1,000-foot Presque Isle scrapes base of Duluth Ship Canal pier

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  • @WileeC
    @WileeC 3 роки тому +559

    By the looks of the sides on that ship, they sail by braille

  • @stevepunter3704
    @stevepunter3704 4 роки тому +1690

    Looking at the side of the ship, she’s been here before 😂

  • @mattt198654321
    @mattt198654321 3 роки тому +712

    I mean, in the captain's defense, he's like a quarter mile from the front of the ship.

    • @pamike4873
      @pamike4873 3 роки тому +45

      You're not too far off which is amazing to think about. Imagine laying one of the Twin Towers on its side, putting a huge diesel in it, and adding a wheel. I was wondering something though- I didn't see the bow thruster being used. It looked as if he started his turn out of the channel just a bit late. He was hard over I'm sure the way the stern was swinging around.

    • @blpblp-tj7ux
      @blpblp-tj7ux 3 роки тому +11

      yeah, maybe next time they should back it in

    • @kam70111
      @kam70111 3 роки тому +24

      Nothing in Captains defence. There is something known as safe speed in closed waters and good seamanship. Not electronic transponders and navigation.

    • @dennisrichardville4988
      @dennisrichardville4988 3 роки тому +1

      😂😂😜

    • @flybeep1661
      @flybeep1661 3 роки тому +49

      Wait you guys all think the captain, or even any of his crew drive this ship?? Nope, usually specialized maritime pilots who know the local waters do this. In open waters it's the captain (and his subordinate) who controls the ship.

  • @hamnchee
    @hamnchee 3 роки тому +600

    After an internal investigation and crash analysis it was determined that the ship should have turned more better.

    • @bigvimfuego
      @bigvimfuego 3 роки тому +16

      This will help others in the future!!

    • @Biffo1262
      @Biffo1262 3 роки тому +20

      Lack of proper use of bow thruster.

    • @bradgt5130
      @bradgt5130 3 роки тому +13

      @@Biffo1262 I was wondering the same thing, he since he didn’t steer soon enough to get back under it. I wonder why he didn’t use his bow thruster to help kill the slide from the turn.

    • @TheStoneWhisperer
      @TheStoneWhisperer 3 роки тому +2

      😊😂😂

    • @givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935
      @givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935 3 роки тому +45

      This evaluation will save things from being worser.

  • @seapappy9183
    @seapappy9183 3 роки тому +144

    Not really a “grounding”... I’d say it’s an allision. Allisions happen when a ship strikes a static object - a pier, dock, etc., where as a grounding means the ship struck the bottom due to draft vs water depth.

    • @michaelb2388
      @michaelb2388 3 роки тому +8

      Never heard that word before but I agree, it's not run aground it's just hit the side of the canal.

    • @JoeC88
      @JoeC88 3 роки тому +3

      She shepherd will never let you aboard, you know too much 😀

    • @seapappy9183
      @seapappy9183 3 роки тому +2

      @@JoeC88 I wouldn’t sail with those idiots anyways 😂

    • @JoeC88
      @JoeC88 3 роки тому +2

      @@seapappy9183 Heck no, I am surprised they have not killed some of their own pot smokin zombie hippy crew. Why their opposition does not hose them with offal has me wondering.

    • @briansims4365
      @briansims4365 3 роки тому +1

      Thanks for the knowledge

  • @97TRAKIN
    @97TRAKIN 4 роки тому +485

    "You're good, you're good, you're good. Don't worry about those scratches captain, that'll buff right out".

    • @SpectrumRob
      @SpectrumRob 4 роки тому +7

      It's not the first time by the looks of it.

    • @darioinfini
      @darioinfini 4 роки тому +17

      LIDEL LIDEL LIDEL LIDEL LIDEL!!

    • @DrBrown88
      @DrBrown88 4 роки тому +6

      @John Doe nope, spongebob reference.

    • @DrBrown88
      @DrBrown88 4 роки тому +4

      I like it! Good o'l spongebob!

    • @shadowthehedgehog182
      @shadowthehedgehog182 4 роки тому +6

      Ur good ur good ur good ur good ur good ur good ur good ur good ur good ur good ur good ur good ur good ur good ur good ur good ur good ur good ur good ur good ur good ur good ur good ur good ur good ur good ur good ur good ur good ur good ur good ur good ur good ur good ur good ur good ur good ur good ur good...........buff out

  • @adventurekid9242
    @adventurekid9242 4 роки тому +1891

    I said Rum and Coke on the Rocks!!!
    Not Run the Boat on the Rocks!!

    • @sampwheeler
      @sampwheeler 4 роки тому +26

      Haha, my new boating motto!

    • @Wildstar40
      @Wildstar40 4 роки тому +3

      ua-cam.com/video/Wdj2ApP4esQ/v-deo.html

    • @boxhawk5070
      @boxhawk5070 4 роки тому +6

      Good old Cap'n Hazelwood.

    • @johncope4977
      @johncope4977 4 роки тому +1

      lol

    • @samsmith3025
      @samsmith3025 4 роки тому +7

      The captain will need a rum and coke after this.

  • @femanvate
    @femanvate 4 роки тому +754

    But I would walk five hundred feet
    and I would walk five hundred more
    just to be the man who walks a thousand feet
    to say we hit the shore

    • @danceswithstone
      @danceswithstone 4 роки тому +38

      Da da da (da da da)
      Da da da (da da da)
      Da da da dun diddle un diddle un diddle uh da

    • @kenprevatt1267
      @kenprevatt1267 4 роки тому +6

      Nice job

    • @Dr.Mcstaby
      @Dr.Mcstaby 4 роки тому +3

      applause for the witty

    • @lolzlolz69
      @lolzlolz69 4 роки тому +2

      No need to have changed miles to feet.

    • @thomasdaniels6824
      @thomasdaniels6824 4 роки тому +1

      @Brian Quinlan No, we republicans do not support guys like Larry Craig or anyone like him

  • @michaeldeierhoi4096
    @michaeldeierhoi4096 3 роки тому +49

    It's amazing to see the Presque Isle now because I was on the lakes in 77-78 and remember seeing her then. I worked on the Belle River in 78 which was also a 1000 footer.

