand the big Engine's are put in these ships for Life. That you can man handle with a power winch one piston out of Engine at sea. To overhaul that cylinder. Now they are making them universal Fuel users. Yes even testing Hydrogen.
The "old school equipment" is very common on even way younger vessels. Not only are many vessels equipped with multiple types of the same kind of equipment, the older equipment tends to work better with less breakdowns than the newer 'digital' equipment and everything has to be redundant. The curtains on the bridge are there to shield off the lights coming from the equipment behind the curtain so that the people on the bridge or not blinded by the reflections in the windows. All large vessels have this. I found the condition of the engine room the most surprising. Normally this gets cleaned the least and there is just oil everywhere. I am curious though... Since the harbor/port the ship was docked has neglected to maintain security of tresspassers on the vessel... I guess this video can cause issues for them?
Redundancy Redundancy Redundancy. Best advice I ever got is, rely on your iPads, phones, etc etc. But practice the basics of paper navigation as you go because the day may come
Those pistons are way to small to be from the main engine. They must be from a backup generator or a smaller engine to provide power to start the main engine I would guess.
Those pistons belong to a much smaller diesel engine which probably powers a generator. Most of those large diesel engines for ships are made in Germany, Italy, France, Finland, south Korea and Japan. The most powerful have an output of 100,000 hp and weigh over 2,000 tons.
@@ctwentysevenj6531 Plus know they are TESTING them for using LPG methanol, just about any fuel. Even Hydrogen. Yes water. Believe it or not. For running them at 0 emissions in Ports. So meany ports are cutting down on the output of Pollution. Just like cruise ship have all these fancy propeller in front and back. So they don't need the experience TUG boats standing by.
Lone wolf YES great point. Bet all these U-TUBE quarter backs, that just bitch about everything they see on U-Tube videos. Never give the video'er a thumbs up. YES there garage or should say Daddy's garage is a big pig pen.
The picture on the wall in captain's quarter, the village one is actually the village of East Hagbourne in Oxfordshire in the UK. The middle building is a Fleur de Lys pub.
The 'really dirty workshop' Hahaha You aint seen nothing yet. The engineroom looks to be in remarkable condition if you consider all the stories of this ship. I've worked in enginerooms that where a lot worse than this one...
Well its got many more tools than my 3 year old ship and looks a decent lathe. Very clean n tidy engine room especially if abandoned for a while. I guess main engine is opened to keep humidity inside under control, no corrosion going on.
Ship is back in full service. New name UAFL Express. Busy on the east coast of Africa. I'm glad she didn't end up on the beaches of Alang. This is where my pursuit ends. Thanks URBEX, I'm going to follow the next ship again to the end. Can't wait for the next "new ghost ship" video. End of the story :-)
Honestly rather this ship wind up in the hands of those evil history destroying men & women at Alang then a vintage cruise ship or ocean liner (their favorite targets)
Those phones in the rooms are "Viscount" phones made for British Telecom in mid-80s to mid-90s I was surprised to see them. They are perfect for these rooms, hotel rooms and such like because they are pretty basic and I guess never really break down, you probably find these in old hotels still, still working.
I worked on the same. A very small ship. Reduced crew. The chief mechanic is forced to clean the filters, as there are no more people. Only two mechanics and two oilers to operate the entire ship. This is crazy. After all, this is a technically complex device and something breaks every day, and there is also routine work for every day, a report on which is sent to the company on a monthly basis. In general, on such ships it is possible to work endlessly only as a navigator (there are few stressful situations for shtkrmans even in theory), but not as a mechanic. After two months, I was ready to go home at my own expense - such was the continuous stream of daily breakdowns. 4 people did not cope with the work. Moreover, the senior mechanic should not repair anything at all, his task is the level of management, technical management - to organize work and maintain mechanical documentation and control the performance of repair and maintenance work, as on all normal ships (he had already repaired his own during his youth as a junior fourth engineer or third, second mechanic).
I really feel for the crew, I worked for an asshole who had me on "back pay" and I'm still trying to recover even though I have an awesome job now. It was embarrassing explaining to bill collectors I wasn't getting paid for something like welding. Also 16 hour days on weekends even. I hope the crew got compensated.
Louie Sorry you went through that. I worked like that when younger. Just kept at it. Some of these operator's are basically criminals the way they just can do the stuff and get away with it. I help my wife now she owns a business. I work for FREE. Go up and work side by side with the minimum Payed Laborer. I do hear you though. Please just work hard. I know that sounds dumb But just keep going. I see so meany help wanted signs up now with the Covid BS that is out there. Keep your head up. You can do it my Friend.
@@rp1645 that's the thing I am younger, 23 tbh, if I can read a tabe measure I should be good for anything, English or metric right? I'm still doing that crap work to this day
@@louiemiller8758 YES just keep a positive mind set. I have a backhoe. Wish I could teach everyone who would like to Learn how to be a great operator Not the BS I went through were they just got rid of you because you were willing to try. I just Love to teach people so they can go out and master the Equipment. Most important do a check on equipment start up. Check all fluids.
in date of 29.12.2016 this ship lost propulsion ,electricity and fuel..and drifting 13 miles away of the entrance of Constanta Port in Romania,,,the ship was towed in port with salvation tug
The curtains on the bridge are there not for privacy. They are for navigation reasons. At night, you want total darkness on bridge, so that you can see outside. You isolate areas with light, like chart room, with curtains.
the crew's bedroom's and bathroom's were dirty which was caused by the crew themselves , was up to each of them to keep their own area's clean but obviously they choose to live in the dirty conditions
Amazing that it looks so old! I would swear that ship was launched in the 60's from the colors and general vibe, very surreal feel to it, depressing even.
I'm a seaferer it is down to each crew member to clean there cabins & these crew cabins are unacceptable regards what nationality you are hygiene is the up most important part of working on a ship ⚓🚢.
The tech level on the bridge doesn't surprise me. Computers were beige or gray at that point, and I would expect that vital ship's systems would use components that were well established as robust and reliable. Depending on what that dot matrix printer is for, it use would make sense since ribbons are generally reliable even if the printers sit idle for extended periods of time, and likewise if such a printer is connected to an infrequent system, like it is connected to some kind of receiver that generates output based on ship's status messages or some kind of teleprinter for radio-received information, the printer's loud operation itself is all the alert that the crew would need that it's printing something they need to look at. Tube monitors are also quite durable, if the bridge is being tossed around as the ship rolls during storms, a tube display will probably survive being struck by objects or people. An LCD panel would need an awful lot of protection, and again in 2000 they were not epecially common away from laptops anyway.
TWX1138 Maybe the Printer is used for print out of weather updates. Plus it could do the update send of charts. The Navigator licks to have printed charts to make notes on. Updates to things seen, some Mariner just like to have a print paper chart still. Old school style.
Was going to point out that even as big as they are, those pistons at 12:55 are far too small for the kind of engine that would propel a ship. 14:33 demonstrates it, you're looking at the connecting rod and crank journal for the actual propulsion unit. My guess is that those smaller pistons were for some kind of auxiliary power unit for ship's systems that can run those systems when the main engine isn't running.
The small pistons have to be soaked in oil in a large vat over a very hot flame until they swell to the correct size down to the nearest 20 thou" then they are fitted very quickly after the engine is pre heated and started instantly to make the seal and they are never shut down otherwise the pistons will shrink back to their original size ! I do hope this helps clear things up ! Mine was a 3 stroke !! Cheers.
They are for the electrical generators, the units marked 1 and 2 at 13:09. The large engine is solely for propulsion, it cannot even keep itself running without the generators.
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I was at sea with the royal navy, merchant navy and on trawlers, I always liked it when the ship was empty, l always had the feeling that l was never really alone.
@@davidm3maniac201 I was Lucky enough before 9-11 to go on board for Tour of 2 subs, and one 4 hour Dive on another TRIDENT sub The crews are really nice, happy men on US Navy subs. Very clean, high triple Redundant Safeguards. The sleeping area for the sailor on TRIDENT is big, it's like they have there own rooms with 4 other guys. When they swap crews the only difference is they are HOME with wife and family. They still have to keep training. Learning new skills. Testing for move up in Rank.
@@YorkshirePirate I was crew on CCL decades back. When the Ecstasy came out, they were gifted a gong by the shipyard that built her. The deck officer keyed the microphone and announced "At the sound of the gong, it will be noon-time." Then, there was a sound, like someone hit a cookie sheet with a spoon. After a long delay, and clearly trying to suppress laughter, he finished the announcement "Noon Time." :D
15:34 refrigerant compressor (I think it is for provisional chambers.) On the floor is the main engine exhaust manifold compensator. 12:52 - the engine is a baby (on larger ships, it is larger). Just one small turbocharger. 12:59 pistons from a diesel generator (also very small, like for children) 13:08 Children's (by size) diesel generators. There are only two of them here. There are three of them on adult ships. 13:22 Someone was going to overhaul the spare cylinder heads of diesel generators. 13:53 Engine Burmeister & Wain + Man (MAN took under its wing the very famous and popular Danish Burmeister & Wain in shipbuilding) 14:04 Standard lower deck layout. Ahead (at the bow bulkhead) we see fire and outboard pumps of the cooling system. 14:15 the vessel had a valogenator. It is missing (only wires remained. The shaft generator was used at full speed instead of the two diesel generators that we saw before. The main engine worked for the propeller and for the shaft generator.
It looks somebody have done a really good job to clean the ship after left abandon without crew. It may be the port authority, with the bill to the agent or the flag state of the ship (Panama).
It's an industrial ship, What are you expecting? It's the crews workplace they're at work when aboard not on holiday. Accommodation is basic and functional
The plate to open up the view at Pistons. On these ships you can take a piston OFF line to pull out with chains small winch. To over haul at sea. The big Lathe in repair shop to build a custom part. The window's and sound sealed door is so Chief Engineer can monitor all engine running parts without being made Def by Loud noise. Controlling All vital machinery. Like so meany comment's made about this video the Pistons on floor were probably for power Generator. Saw him video number 1 and 2 as he went by machinery. As you see by looking down at opening for mains, those Pistons are Larger. They are working in the Cargo carrying big Ships now to make them RUN on any fuel's To cut down on Pollution at ports around world 0 Emissions is what lots of US ports want from ships at Docks being Loaded/ unloaded. Fuels such as LNG, Methanol and yes they are TESTING Hydrogen. They just launched a passage type Ferry boat in Seattle. For sea trials( testing of Engines under load) That runs on Hydrogen. YES it uses water to power ships. But it's NOT a steam boat like power. Lots of technology going into industry as we speak on cutting the pollution run out by big cantainer ships when along side docks. Even big power connection to shore power. It's a whole different animal on big ships, than say your 25 or 50 Amp. Shore plug in. It's call cold iron's By marine terms.