    • @arcdestriumph586
      @arcdestriumph586 2 роки тому +2

      I worked on a smelly brown thingy .. and when I finished it disappeared into a whirlpool after a whooshing sound.

    • @shaneward6689
      @shaneward6689 2 роки тому +6

      @@arcdestriumph586 so cool and edgy. Any actual accomplishments to list?

  • @hunterventures2101
    @hunterventures2101 3 роки тому +294

    Everyone wants to be the captain until captainy things need to be done.

    • @Blah67
      @Blah67 3 роки тому +11

      Surely that has to be a woman at the wheel ?👍

    • @barnhartequipmentbrentbarn5662
      @barnhartequipmentbrentbarn5662 3 роки тому +2

      @@Blah67 Dude sleeps on couch tonight... Hope your wife ain't on YT......LOL. but Brent laugh,, ride with my Japanese wife sometime. she turns on the wipers and the truck goes off the road and into the berm.

    • @Blah67
      @Blah67 3 роки тому +3

      I rest my case 👍

    • @mattbrewer9487
      @mattbrewer9487 3 роки тому

      Captainy shit,must be drinking on the job

    • @jmt8706official
      @jmt8706official 3 роки тому

      @@Blah67 Yeah. She had her dog in her lap, putting on makeup, checking her instagram, and reading a book at the same time. Lol

  • @Wilett614
    @Wilett614 2 роки тому +6

    IF I was those Onlookers ..I Wouldn't be Getting up close to Gawk .... That Breakwater Wall and Pier could have easily become Crushed with that 65000 TONS of Cargo striking that Wall !! The Hull is at the 30 FOOT marker as well ! WOW

    • @crocodile1313
      @crocodile1313 Місяць тому +1

      I was thinking she looked way low in the water. Must have had a very heavy load.

  • @alexsaab8089
    @alexsaab8089 4 роки тому +680

    Swift transportation: you're hired!

    • @desertrat1357
      @desertrat1357 4 роки тому +28

      SWIFT:
      S - Sure
      W - Wish
      I - I
      F - Finish
      T - Training

    • @jacobmccandles1767
      @jacobmccandles1767 4 роки тому +25

      Stevie
      Wonder
      Institute
      For
      Trucking

    • @michaelpope4499
      @michaelpope4499 4 роки тому +2

      You mean JB Hunt ?

    • @jacobmccandles1767
      @jacobmccandles1767 4 роки тому +6

      @@michaelpope4499 secondly, but not above
      Two
      Fairies
      In a
      White
      Semi

    • @typhoon320i
      @typhoon320i 4 роки тому +5

      Swift transportation: hold my beer.

  • @crayolascents
    @crayolascents Рік тому +12

    Judging by the marks on the hull, that ship has hugged more walls than an antique clock.

  • @dakotah_anderson
    @dakotah_anderson 2 роки тому +62

    For the people who don't know this was caused of a malfunction in the rudder making her not be able to turn

    • @grasscutter88
      @grasscutter88 11 місяців тому

      they could have used the bow thrusters

    • @WildWildWeasel
      @WildWildWeasel 6 місяців тому +1

      ​@@grasscutter88They did at the end to be able to get off the pier wall

    • @carolyndice2425
      @carolyndice2425 3 місяці тому

      Oops…..

    • @guyordorff8355
      @guyordorff8355 2 місяці тому

      And being slightly overloaded

    • @mikeprimm4077
      @mikeprimm4077 Місяць тому

      ​@@grasscutter88 I don't know if you've ever seen a ship use its bow thrusters before, but when they are underway, they're not as effective as you would think. If you are stationary they work great, but if you have any kind of way on, they do not work that well. The screws aren't far enough apart to be able to use differential thrust either

  • @tinytonymaloney7832
    @tinytonymaloney7832 3 роки тому +31

    Seagull sitting on the lamp post seemed quite laid back about it all. Perhaps he's seen it before.

    • @ironmantooltime
      @ironmantooltime 3 роки тому +1

      He was the captains eyes on the ground. He's dead now.

    • @tinytonymaloney7832
      @tinytonymaloney7832 3 роки тому +1

      @@ironmantooltime you must mean he was a 'didn't sea gull'

    • @ironmantooltime
      @ironmantooltime 3 роки тому

      @@tinytonymaloney7832 🙄
      😂🤣

    • @skoarchable
      @skoarchable 3 роки тому

      Funny. I also was lookin at him sitting there.

  • @EnvoyExpress
    @EnvoyExpress 4 роки тому +262

    All I can think about is Spongebob saying......"you're good....you're good....you're good.....don't worry captain we'll buff out those scratches

    • @StanleySchmengie
      @StanleySchmengie 4 роки тому +4

      That's like a professional "Momback" in trucking. ::::Waves hands frantically:::: "MOMBACK! MOMBACK! KEPPUH COMIN'! MOMBACK! ;;;;Creeeunch;;;;; "OK! STOP!"

    • @lifevest1
      @lifevest1 4 роки тому +3

      Precisely!!!

    • @johncuervo3019
      @johncuervo3019 4 роки тому

      Is that actually a episode

  • @chicanemcneill
    @chicanemcneill 4 роки тому +136

    Presque Isle means "almost an island", now it is.

    • @KiluaRotmg
      @KiluaRotmg 4 роки тому +4

      "Presque mais pas vraiment" isle

    • @Thesupermachine2000
      @Thesupermachine2000 3 роки тому +2

      I was hoping for this comment

    • @thereforeayam
      @thereforeayam 3 роки тому

      as people watch from almost an island

    • @ColinMacIver
      @ColinMacIver 3 роки тому

      @@KiluaRotmg 🤣👍

    • @charlesshreeve319
      @charlesshreeve319 3 роки тому

      Actually it was almost an island while it was free floating. Now it's definitely a peninsula.

  • @maximumhardcore4362
    @maximumhardcore4362 4 роки тому +390

    Judging by her battle scars this isn’t her first scrape with a wall

    • @Jack-tx2ve
      @Jack-tx2ve 4 роки тому +15

      You took the words out of my fingers.

    • @heuhen
      @heuhen 4 роки тому +2

      classic for a malm-barge, being pushed by a pusher tug

    • @billyboots3730
      @billyboots3730 4 роки тому +11

      Absolutely normal, all lakers are scraped up from passing through the locks.