The ship itself is in pretty good condition and hence was resold, there are a lot worse than this still plying the oceans of the world. Curtains on the bridge are for night navigation to ensure complete darkness of the bridge during watchkeeping at sea. Looks like that ship was built in China hence the cheap and tacky looking equipment and fittings.
nice video guys,,, that boat is not too bad remember some operators you work four hours on eight hours off 7 days a week, i can tell you after a few weeks you get into a routine as long as bunk is comfy and the food good the rest of the time your dreaming of loved ones and getting home, cant say for nowadys but twenty years ago wasnt a bad life,, if your young and single great life on the right ships
Good video 👍 liked it very much 🤩. Now, I don't know anything about ships, machinery or technical equipment, but I know a lot about cleanliness. First thing first, if there is any rodent problem that is the #1 priority above anything else. Apart from that, everything I see in the cabins, kitchen, bathrooms etc are issues a good professional cleaning crew can deal with pretty well. If that was my ship, I would make whole new bathrooms and change all the appliances in the kitchen and cabins together with a good paint job wherever is needed. Maybe also the kitchen tables just to be sure. If not a good deep cleaning and disinfection would improve a lot but new appliances in the kitchen have to be mandatory. Also new carpeting, curtains and chairs in the cabins just to upgrade a little, make things prettier for the crew you know, it helps to keep the moral high. About the workshop downstairs shouldn't be a problem for the new master and maybe an apprentice to help him, to deal with. It may take a while, but I'm sure he will turn things around with really good results. I would love to take that job and make everything so good and comfortable that the crew will really feel at home in their floating working place 💖 I really hope this ship get a new much better life after this rough patch 😍🥰
The curtains you said that were privacy on the bridge are to block out light for night watch. Any more questions I'll try to answer as I spent 3 years in the HMS Navy. Very good video guys.
Sailing nowadays (april, 2021) from spanish port La Coruña. Btw, I guess someone already mentioned but curtains in the bridge are not in terms of privacy but for navigation purposes during the night. Awesome video!!
i watch this because i find the ship itself to be very interesting. a sofa that has some blemishes on it, stinky toilets, and expired food in a fridge certainly don't make it a 'horror ship'.
At 3:29 you can see a board with instructions what garbage you can throw overboard. What about throwing NOTHING overboard and take it into the next Harbour? I mean its already on board, why drop it into the sea?? Makes me kinda angry . . .
9:42 that's the steering wheel? I always expect them to be MASSIVE on those huge ships and it's always surprising how they're like half the size of a car's steering wheel lol.
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Basel Express is still at anchor in the port of Antwerpen ( Anvers ) Belgium today (thx Marine Traffic )... One more buffer vessel that rust in place .
@@Robin-S60 I think a lot of vessels built in china are cheap like that, the vessels built in the Netherlands are really fresh looking though, especially the ones owned by the captains/private shipping lines. Like the Marietje Andrea, they pretty much look like a yacht inside.
@@NilsHedstrom Yes and no, ships who are built in the Netherlands will not necessarily mean that they are better. It's mostly the way how ships are maintained by the crew, like all the ships from Danser van Gent. They look so good because the only thing they do is painting.
Question. When these ships are sitting idle or if they're laid up don't they still have to have operating bilge pumps on the along with flood alarms? If so how do they operate them when the ship is idle?
Shore power is used to power whatever is needed and idle electric motors get a heat strip around them so the electric motors for so many different systems stay in good shape with that prep. for layup.
During the 1990s a Nigerian klondyker was tied up in Lerwick for 2 years. The owners were bankrupt after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the ship and crew were abandoned after being impounded by the health authorities for de ratting which the owners could not pay for. The people of Shetland fed the crew all this time and eventually raised enough funds to fly the crew back to Nigeria. The harbour authorities sized the ship and scrapped it at their expense.
Thank you so,so much for showing these ships To U- Tube on your channel. Plus talking about the condition of the work station's. High sea Professional Mariner work is a Ruff bunch. One of the Maritime Cadet programs, got exposed for Sex abouse to the Female Training Programs. When young Cadets do there Sea time. Shipping has NOT changed much in the way the Captain is the Master of vessel. That is the way a big ship works. No Equal Rights commission to go to if abouse at sea. You can't just leave even when ship is in PORT. Lots of time like know with Covid and delay in unloads. The CREW is stuck at ANCHOR. Poxed & Scurvied the story of Seasickness and Health at Sea - Kevin Browns BOOK is a great Read for anyone who wants to read history on treatment of Sailors as maritime industry grew with exploring or trade across Large Seas. Again Love your videos of showing these ships. You do hard work to get axes to these big Ships.
I love the warning poster against drugs and alcohol. Living on board that floating turd would drive me to both.
Yeah but for some poor subsistence farmers from the middle east, its a dream. Get fed well, paid well, work a few months, get months off work to relax. And its an adventure visiting foreign ports that they'd otherwise never see.
M60A3
There is a type of MAN that Loves the sea life of Profit Mariner. I think it's like wanting to be a cowboy. Dieing breed. But high sea adventure. Seeing far of ports. Talk to a old NAVY chief.
They just Love a Life at Sea.
The sign that read "Throwing garbage over board COULD be illegal" is pretty interesting
The pistons lying on the floor were for the auxiliary engine, most likely used as a generator or for starting the bigger engine.
I laughed my ass off at that. You can see the pistons for the main engine when he sticks the camera into the crankcase.
An engine to start an engine ! 🤔
@@kenfryer2090 A lot of BIG Engines need a start-up engine to get going just due to the sheer size of them.
So its not impossible, but it might well have been a generator or axillary motor as well (even river tankers have multiple engines in a lot if ships)
@@kenfryer2090 Those are called "Pony Engines". You can find them hanging off of older large stationary engines and even early Caterpillar bulldozers. The idea with them is that it's easy to crank by hand a little 4 HP gas engine. Then they start something that's VERY difficult to start by hand. Like when the flywheel is measured in tons. They mostly predate electric starters with powerful batteries.