    • @marklacombe2671
      @marklacombe2671 4 роки тому +2

      No no no that's rubbing and rubbing son is racing.

    • @prestonberg9604
      @prestonberg9604 4 роки тому +1

      @@marklacombe2671 the breakwater will hold cole!

  • @rext8949
    @rext8949 3 роки тому +16

    Practice makes a man perfect. He's been hitting the sweet spot repeatedly. Great job skipper.

  • @jimmme5880
    @jimmme5880 4 роки тому +48

    Should have had someone with a paddle on the front end.

    • @Cinebon
      @Cinebon 3 роки тому +3

      This comment needs more likes

  • @mattberg916
    @mattberg916 4 роки тому +26

    I've driven past all the behemoths that delivered to USS GARY WORKS, close up, and I don't think I will ever not be impressed by their size. Amazing vessels

    • @jerrykinnin7941
      @jerrykinnin7941 2 роки тому +1

      I've walked through the Cleveland cliffs boat in Toledo before those are huge

  • @robertlaughton9601
    @robertlaughton9601 4 роки тому +10

    The ship got clear of the wall and then circled outside the harbor entrance for a while before coming back in - probably for inspection. 36hrs later it went to Gary or Indiana harbor - south Lake Michigan. It then returned to Superior and as far as I can tell is still moored there. Maybe the damage was more severe than originally thought and/or more extensive repairs are necessary.

    • @bazza945
      @bazza945 2 роки тому

      Thanks for the informative update.

  • @Kinghauler2012
    @Kinghauler2012 4 роки тому +627

    Judging by the scuffs on the hull , this isn't the first time she's rubbed the rails. Lol

    • @mikeab93
      @mikeab93 4 роки тому +12

      I was just about ready to say that.

    • @michaelb.8953
      @michaelb.8953 4 роки тому +7

      @@mikeab93 So was I.

    • @leerilea1709
      @leerilea1709 4 роки тому +6

      Me 3 lol.

    • @tlxtruck
      @tlxtruck 4 роки тому +26

      The scrapes are from entering and departing the locks at Sault Ste Marie. You heave lines to workmen and tie the ship while raising and lowering. Also from tiring up at a dock where you pull the vessel with winches forward and aft for loading and unloading

    • @mtl-ss1538
      @mtl-ss1538 4 роки тому +2

      America's Cup: Dean Barker buzzing as American Magic set for Auckland splash.. the Kiwi helmsman for the New York Yacht Club’s syndicate confirmed they have their Auckland base functional and with enough sailing and shore crew to get their AC75 Defiant operational again. Financed by Hap Fauth, & Doug DeVos, & Roger Penske
      www.stuff.co.nz/sport/americas-cup/122221707/americas-cup-dean-barker-buzzing-as-american-magic-set-for-auckland-splash

  • @USAIRFORCE621
    @USAIRFORCE621 3 роки тому +10

    Never understood how someone could maneuver such a wide and very long behemoth of a ship! Better yet, it was my cousin who made this video, I knew the dude was a master photographer but he's really impressed me now!

    • @ArtStoneUS
      @ArtStoneUS 2 роки тому +1

      The key thing to understand, and one of the other comments referred to this, is you only have the ability to steer the ship while there's substantial water going across the rudder at the back of the ship. If you slow down, the ship will just start going where it wants to, often being driven by the wind. In this case if you still had rudder control, all it could do is push the ship closer to the dock. The bowof the ship is a thousand feet in front of you and it's not going to easily move back out into the channel.

    • @sharonbraselton3135
      @sharonbraselton3135 Рік тому +1

      ​@@ArtStoneUS😢 cool xaner nsn he his

  • @paulwincott2987
    @paulwincott2987 Рік тому +1

    I'm amazed these ships don't have tugs to guide them through that harbour entrance?

  • @garypellerin5576
    @garypellerin5576 4 роки тому +377

    There was a lot of pee cups filled that morning in Duluth.

    • @frankpeck1448
      @frankpeck1448 4 роки тому +7

      Maybe shorts, as well!

    • @Fiberglasser03
      @Fiberglasser03 4 роки тому +9

      No, with Coast Guard its blood test.

    • @stevegibson2255
      @stevegibson2255 4 роки тому +1

      I have a suspicion it wasn't pee that filled those cups on that morning

    • @Fiberglasser03
      @Fiberglasser03 4 роки тому +1

      @C R Page 30 section VI "Urine test for blood alcohol levels is unacceptable."
      www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/NMC/pdfs/drug_testing/employers_drug_testing_guide-2009.pdf
      But I do stand corrected, no blood test for drugs.

    • @psychiatry-is-eugenics
      @psychiatry-is-eugenics 4 роки тому +1

      There is a hair test ; but it’s expensive , and nobody can pass it ,

  • @andrewandjoanhart7882
    @andrewandjoanhart7882 4 роки тому +259

    This is not running aground, it was hitting the pier

    • @DouglasEdward84
      @DouglasEdward84 4 роки тому +27

      No it is running aground. Ship grounding is the impact of a ship on seabed or waterway side.

    • @leonrhodes8700
      @leonrhodes8700 4 роки тому +10

      @@DouglasEdward84 is it just me or is that boat sitting very low in the water !

    • @Wildstar40
      @Wildstar40 4 роки тому +9

      @@leonrhodes8700 fully loaded

    • @leonrhodes8700
      @leonrhodes8700 4 роки тому +4

      @@Wildstar40 wow I've been around lake ship while being loaded ,and they sit so tall in the water ! It's hard to imagine it could handle rough water sitting that low? Do you know why he hit the pier ?

    • @Wildstar40
      @Wildstar40 4 роки тому +4

      @@leonrhodes8700
      This video shows the same ship unloaded at time stamp 3.53
      ua-cam.com/video/ilfwWdbtbD8/v-deo.html

  • @seangoldsworth5921
    @seangoldsworth5921 4 роки тому +403

    I know who's taking a drug test today

    • @johnsmith4589
      @johnsmith4589 4 роки тому +6

      Sean Goldsworth ...lolol. made me laugh man. thanks 😎

    • @johnjesus971
      @johnjesus971 4 роки тому +5

      Everyone on watch

    • @downsouth822
      @downsouth822 4 роки тому +3

      So ...its his fault he ran aground?
      I kno cap smokes🤣

    • @bahabobby8118
      @bahabobby8118 4 роки тому +2

      You get the Mystery Science Theater 3000 award

    • @toddmadson8390
      @toddmadson8390 4 роки тому

      It's more like someone decided to take her out before their morning coffee.

  • @CuriousEarthMan
    @CuriousEarthMan 2 роки тому +4

    Reading about the Big Fitz recently, it was said that minor scrapes and bangs often occurred with the Great Lakes freighters, including guard rail loss, etc. This helps me understand the bow of the Presque Isle even before this abutment-kissing maneuver. Thank you for the great footage!

  • @TheNighthawke502
    @TheNighthawke502 3 роки тому +21

    The squeal makes me think of GalaxyQuest when they first take the ship out. LOL.

  • @jonkindschi7387
    @jonkindschi7387 4 роки тому +56

    That seagull on the street light towards the end is thinking, “ you done messed up A-A-Ron.”

    • @dilligafdude9434
      @dilligafdude9434 4 роки тому +2

      Lmao. I love it.

    • @garypellerin5576
      @garypellerin5576 4 роки тому +6

      Probably in Oh Shag Hennasee's office right now.

    • @sdaiwepm
      @sdaiwepm 3 роки тому

      He was out clubbing when he should have been steering the ship.

  • @bozhijak
    @bozhijak 4 роки тому +137

    Reminds me of a scene from "Galaxy Quest".

    • @acemobile9806
      @acemobile9806 4 роки тому +10

      I'll get one of my boys down here with a can of WD40 😂😂😂
      Seriously, who couldn't have a good time watching that movie???

    • @AndytheWhite
      @AndytheWhite 4 роки тому +10

      My thoughts exactly!! Haha couldn’t help leaning while watching this

    • @pickeljarsforhillary102
      @pickeljarsforhillary102 4 роки тому +8

      NEVER GIVE UP!
      NEVER SURRENDER!

    • @steves2694
      @steves2694 4 роки тому +6

      If you lean your body to the right, that'll fix the tons of steel going off course.

    • @74bigpspickshrek
      @74bigpspickshrek 4 роки тому +2

      You, you’ve gotta go right

  • @henryhawk7038
    @henryhawk7038 4 роки тому +59

    Didn't get her ligned up soon enough. She entered the canal crooked. But I don't know what was the cause of this issue.

    • @bessarion1771
      @bessarion1771 4 роки тому +2

      My first thought exactly.

    • @jacobmccandles1767
      @jacobmccandles1767 4 роки тому +7

      Thats what I was thinking, but you'd think manuveri.g thrusters would have had more authority.

    • @lvlichael
      @lvlichael 4 роки тому +6

      @@jacobmccandles1767 Thrusters (rather what appears to be a single bow thruster in this case) won't do anything for you at that speed; especially loaded down to her marks.

    • @rustymozzy
      @rustymozzy 4 роки тому +17

      1:33 bow thrusters shut down, you can hear them running and suddenly stop

    • @hyena131
      @hyena131 4 роки тому +2

      henry wank
      Armchair critic.

  • @richardmadigan3463
    @richardmadigan3463 3 роки тому +26

    when they said run a ground silly me but i thought they hit bottom . They didnt run a ground they ran into land

    • @svbarryduckworth628
      @svbarryduckworth628 3 роки тому

      Ground is ground above or below the water.

    • @ezekielbrockmann114
      @ezekielbrockmann114 3 роки тому

      I guess that was the surprise?

    • @nicholaspratt7934
      @nicholaspratt7934 3 роки тому +1

      @@svbarryduckworth628 a grounding is when the depth of water is not enough and the ship runs aground this was a collision.

    • @svbarryduckworth628
      @svbarryduckworth628 3 роки тому

      @@nicholaspratt7934 incorrect in two ways. A single-ship crash is not a "collision." A collision is between two or more ships all under way. When it is just a single ship under way it is called an "allision." Look it up.
      Anyhow, this vessel never touched the wall here. It grounded in the very shallow water near the side of the canal, a mere few feet from the wall, but it never touched the bulkhead.
      If you want to try and correct somone who lives and works on the water 24/7 at least brush up on your nautical terms. It's embarrassing.dude.

    • @nicholaspratt7934
      @nicholaspratt7934 3 роки тому

      @@svbarryduckworth628 Then where was all the crunching coming from, that was concrete.
      The embarrassing one here is you.

  • @crispyspa
    @crispyspa 3 роки тому +1

    Aren't running aground and hitting the pier two different things?

  • @yellowlab5624
    @yellowlab5624 4 роки тому +75

    From the looks of the Hull, not his first ‘scrape’ with trouble!!

    • @845835
      @845835 4 роки тому +1

      On the back of the boat is a bumper sticker that says "If you don't like my sailing then get off the land!"

    • @mikeprimm4077
      @mikeprimm4077 Місяць тому

      Add scars from going through all the locks

  • @TheTibetyak
    @TheTibetyak 4 роки тому +37

    Captain: 1) Somebody gave me decaffeinated this morning.
    2) The sun was in my eyes.
    3) My bow watchman wasn't.
    4. The lighthouse looked a lot closer than it was, but I got pretty close wouldn't you say?

    • @bindlepig8064
      @bindlepig8064 4 роки тому +4

      the captain was questioned about the empty booze bottle seen thrown from the wheel house. "Wasn't me............."

    • @forkboy3309
      @forkboy3309 4 роки тому +1

      the bow watchman wasn't 😂

  • @loddude5706
    @loddude5706 4 роки тому +81

    "Ah, good morning Bow-Thrusters . . . nice of you to join us . . . late night was it?"

    • @SuperSetright
      @SuperSetright 4 роки тому +3

      Was wondering why the bow thrusters weren't operating...lol

    • @gaijininja
      @gaijininja 4 роки тому +5

      She doesn’t have bow thrusters. Just looked her up on MarineTraffic, and there are no bow thruster logos on the bow. Not surprising since she was built in 1973.

    • @rohitkhairwar7841
      @rohitkhairwar7841 4 роки тому +15

      A ship that size will have no use of bowthrusters. They'll be ineffective. Although it should have been accompanied by tug boats till it clears breakwater. Plus it should not have been manoeuvring at such high speed especially when making a turn. Probably got sucked to the sidewall due to banking effect.