Very large engines though are started by compressed air. So in the case of this ship, the generators would be started, either via reserve air or battery, and would run an electric air compressor. The air compressor would run to anywhere from 100 to 300 BAR (~4000 PSI) - then that air is used to start the main engine. Instead of a starter motor that spins, air gets shot into a cylinder to push the piston down. This repeats a couple times until the engine can keep its momentum on its own. You can see this process pretty well on videos that show Fairbanks-Morse Model 32 engines
@@Maik_Grnto no the crankshaft + connecting rods.
The curtains in the wheelhouse are there to block the light coming from the chart tabke and radioroom towards the rest if the bridge during dark hours. Keeping your night vision in place. The radio equipment is not prehistoric but pretty modern. Solas makes equipment very sturdy.
What do you think about the smell all the water is evaporated out of the toilets and sinks. Giving the sewage tank vapours free acces to the rest if the vessel.
You can start the main engine by means of the equipment run by the emergency generator. The aux engines are supplying the vessel with electric power during port stays and or at sea. Depending of a shaft generator is present.
My guess is the guy hasn't got any seagoing experience.
Very interesting, thanks for the insight!
@@Ricksworkshop my guess is 99% of the reactions are posted by people without any nautical background.
@@Ricksworkshop
Give them credit though. They at least SHOW us all side line U-Tube judges this stuff. I don't care about what they say. There Maritime background. I'm just thrilled that they find these ships, go on them for us all to see.
I work in the port of Antwerp, passed this ship so many times, fun to see what it looked like inside
Do I need a permission to enter the vessel ???
@@nartbarsik3857 it's gone now, when i started working at my job it was still there for a few months. I don't think you were allowed to enter it
@@witteju thank you
@@witteju Sad it's gone would love to visit
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That prehistoric stuff on the bridge is still used today. I still work with dot matrix printers and floppies for the Inmarsat communication terminals.
I love dot matrix. I can imagine out at sea you don't want to be messing around with laser printer error messages or dried up inkjet.
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How absolutely evil to leave those people on that ship with no food for all that time! Thank God for the kindness of the local people, if they helped my family members I would never have forgotten them and sent them some kind of thank you as soon as I could. Thank you for telling this story I have never heard of it and will share this with friends and family.
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Please read some History on High sea shipping. It has not changed much. Remember the Captain is the Master and Commander. All those ships sitting at anchor off San Diego the Crew can NOT leave. It's way bad know with Covid restrictions.
@@rp1645 . Yes I have seen the people who are now sitting in the harbors are stuck there because of new regulations and ridiculous red tape. They want to put people out of business and drive up prices and of course they couldn’t care less about the human suffering as usual. I just get more amazed at how evil and greedy people are ever time I see something like this. International trade has seemed to do nothing but destroy sadly because we never seem to actually have “ fair trade “ it’s always monopolized by a few . Every day people never want to believe that things like this happen because most people are actually good and they project what kind of people they are onto others who may not be such good people.
It happens more than you think with ship owners abandoning a ship and crew. In most cases everyone but the ships master is allowed to go home till the ships owner relents and pays for what ever reason it was forced to stay and or in this case the ship was seized and sold for back pay in docking, maintaintance and security fees.
Look for CHIEF MACHOi's channel. He explains in detail how some companies will abandon part of the crew.
@@MR2Davjohn . Thank you I will look him up.
I would go into these places wearing a respirator and some tougher clothing. Also, for a 20 year old ship it seems like it's from the 1970s.
It was built in the year 2000.
@@josephwallace7287 notice how he said a 20 year old ship? Fuckin reading comprehension.....
Some of the guys doing recovery on ships after Pearl Harbor died as a result of being overcome by airborne toxins caused by decaying bodies and rancid food stores. So I agree.
Looks like a ship built in the 2000's, hmmmmmm like it was! You clearly know nothing about ships if you think that looks like the 1970's....🤷♂️
@@skippyguy3 I meant it in the context that the ship looks to be in terrible shape like a much older ship.
For such an newer ship, it sure got very bad inside. Cant even imagine living in those conditions. The size of those pistons in the engine is amazing. Thank you for this explore.
20y old is not a new ship.
Big pistons , that's small af ...
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If someone has only seen Pistons on say
Motor Trend TV. Pistons for a vehicle car build. Then YES there going to think those are big.
People don't understand the big Engine's are put in these ships for Life. That you can man handle with a power winch one piston out of Engine at sea. To overhaul that cylinder. Now they are making them universal Fuel users. Yes even testing Hydrogen.
I have never seen a room labelled "NOT USED". That would certainly peak my interest.
What on earth would make this guy, with his bare hands, open up the toilet lid looking for that terrible smell? It's insane to do that
exactly what i tought when i saw it
@Nean Yo dude, I'd love some mexican urban exploration! Show us what you find!
@Nean I thanks
@Nean no thanks
That’s what explorers do
The "old school equipment" is very common on even way younger vessels. Not only are many vessels equipped with multiple types of the same kind of equipment, the older equipment tends to work better with less breakdowns than the newer 'digital' equipment and everything has to be redundant.
The curtains on the bridge are there to shield off the lights coming from the equipment behind the curtain so that the people on the bridge or not blinded by the reflections in the windows. All large vessels have this.
I found the condition of the engine room the most surprising. Normally this gets cleaned the least and there is just oil everywhere.
I am curious though... Since the harbor/port the ship was docked has neglected to maintain security of tresspassers on the vessel... I guess this video can cause issues for them?
Redundancy Redundancy Redundancy.
Best advice I ever got is, rely on your iPads, phones, etc etc. But practice the basics of paper navigation as you go because the day may come
10:08 curtains in wheelhouse aren’t there for privacy but to avoid bright lights to impair night vision of watch-keepers during dark hours
Those pistons are way to small to be from the main engine. They must be from a backup generator or a smaller engine to provide power to start the main engine I would guess.
these engines are started with air. But pistons are probably from a generator.