    • @Glide1992
      @Glide1992 4 роки тому +4

      @@rohitkhairwar7841 I just learned about getting sucked over like that on the Tim B at Sea channel.

    • @masterful7574
      @masterful7574 4 роки тому +3

      Thrusters don’t work at that speed.

  • @adriansrealm
    @adriansrealm 3 роки тому +7

    Judging from the scrapes on the hull before the impact, that just seems to be how they park that ship.

    • @zancrus9629
      @zancrus9629 3 роки тому

      Glad I'm not the only one that went "Well it looks like they scrape down the side of things all the time."

    • @adriansrealm
      @adriansrealm 3 роки тому

      @@zancrus9629 Parking by braille

  • @benjaminallen2370
    @benjaminallen2370 2 роки тому +1

    Just a little love tap. How a ship that length approaches an inlet like that without a tug is beyond me, but is apparently standard practice in the ‘Lakes.

  • @Dtuba15
    @Dtuba15 4 роки тому +43

    I love how there’s multiple videos of the ship , crashing into things and beaching itself..... One of my favorite comments in one of the other videos “it’s like the swift of the Great Lakes”

    • @marksapollo
      @marksapollo 3 роки тому +1

      Haha I just had it in my recommended to watch, and I just looked under the video to see other videos of this ship crashing as you said! Haha perhaps the crew are attempting to get in the Guinness World Records for ‘most crashed ship’?

    • @skoarchable
      @skoarchable 3 роки тому +3

      Haha. No doubt. It's an oddity for that ship to NOT run aground

    • @KD5XB
      @KD5XB 2 роки тому

      SWIRIST -- See Where I Run Into Something Today.

    • @jasonw4053
      @jasonw4053 2 роки тому

      It seems that the 1000' tug/barge combo is just not that maneuverable...

  • @teaeff8898
    @teaeff8898 4 роки тому +103

    I can just hear someone getting slapped on the head with a cap, and the “Oh Gilligan!!” 🤣

    • @101southsideboy
      @101southsideboy 4 роки тому

      actually that was ( special agent ) Gibbs lol

    • @johnstuchbery2338
      @johnstuchbery2338 4 роки тому +2

      Or those of us old enough to remember the UK Radio programme (The Navy Lark) “left hand down a bit...”!!

    • @TheEmeraldMenOfficial
      @TheEmeraldMenOfficial 4 роки тому +2

      John Stuchbery As a Whovian from Canada I am contractually obliged to fanboy over Jon Pertwee being in this show.

    • @Akm72
      @Akm72 4 роки тому

      @@johnstuchbery2338 Everybody Down!

    • @lawrencewheeler8868
      @lawrencewheeler8868 4 роки тому

      Three hr. tour"

  • @mray1255
    @mray1255 4 роки тому +38

    Captain Crunch: I hate that damn pier, watch this boys.
    Pier: What the hell man, I live here.
    Ship: This whole thing is rubbing me the wrong way.

  • @stevenvaith99
    @stevenvaith99 Рік тому +3

    Doesn’t it have thrusters on the front?

  • @jamesdiehl8690
    @jamesdiehl8690 2 роки тому +1

    I've seen some of them coming through locks and there wasn't much room. it's a wonder they made it through.

  • @IckyTzatziki
    @IckyTzatziki 4 роки тому +114

    Judging from the scrapes at the front of the vessel, this has happened before

    • @andrewc0128
      @andrewc0128 4 роки тому +1

      there is another video of this ship being stuck in ice 10 years ago

    • @Mariners8704
      @Mariners8704 4 роки тому +2

      They slide up and down the dock whenever they are loading their cargo.

  • @jeffheins9222
    @jeffheins9222 4 роки тому +4

    There is a little bit of a current in the canal. If yer not lined up straight with the canal. It can be very difficult to get through the canal. The captain of the Tregurtha says making the turn to go through the canal is the worst of the great lakes.

    • @zyglo9826
      @zyglo9826 4 роки тому +3

      Jeff Heins...probably true, but a competent, experienced Great Lakes captain or mate is supposed to be able to make the difficult maneuvers as well as the easy ones. And you don’t get to be captain of the Presque Isle by not being thoroughly familiar with the handling characteristics of your vessel and the peculiarities of the major Great Lakes ports.

  • @austinhcoe
    @austinhcoe 4 роки тому +24

    By the huge scars on the port bow this looks to be SOP (standard operating procedure).

    • @WhiteRockBoy
      @WhiteRockBoy 4 роки тому +2

      boating by braille lol

    • @campak1796
      @campak1796 4 роки тому +1

      Captain been there done that.

    • @tlxtruck
      @tlxtruck 4 роки тому +2

      Actually the scrapes are from entering and departing the locks at the soo. And it seems as the vessel lost one or both of the mirrless blackstone engines which in turn rendered the thrusters and steering gear non operational. Happens more than you think. But happens more while underway rather than in maneuvering.

  • @longreach207
    @longreach207 2 роки тому +1

    Perhaps the bow thrusters option is in order 🤔

  • @kevinstewart2271
    @kevinstewart2271 4 роки тому +3

    I'm surprised to see no tug boats assisting the vessel, since the vessel is loaded (the deep draft), the narrow channel, and the wind. The wheel symbol under the vessel's name means she has a bow thruster. Meaning the vessel can steer the bow to port(Left looking forward) or starboard(Right looking forward). When the bow thruster activates, you can normally see water churn in the opposite direction the vessel wants to steer. Possibly from the deep draft , as well, it can't be seen, or it's operation failed. Glad too see no spill occurred. I wish the video had panned back to the bridge to see the Captains reaction. Sending love from the coast of California to whoever reads my comment.

    • @drgustaf2450
      @drgustaf2450 2 роки тому

      Thruster may simply have failed ….

    • @Rodneygd
      @Rodneygd 2 роки тому

      Tugs cost to use.

  • @kingpiccolo1nzl
    @kingpiccolo1nzl 4 роки тому +8

    Crikey! I never thought I'd never see the Aerial Bridge again & I'm not being funny about the near miss incident 😂 I did a summer stint at Camp Millar in 89 I think as a Camp Councillor & on our days off we'd spend time up in Duluth & hang out down at the Bridge. Great memories of Minnesota! Love from NZ 💗✌

  • @kaburgess69
    @kaburgess69 4 роки тому +36

    That's not running aground, that's running into the seawall.