@@overload65 sounds like a interesting job you had. Did you enjoy it
Those pistons belong to a much smaller diesel engine which probably powers a generator. Most of those large diesel engines for ships are made in Germany, Italy, France, Finland, south Korea and Japan. The most powerful have an output of 100,000 hp and weigh over 2,000 tons.
@@overload65 And some air compressors have pistons.
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Plus know they are TESTING them for using LPG methanol, just about any fuel. Even Hydrogen. Yes water. Believe it or not. For running them at 0 emissions in Ports. So meany ports are cutting down on the output of Pollution. Just like cruise ship have all these fancy propeller in front and back. So they don't need the experience TUG boats standing by.
"Well, the kitchen looks very clean. I expected a ~mess~" .. hahaha...
That one cracked me up as well!
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The mess(room) was next door.
Well only sailors will understand
I was expecting trash everywhere in that ship. But it is very clean. Cleaner than most people garages. Great video. 👍👍👍
Well, according to the “garbage over board” poster, anything goes when you’re more than 25m off shore! I never knew that, and it is pretty disturbing.
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YES great point. Bet all these U-TUBE quarter backs, that just bitch about everything they see on U-Tube videos. Never give the video'er a thumbs up. YES there garage or should say Daddy's garage is a big pig pen.
Almost unbelievable it was built in the year 2000. Strangely, the inside of the engine looked the cleanest of everything on that ship!
The picture on the wall in captain's quarter, the village one is actually the village of East Hagbourne in Oxfordshire in the UK. The middle building is a Fleur de Lys pub.
Thanks for the info👍😊😊😊
"horrible smell from the bathroom"... opens toilet ^^
The 'really dirty workshop' Hahaha You aint seen nothing yet. The engineroom looks to be in remarkable condition if you consider all the stories of this ship. I've worked in enginerooms that where a lot worse than this one...
Well its got many more tools than my 3 year old ship and looks a decent lathe. Very clean n tidy engine room especially if abandoned for a while. I guess main engine is opened to keep humidity inside under control, no corrosion going on.
Ship is back in full service. New name UAFL Express. Busy on the east coast of Africa. I'm glad she didn't end up on the beaches of Alang. This is where my pursuit ends. Thanks URBEX, I'm going to follow the next ship again to the end. Can't wait for the next "new ghost ship" video. End of the story :-)
Thanks for checking out! Seen some of the military vessels too? Also have some cruise ship episodes
People 2 quick to condemn the engine room was nice the rest needed little cleaning nice ship
Amusing, seeing as if you said that phonetically it would sound like "Awful Express"
Honestly rather this ship wind up in the hands of those evil history destroying men & women at Alang then a vintage cruise ship or ocean liner (their favorite targets)
Incredible!!! Thanks for taking us inside!
9:29 . . . *ABANDON SHIP* ALARM
Those phones in the rooms are "Viscount" phones made for British Telecom in mid-80s to mid-90s I was surprised to see them. They are perfect for these rooms, hotel rooms and such like because they are pretty basic and I guess never really break down, you probably find these in old hotels still, still working.
I worked on the same. A very small ship. Reduced crew. The chief mechanic is forced to clean the filters, as there are no more people. Only two mechanics and two oilers to operate the entire ship. This is crazy. After all, this is a technically complex device and something breaks every day, and there is also routine work for every day, a report on which is sent to the company on a monthly basis. In general, on such ships it is possible to work endlessly only as a navigator (there are few stressful situations for shtkrmans even in theory), but not as a mechanic. After two months, I was ready to go home at my own expense - such was the continuous stream of daily breakdowns. 4 people did not cope with the work. Moreover, the senior mechanic should not repair anything at all, his task is the level of management, technical management - to organize work and maintain mechanical documentation and control the performance of repair and maintenance work, as on all normal ships (he had already repaired his own during his youth as a junior fourth engineer or third, second mechanic).
I really feel for the crew, I worked for an asshole who had me on "back pay" and I'm still trying to recover even though I have an awesome job now. It was embarrassing explaining to bill collectors I wasn't getting paid for something like welding. Also 16 hour days on weekends even. I hope the crew got compensated.
Louie
Sorry you went through that. I worked like that when younger. Just kept at it. Some of these operator's are basically criminals the way they just can do the stuff and get away with it. I help my wife now she owns a business. I work for FREE. Go up and work side by side with the minimum Payed Laborer. I do hear you though. Please just work hard. I know that sounds dumb
But just keep going. I see so meany help wanted signs up now with the Covid BS that is out there. Keep your head up. You can do it my Friend.
@@rp1645 that's the thing I am younger, 23 tbh, if I can read a tabe measure I should be good for anything, English or metric right? I'm still doing that crap work to this day
@@louiemiller8758
YES just keep a positive mind set. I have a backhoe. Wish I could teach everyone who would like to Learn how to be a great operator
Not the BS I went through were they just got rid of you because you were willing to try. I just Love to teach people so they can go out and master the Equipment. Most important do a check on equipment start up. Check all fluids.
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Curtains on the bridge are probably there to not blind the watchkeeper at night
in date of 29.12.2016 this ship lost propulsion ,electricity and fuel..and drifting 13 miles away of the entrance of Constanta Port in Romania,,,the ship was towed in port with salvation tug
Thanks for info buddy
Think there was an entry about drifting in the Chief Officers Log Book in the video at point 11:01 .
For a 20 year old ship it was in a bad condition, if a captain leaves the ship there is something rotten and it not the fridge lol.
Nonpayment is pretty rotten. If the owner wasn't paying the captain and crew I can see why they would leave.
@@TWX1138 Yeah but it seems the Captain knew more than the crew as he abandoned them and ran off!
A good captain would have stayed with his crew until everyone could leave.
shipnot maintain
@@raymondleggs5508 Nope. Ship is fine. company wasnt paying
The curtains on the bridge are there not for privacy. They are for navigation reasons. At night, you want total darkness on bridge, so that you can see outside. You isolate areas with light, like chart room, with curtains.
the crew's bedroom's and bathroom's were dirty which was caused by the crew themselves , was up to each of them to keep their own area's clean but obviously they choose to live in the dirty conditions
@Nean we don't
It does not take much effort to get a bucket of hot water and a cloth and wipe surfaces clean , instead of letting the dirt build up .
You've probably never worked in industry. You have no idea wtf you are talking about. Go refill the candy bowl.
Amazing that it looks so old! I would swear that ship was launched in the 60's from the colors and general vibe, very surreal feel to it, depressing even.
The ship is very nice, very luxurious interior was very comfortable ship for the crew
That is the oldest 20 year old ship I've ever seen.
Look at a 20 year old fright hauling truck with a million miles on it. Same thing. Stuff wears out when you use it 24/7
5.18 it s an extinct language from the middel east it says"what ever you do never open the toilet bowl"
🤣🤣🤣🤣rub 3 times and all your wishes come true
@@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath 1st wish peace on earth 2nd wish more wealth 3 th wish where is the toilet freshener???
I'm a seaferer it is down to each crew member to clean there cabins & these crew cabins are unacceptable regards what nationality you are hygiene is the up most important part of working on a ship ⚓🚢.
I dont think that Arab seafarers ever invented good hygiene.
I'm surprised the binoculars from the bridge were not stolen yet.
@Nean GO AWAY!!
The tech level on the bridge doesn't surprise me. Computers were beige or gray at that point, and I would expect that vital ship's systems would use components that were well established as robust and reliable.
Depending on what that dot matrix printer is for, it use would make sense since ribbons are generally reliable even if the printers sit idle for extended periods of time, and likewise if such a printer is connected to an infrequent system, like it is connected to some kind of receiver that generates output based on ship's status messages or some kind of teleprinter for radio-received information, the printer's loud operation itself is all the alert that the crew would need that it's printing something they need to look at.
Tube monitors are also quite durable, if the bridge is being tossed around as the ship rolls during storms, a tube display will probably survive being struck by objects or people. An LCD panel would need an awful lot of protection, and again in 2000 they were not epecially common away from laptops anyway.
Wow you know your stuff don't you.
Very impressed
TWX1138
Maybe the Printer is used for print out of weather updates. Plus it could do the update send of charts. The Navigator licks to have printed charts to make notes on. Updates to things seen, some Mariner just like to have a print paper chart still. Old school style.
@@rp1645 A weather report might well be the sort of thing that would be printed and the crew alerted that the printing was occurring.
Was going to point out that even as big as they are, those pistons at 12:55 are far too small for the kind of engine that would propel a ship. 14:33 demonstrates it, you're looking at the connecting rod and crank journal for the actual propulsion unit.
My guess is that those smaller pistons were for some kind of auxiliary power unit for ship's systems that can run those systems when the main engine isn't running.
Thanks but your the 10th person to point this out. Lol
The small pistons have to be soaked in oil in a large vat over a very hot flame until they swell to the correct size down to the nearest 20 thou" then they are fitted very quickly after the engine is pre heated and started instantly to make the seal and they are never shut down otherwise the pistons will shrink back to their original size ! I do hope this helps clear things up ! Mine was a 3 stroke !! Cheers.
They are for the electrical generators, the units marked 1 and 2 at 13:09. The large engine is solely for propulsion, it cannot even keep itself running without the generators.
@@christopherhampson265 NO,noway.
@@christopherhampson265 @@christopherhampson265 You are just making this up.
This is what you imagine.
Why do you misinform people?
Somebody who inspected the ship and helped the crew members commented on this video. Please comment again.. I accidently pressed on the wrong icon :(
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Respect for the holy qoran not being also cleaned out and outside in the container. But left there.
I was at sea with the royal navy, merchant navy and on trawlers, I always liked it when the ship was empty, l always had the feeling that l was never really alone.
Please tell me about the job you done.
My cousin was on the submarines and loved it.
@@davidm3maniac201
I was Lucky enough before 9-11 to go on board for Tour of 2 subs, and one 4 hour Dive on another TRIDENT sub
The crews are really nice, happy men on US Navy subs. Very clean, high triple Redundant
Safeguards. The sleeping area for the sailor on TRIDENT is big, it's like they have there own rooms with 4 other guys. When they swap crews the only difference is they are HOME with wife and family. They still have to keep training. Learning new skills. Testing for move up in Rank.
The gong is supposed to be used at the stern of the ship to warn other vessels in fog. Hardly ever happens in practice.
Another traditional use, is to announce local Noon time, over the PA.
@@CineSoar Ah cool, I never knew :)
@@YorkshirePirate I was crew on CCL decades back. When the Ecstasy came out, they were gifted a gong by the shipyard that built her. The deck officer keyed the microphone and announced "At the sound of the gong, it will be noon-time." Then, there was a sound, like someone hit a cookie sheet with a spoon. After a long delay, and clearly trying to suppress laughter, he finished the announcement "Noon Time." :D
15:34 refrigerant compressor (I think it is for provisional chambers.) On the floor is the main engine exhaust manifold compensator.
12:52 - the engine is a baby (on larger ships, it is larger). Just one small turbocharger.