    • @DouglasEdward84
      @DouglasEdward84 4 роки тому +3

      No it is running aground. Ship grounding is the impact of a ship on seabed or waterway side.

    • @kaburgess69
      @kaburgess69 4 роки тому +5

      @@DouglasEdward84 to me running aground is the equivalent to fetching up, aka bottoming out i shallow water. I would consider this a collision. I've rubbed the dock with my boat before but I never called it running aground.

    • @derekhughes244
      @derekhughes244 4 роки тому +3

      It hit rocks under the water. It stayed in Duluth for a couple days for damage inspection

    • @kaburgess69
      @kaburgess69 4 роки тому

      @@derekhughes244 well that's a horse of a different color. I thought it was just grinding along the wall, that being said, I stand corrected.

    • @DouglasEdward84
      @DouglasEdward84 4 роки тому

      @@kaburgess69 Ins't crashing into a pier or dock referred to as an Allision and not a Collision? Since it's fixed?
      Edit: This is all very pedantic on my part admittedly.

  • @HyperActive7
    @HyperActive7 4 роки тому +23

    Guy at the front of the ship was like.. You good you good.. oh shit.

    • @snakerstran9101
      @snakerstran9101 3 роки тому

      Captain: Hey everyone, Big Jugs Jenny is on the right side walk wishing us off. "HEY JENNY, SHOW US YOUR TI............" BOOM!!!!!!

  • @lateshiftsailor
    @lateshiftsailor 4 роки тому +1

    what is causing that horrible noise? the bottom scraping the ground, the hull along the quai, or simply the whole boat and all its spars bending until they break?

  • @tuxedotservo
    @tuxedotservo 2 роки тому

    Wow, is she low in the water...
    If that was iron ore, with that density the momentum pretty much insured that any mis-timing of the turn was going to be hard to correct. Guessing the wheelsman got an earful.
    Also wondering if there was a current running in the channel at the time...

  • @skeetermcswagger0U812
    @skeetermcswagger0U812 4 роки тому +28

    I wonder what that 'feels' like to bystanders that close when something that happens?

    • @jacksons1010
      @jacksons1010 4 роки тому +5

      We could hear it, so I bet somebody standing there could certainly feel it.

    • @skinnylittlekidfromc
      @skinnylittlekidfromc 4 роки тому

      I was in the US Coast Guard on the Mackinaw breaking ice when we told the anderson to hold fast we hit a ridge of ice and was breaking through slowly damn thing his us in the ass I never seen so many rats jump over board ... not really but boy the crew sure did run!

  • @johnkoenig326
    @johnkoenig326 3 роки тому +57

    I want a Gordon Lightfoot song about this.

    • @PaulfromChicago
      @PaulfromChicago 3 роки тому +17

      The Legend Lives On Around Old Duluth Town About the Laker that didn't make the Corner
      The canal bank never gives up her paint when the videos make UA-cam!
      As the thousand foots go she was rustier than most, with a crew tired of this nonsense.
      Coming to some terms with a BS firm, she had to make good time that morning. But entering the canal, there was a lot of fail and then the bump of Presque Isle!

    • @nighttracker1472
      @nighttracker1472 3 роки тому +2

      @@PaulfromChicago lol thats awesome

    • @johnkoenig326
      @johnkoenig326 3 роки тому +2

      @@PaulfromChicago I like!

    • @TheStoneWhisperer
      @TheStoneWhisperer 3 роки тому +3

      @@PaulfromChicago nice job!! I couldn’t have done that any better! Now let’s call Gordon & see if he’ll record that! 😛🤣

  • @brandonbarefoot7588
    @brandonbarefoot7588 4 роки тому +153

    Presque Ilse: Has a bow thruster
    Also Presque Ilse: Doesn't use it

    • @wuhan827
      @wuhan827 4 роки тому +15

      If i recall correctly Bow thrusters are useless on speed 5 knots and above.

    • @zanedietlin7645
      @zanedietlin7645 4 роки тому +14

      The momentum is too much on a ship like this. Ineffectual.

    • @mysock351C
      @mysock351C 4 роки тому +12

      Seems like a good place to have a tug or two...

    • @Bramon83
      @Bramon83 4 роки тому +3

      Was thinking the same thing lol

    • @jeanieologie
      @jeanieologie 4 роки тому +1

      I mean.. It kinda *is* a tug

  • @fredvolkman754
    @fredvolkman754 Рік тому +2

    Was this due to a bow thruster failure

  • @centexan
    @centexan Рік тому +1

    Guessing the bow thruster wouldn't fire up. Seems it should have been a rudder move, but I kept expecting the thruster to come in and save the day, not ro mention some paint.

  • @Pri5m4
    @Pri5m4 4 роки тому +16

    I think there was a issue with the thruster. Someone told me in the Webcam chat

    • @anthonysellick3520
      @anthonysellick3520 4 роки тому +1

      Speed looked a little high to use the thruster. Plus at that draft the thruster is probably not very effective. She was exiting so there is a fair run up to that turn, I certainly wouldn't have been using the thruster. Btw I am a pilot so this is a pretty good appraisal. I'm not sure what the depth of water is there. That might also have played a role, ships often don't turn well in shallow water.

    • @mrdumbfellow927
      @mrdumbfellow927 4 роки тому

      You can hear the thruster running till it shits the bed at 1:30. You can see her take off towards the wall at that moment. It sounds like it comes back on maybe a minute later.

    • @anthonysellick3520
      @anthonysellick3520 4 роки тому

      @@mrdumbfellow927 I didn't say he wasn't using it. Certainly in desperation one uses everything one has. By the time you resort to the thruster at that speed and draft you have used up all your options except the anchor (which would have made it worse).
      But at that draft, on that type of ship, the thruster cannot rescue you from a bad approach to the corner. All that said, there is not enough evidence here to get judgemental. I can see that turn on google earth but have never been round it or conned the ship in question so my opinion is just that, an opinion, and as we know every a-hole has one. Thats what pilots are really for, local knowledge. there, but for the grace of God............

  • @tommcg5930
    @tommcg5930 3 роки тому +8

    It's crazy how long that ship is.