12:59 pistons from a diesel generator (also very small, like for children)
13:08 Children's (by size) diesel generators. There are only two of them here. There are three of them on adult ships.
13:22 Someone was going to overhaul the spare cylinder heads of diesel generators.
13:53 Engine Burmeister & Wain + Man (MAN took under its wing the very famous and popular Danish Burmeister & Wain in shipbuilding)
14:04 Standard lower deck layout. Ahead (at the bow bulkhead) we see fire and outboard pumps of the cooling system.
14:15 the vessel had a valogenator. It is missing (only wires remained. The shaft generator was used at full speed instead of the two diesel generators that we saw before. The main engine worked for the propeller and for the shaft generator.
Wow in its hayday it must have felt like living in a hotel, most of the quarters are fancier and more private than dorm rooms I've seen
It looks somebody have done a really good job to clean the ship after left abandon without crew. It may be the port authority, with the bill to the agent or the flag state of the ship (Panama).
Damn , hope you guys are safe during these time
We are...and really bored too !
@Lee Yeah...we'll see ! I have an endless list of places already :) Desperately waiting at home to go...haha
The crew rooms actually look cozy
Great report. Looks like a depressing place to be. But as of today she is still sailing.
It's an industrial ship, What are you expecting? It's the crews workplace they're at work when aboard not on holiday. Accommodation is basic and functional
Italy was like “Hot Potato” Straight to the Dutch 😂
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Thanks a million mate☺️ I guess you’ve seen the top 10 most dangerous adventures?
The plate to open up the view at Pistons. On these ships you can take a piston OFF line to pull out with chains small winch. To over haul at sea. The big Lathe in repair shop to build a custom part. The window's and sound sealed door is so Chief Engineer can monitor all engine running parts without being made Def by Loud noise. Controlling All vital machinery. Like so meany comment's made about this video the Pistons on floor were probably for power Generator. Saw him video number 1 and 2 as he went by machinery. As you see by looking down at opening for mains, those Pistons are Larger.
They are working in the Cargo carrying big Ships now to make them RUN on any fuel's
To cut down on Pollution at ports around world
0 Emissions is what lots of US ports want from ships at Docks being Loaded/ unloaded. Fuels such as LNG, Methanol and yes they are TESTING Hydrogen. They just launched a passage type Ferry boat in Seattle. For sea trials( testing of Engines under load) That runs on Hydrogen. YES it uses water to power ships. But it's NOT a steam boat like power. Lots of technology going into industry as we speak on cutting the pollution run out by big cantainer ships when along side docks. Even big power connection to shore power. It's a whole different animal on big ships, than say your
25 or 50 Amp. Shore plug in. It's call cold iron's
By marine terms.
The ship itself is in pretty good condition and hence was resold, there are a lot worse than this still plying the oceans of the world. Curtains on the bridge are for night navigation to ensure complete darkness of the bridge during watchkeeping at sea. Looks like that ship was built in China hence the cheap and tacky looking equipment and fittings.
nice video guys,,, that boat is not too bad remember some operators you work four hours on eight hours off 7 days a week, i can tell you after a few weeks you get into a routine as long as bunk is comfy and the food good the rest of the time your dreaming of loved ones and getting home, cant say for nowadys but twenty years ago wasnt a bad life,, if your young and single great life on the right ships
Would have loved to have done that. To old now though. Was it good money Simon
@@davidm3maniac201 well not great money but at sea for 3 months at a time nothing to spend money on,,
Good video 👍 liked it very much 🤩. Now, I don't know anything about ships, machinery or technical equipment, but I know a lot about cleanliness. First thing first, if there is any rodent problem that is the #1 priority above anything else. Apart from that, everything I see in the cabins, kitchen, bathrooms etc are issues a good professional cleaning crew can deal with pretty well. If that was my ship, I would make whole new bathrooms and change all the appliances in the kitchen and cabins together with a good paint job wherever is needed. Maybe also the kitchen tables just to be sure. If not a good deep cleaning and disinfection would improve a lot but new appliances in the kitchen have to be mandatory. Also new carpeting, curtains and chairs in the cabins just to upgrade a little, make things prettier for the crew you know, it helps to keep the moral high. About the workshop downstairs shouldn't be a problem for the new master and maybe an apprentice to help him, to deal with. It may take a while, but I'm sure he will turn things around with really good results. I would love to take that job and make everything so good and comfortable that the crew will really feel at home in their floating working place 💖 I really hope this ship get a new much better life after this rough patch 😍🥰
Thanks for watching! We’ve got a lot better episodes on this channel. This ship is being cleaned and fixed as we speak😁
The curtains you said that were privacy on the bridge are to block out light for night watch.
Any more questions I'll try to answer as I spent 3 years in the HMS Navy.
Very good video guys.
@Nean any specific links?
Nice one any interesting stories to tell us. My cousin was on subs and loved it.
Thanks for your service to our Country Fizzywig
Sailing nowadays (april, 2021) from spanish port La Coruña.
Btw, I guess someone already mentioned but curtains in the bridge are not in terms of privacy but for navigation purposes during the night.
Awesome video!!
Love the video guys I love how you add so much Information and context of each place you visit so us viewers will understand 💯
Anyone whose gone to sea must feel for the crews!
i watch this because i find the ship itself to be very interesting.
a sofa that has some blemishes on it, stinky toilets, and expired food in a fridge certainly don't make it a 'horror ship'.
At 3:29 you can see a board with instructions what garbage you can throw overboard. What about throwing NOTHING overboard and take it into the next Harbour? I mean its already on board, why drop it into the sea?? Makes me kinda angry . . .
Yeah I thought the same.. narrow minded thinking
Спасибо за русские субтитры. Thank you from russian subtitles.