  • @bobbylittle6996
    @bobbylittle6996 3 роки тому +7

    Reminds of Galaxy Quest leaving on their maiden flight from the space dock. Man that's hard on the ears.

    • @proimageaz
      @proimageaz 3 роки тому

      Exactly. Except the Galaxy Quest ship just kept going. I guess this captain wanted to avoid the noise this early in the morning.

  • @danielthrasher7052
    @danielthrasher7052 Рік тому +1

    Could be hard winds blowing up the side of the ship causing it to rub the pier.

  • @rtp3962
    @rtp3962 2 роки тому +1

    Was the skier being towed able to stay upright?

  • @lendlkaiser3622
    @lendlkaiser3622 4 роки тому +17

    How many Captains does it take to go ashore in Duluth? One and a Fifth!

    • @samonator6546
      @samonator6546 4 роки тому +2

      Weenie Hut Jr's Duluth Minnesota

    • @zyglo9826
      @zyglo9826 4 роки тому +2

      Samonator65...looks like somebody needs a remedial course in 5th grade geography. There is no Duluth in Wisconsin, nor in Nova Scotia. At least he didn’t guess Duluth, Georgia, which is nowhere near a major body of water... 😂

  • @fatbroadshorsefacedlesbian8619
    @fatbroadshorsefacedlesbian8619 4 роки тому +71

    That scraping sound is the sound of the Captain losing his job.

    • @deerene
      @deerene 4 роки тому +5

      Most likely won't lose their job, unless they were under the influence of alcohol or drugs while operating the boat. Now that would get them fired.

    • @insearchoftrance3590
      @insearchoftrance3590 4 роки тому +4

      That would be the Pilot loosing his job.

    • @jmiller72100
      @jmiller72100 3 роки тому +1

      @@insearchoftrance3590 *losing

    • @insearchoftrance3590
      @insearchoftrance3590 3 роки тому

      @@jmiller72100 thank you :)

    • @jasonw4053
      @jasonw4053 2 роки тому

      @@insearchoftrance3590 Great Lakes boats don't use pilots. The captains are certified pilots for Great Lakes waters and ports. Pilots are only used for International ships coming in through the Seaway.

  • @scottb8175
    @scottb8175 4 роки тому +6

    Captain to the crew on the bridge: "Sailors, it takes absolute undivided concentration and attention to get a fully loaded vessel this size through this ship channel at high speed. Years of disciplined learning of how to deeply focus on the task at - SQUIRREL!!!!!"

  • @palco22
    @palco22 Рік тому +2

    Don't these things have bow thrusters ?

  • @MarcoKolenda-mm9qx
    @MarcoKolenda-mm9qx 6 місяців тому +1

    My dad works on that ship as the chief engineer and had to go back to work when that happened which sucks!

  • @RurlMerican
    @RurlMerican 4 роки тому +59

    Sounds like someone forgot to grease the wall!

  • @Somebody8507
    @Somebody8507 3 роки тому +14

    This is one you'll want to play in slow motion.

  • @stevengibson2251
    @stevengibson2251 4 роки тому +20

    She ran aground the first time Mar. 22, 2010. Seems like every 10 years the hull and the ground have an untimely meeting. I've often wondered what happened to Capt. Joseph Hazelwood when he lost his job as Capt. of the Exxon Valdez.

    • @bcubed72
      @bcubed72 4 роки тому +5

      I think he found work as a gofer for the law firm that represented him.
      FWIW, he got railroaded a bit. Wasn't even at the helm at time of crash, and never was convicted of sh1t. Granted, he probably was sleeping it off, and company policy required him to personally handle the departure...but so many think he crashed a ship while drunk, and that's not it.

    • @jeffreyhammonds6189
      @jeffreyhammonds6189 4 роки тому

      That’s my birthday!

    • @stevengibson2251
      @stevengibson2251 4 роки тому

      @@jeffreyhammonds6189 March 22, 2010 ??? So you're only ten years old????

    • @peterbilta
      @peterbilta Рік тому

      He worked aboard a lobster boat out of Hunting Harbor, NY.

    • @peterbilta
      @peterbilta Рік тому

      Huntington Harbor

  • @matthoffman2077
    @matthoffman2077 3 роки тому +1

    That barge had the "Darlington stripe" already. Not it's first scrape.

  • @JamesRendek
    @JamesRendek 3 роки тому +2

    That is just beautiful. The legend lives on from the Chippewa...

  • @lesthomasson7220
    @lesthomasson7220 4 роки тому +85

    At Farmers Insurance, we know a thing or two cause we’ve seen a thing or two
    🎶🎶🎼We are Farmers, bum ba dum bum, dum bum bum🎼🎶🎶🎶

  • @rippersix293
    @rippersix293 4 роки тому +3

    Some ships on the lakes hold records like longest ship, most tonnage hauled in a season or longest time in service. In the case of the Presque Isle it’s most time spent ashore....

  • @DestroySteve
    @DestroySteve 4 роки тому +46

    Probably the loudest “Oh hell, not again.” Ever.

  • @marvindebot3264
    @marvindebot3264 3 роки тому +2

    Ahhh, all the dockside skippers in these comments . . .
    No one was drunk, if you listen you can hear the bow thruster lose power before she hits. And yes, it was officially a grounding not a collision because she (or, more correctly "they" because the Presque Isle is a permanently coupled barge/tug combination) didn't hit the pier they hit the scour stone on the bottom. This stone is placed to prevent scouring of the bottom near the steel piles that protrude from the pier. She did suffer some damage as a result, some buckling of plates that was not considered major and will be (by now, was?) dealt with at her next haul out.
    Facts, gentleman, get them correct before commenting.

  • @davea4245
    @davea4245 3 роки тому +1

    Work ship repair for 3 decades and this is what I like to see. The overtime pay in the height of shipping season.

  • @robingardella6240
    @robingardella6240 4 роки тому +11

    This is so relaxing to me, I don’t know why. Probably because I wasn’t involved in any way.

  • @marksnyder8189
    @marksnyder8189 2 роки тому +5

    I'd say that is a common occurrence. Those ships are narrow to get through such places. To carry a large cargo they are very long. Long skinny things don't turn well. In August, 2003 I was in a grandstand with my late Father, watching a ship go through the Soo Locks in Sault Saint Marie, MI. The only time I've seen an Iron Boat up close. It was almost scraping both sides of the lock. It went through perfectly. It was the Presque Isle 😍.