Ut oh...sounds like Bobs got the sniffles...
I was 3rd engineer of this ship.. worst company. And bad experience..
Yeah why on earth would you sail for Egyptian crooks ?
I've never been this early on a posting!! Love you guys!!
@Nean no we don't
For a ship built in 2000 what I thought odd was all the telephones were from the 1980's!
My family took a cruise on the Basel Express in 97 it was an amazing experience
Sure... a cruise on a cargo ship
@@STARFOXPERIENCE It can be a fun (and inexpensive!) way to see the world.
Hey Bob That was cool being able to see inside the engine .
Great adventure thanks for taking us along with you,hello from Australia
9:42 that's the steering wheel? I always expect them to be MASSIVE on those huge ships and it's always surprising how they're like half the size of a car's steering wheel lol.
a lot of sunny days!
great video for sure!
All well and good but Shiey is the man..
Please do me a favor and watch our video: top 10 most dangerous adventures. We infiltrate often on live military bases to document decommissioned ships, submarines, space shuttles and others. And then you can say it again if you want.
I'm not quite sure when this boat was abandoned but I noticed a fluorescent bulb in the lamp at approximately 6 minutes and 20 seconds into the video.
Just recently, I explained it in the video😁
Basel Express is still at anchor in the port of Antwerpen ( Anvers ) Belgium today (thx Marine Traffic )...
One more buffer vessel that rust in place .
O really? I heard the engine was being repaired and I thought it would be sailing again these days🙄
Cool video mate thanks
Thanks, you should check out our top 10 most dangerous adventures playlist :)
very interesting video! thanks! as a swiss, i have to appology for that mess. i feel responsible because they used Basel for the name xD
Hahahaha... luckily for you I believe they renamed the ship😅 Engines are fixed or are being fixed
Gracias! Exelente video .saludos! Desde argentina 🇦🇷
Fairly neat and clean abandoned ship. But some places are dirty.
Dude you know better than to lift the lid Omg your crazy
Idk I think the "gong" object is to alert everyone to pray.. Thanks for the tour 🐟
She's sailing now as per AIS, from Curuña, Spain underway to Las Palmas ETA 05.05.2021 1330H LT...
Thanks for a great video
👋👍Great video. Thanks for the Spanish translation !!
Are you sure this ship is build in 2000? When i see all this old stuff i can't believe this...
I sail on a ship which is build in 2012, and we have similar old equipment. Ships are build to be as cheap as possible...
I triple checked it. It is from 2000 and build in China. A very basic kind of vessel cheap cheap
@@OsmosisHD made in China, shit lucky it's still floating.
@@Robin-S60 I think a lot of vessels built in china are cheap like that, the vessels built in the Netherlands are really fresh looking though, especially the ones owned by the captains/private shipping lines. Like the Marietje Andrea, they pretty much look like a yacht inside.
@@NilsHedstrom Yes and no, ships who are built in the Netherlands will not necessarily mean that they are better. It's mostly the way how ships are maintained by the crew, like all the ships from Danser van Gent. They look so good because the only thing they do is painting.
The ship looks much older than when it was made love to go on adventures seeing to past thank you 😊
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@@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath thank you I will
Cool, I love ships🚢
Question. When these ships are sitting idle or if they're laid up don't they still have to have operating bilge pumps on the along with flood alarms? If so how do they operate them when the ship is idle?
Shore power is used to power whatever is needed and idle electric motors get a heat strip around them so the electric motors for so many different systems stay in good shape with that prep. for layup.
Good video 👍👍👍 Well done! 👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks for the subtitles
This will be great! I'm already front and centre.
Great :D
love those engine rooms...
Why did the washing machines look newer than almost every piece of tech on the bridge? ^^;
Perhaps the equipment on the bridge was much more reliable.
According TL vessel tracker she is still docked COURSE/POSITION
Position:
Navigational status:Moored
Course:186.2° / -128.0
Heading:511.0° / -128.0
Speed:
Max speed:
Status:moored
Location:Antwerp (5e Havendok Noordkaai)
Area:Belgium
Check last time updated. It's around 90 days ago.
Transponder is turned off and/or other callsign, the ship is gone.
Excellent Video . Slow paced Time to absorb what is shown.
Thanks
Check some other episodes like the top10 most dangerous adventures. This is one of the worst episodes.
During the 1990s a Nigerian klondyker was tied up in Lerwick for 2 years. The owners were bankrupt after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the ship and crew were abandoned after being impounded by the health authorities for de ratting which the owners could not pay for. The people of Shetland fed the crew all this time and eventually raised enough funds to fly the crew back to Nigeria. The harbour authorities sized the ship and scrapped it at their expense.
Wish such videos were a lot longer and show much more of the rooms, not just some sweep thru.
If I was there, I'd probably make an hour long video.
I agree!
I been on a ship worse than that in the Persian Gulf...the Sagamore. Look almost identical.
Thank you so,so much for showing these ships
To U- Tube on your channel. Plus talking about the condition of the work station's. High sea Professional Mariner work is a Ruff bunch. One of the Maritime Cadet programs, got exposed for Sex abouse to the Female Training Programs. When young Cadets do there Sea time. Shipping has NOT changed much in the way the Captain is the Master of vessel. That is the way a big ship works. No Equal Rights commission to go to if abouse at sea. You can't just leave even when ship is in PORT. Lots of time like know with Covid and delay in unloads. The CREW is stuck at ANCHOR.
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Again Love your videos of showing these ships. You do hard work to get axes to these big Ships.
Fun explore.
Great video!
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Thanks for checking out!
1:06 apparently there is an original name for this ship.. its hard to make out though.
looks like "damsterdep grolngen" or something.
Awesome !