  • @keithlivingstone2525
    @keithlivingstone2525 4 роки тому +13

    Now that’s what I call coming to a grinding halt. Thing is, when the front hit the wall the rear hadn’t left port yet.

  • @luvslogistics1725
    @luvslogistics1725 3 роки тому +2

    Went to college there, canal park was a decent hangout for live music and beers at grandmas

  • @pdtech4524
    @pdtech4524 4 роки тому +85

    If everyone goes to the stern and bounces up and down, it should help lift the bow off the riverbed! 😊😁👍😎

  • @CaptainSloose
    @CaptainSloose 4 роки тому +32

    As others have said: this is an allision with the sea wall. Running aground would mean the required draft exceeded the available depth. This was pretty good ship handling to bring it to a stop that quickly once the Capt realized he had lost control. A couple pulses on the bow thruster and they will be on their way.

    • @facts_people-n
      @facts_people-n 4 роки тому +3

      No bow truster on this tub

    • @LitlD
      @LitlD 4 роки тому +13

      @@facts_people-n Sure looks like the markings say otherwise.

    • @apburner1
      @apburner1 4 роки тому +2

      I hate it when allision's happen.

    • @MrBen527
      @MrBen527 4 роки тому +2

      Driving by braille

    • @CaptainSloose
      @CaptainSloose 4 роки тому +8

      Peter Saar markings on the bow show a bow thruster. Likely the bow thruster engine was not running. Generally there’s a large diesel in the bow to power the bow thruster.

  • @xbpbat21x
    @xbpbat21x 4 роки тому +18

    Crew: Boss, how do we stop?
    Boss: I've got an idea....hold my beer!

  • @guyordorff8355
    @guyordorff8355 2 місяці тому +1

    Brings new meaning to the phrase riding low and dirty 😂 and lower and you'd think she's sinking

  • @Cozmo2k4
    @Cozmo2k4 4 роки тому +79

    The Isle lost power to her bow thrusters half way into the turn.

    • @danceswithstone
      @danceswithstone 4 роки тому +5

      @Mark Grudt Not so trusting, heh Mark?

    • @keithnichols7926
      @keithnichols7926 4 роки тому +2

      Ships enter the channel moving dead ahead, and I assume they shouldn't need to alter course till they're through it.

    • @ThePlayerToBeNamedLater
      @ThePlayerToBeNamedLater 4 роки тому +23

      @@keithnichols7926 Ever heard of currents? If a ship is even a little outside dead-ahead a current can act with increasing intensity of leverage the longer the vessel.

    • @lawrencewheeler8868
      @lawrencewheeler8868 4 роки тому +8

      @@ThePlayerToBeNamedLater that's what she said!

    • @bcubed72
      @bcubed72 4 роки тому +13

      @@keithnichols7926 Did you, uh, norice the wind whistling through the mic in the video?

  • @AirwaveMustang
    @AirwaveMustang 4 роки тому +4

    Captain: I sailed through the Duluth Ship Canal many times without any problems but today WE ran aground.

  • @churcr2007
    @churcr2007 3 роки тому +3

    this ship has a bow thruster, why didnt they use it? for such a long ship trying to do a quick turn like that, it should have been used

    • @artvandelay1099
      @artvandelay1099 3 роки тому

      I could be wrong, but I think the thruster malfunctioned. If you listen from the start to 1:30 it gets quiet. Like there was a diesel engine running, then it shuts off. I could be wrong but I think that's the thruster shutting down.

    • @carlbecker3828
      @carlbecker3828 3 роки тому

      I thought the same thing and I would hope any captain would use it if it was working properly, either way I wouldn't want to be in his shoes explaining this one.... Sorry boss I dozed off while turning, no boats were harmed in the filming of this lmfao

  • @markthompsoncpa
    @markthompsoncpa 3 роки тому +1

    Is this the same ship that ran aground near the Detroit River a while ago?

  • @CharlesinGA
    @CharlesinGA 3 роки тому +1

    No one mentioned the heavy scrape marks on the bow, hard enough to leave an impression of the interior structure in the skin..... from a previous incident, shows at 1:37

  • @cliffbeckwith4019
    @cliffbeckwith4019 4 роки тому +100

    Thats no problem, he probably used to drive for Swift!

    • @mrkibler
      @mrkibler 4 роки тому +3

      Damn bro that’s a bit harsh. I mean Swift, damn.

    • @glynncrook9211
      @glynncrook9211 4 роки тому +6

      Or JB Hunt or Schneider. Don’t forget Werner Enterprises

    • @trreb1
      @trreb1 4 роки тому +3

      @@glynncrook9211 You know why JB Hunt stopped pulling doubles? Every time they got to a bridge they'd knock that top trailer right off. LMAO

    • @Puddingskin01
      @Puddingskin01 4 роки тому

      @Sean Matheney And they will always stick the landing.
      But you might need a recovery vehicle.

    • @ddorn04
      @ddorn04 4 роки тому

      Could not have been Swift. There trucks were made in Mexico, sat on lot and in shop. Alternator, starter, multiple starting issues about 12 to 15 years ago.

  • @gregmctevia5087
    @gregmctevia5087 4 роки тому +6

    Well, that was quite a production. Since everyone went to so much trouble to impress me I guess I'd better go ahead and subscribe. Great catch.

  • @keithnichols7926
    @keithnichols7926 4 роки тому +6

    Are there any worn-out truck tires big enough to prevent this?

    • @B.V.Luminous
      @B.V.Luminous 4 роки тому

      Yes, there actually are lol.
      Strip mining dump truck tires.

    • @keithnichols7926
      @keithnichols7926 4 роки тому

      @@B.V.Luminous: But would a skipper want his ship to be seen with a necklace of tires?

  • @skydancerforever
    @skydancerforever Рік тому +1

    This ship sure is low in the water? never seen one this low.

    • @eulero75
      @eulero75 11 місяців тому

      it’s full loaded

  • @krashd
    @krashd 3 роки тому +5

    "Ahead two-thirds, Mr. Buttons!"
    "..."
    "Watch your trim now, Mr. Whiskers!"
    "..."
    "You're not watching the trim, Mr. Whiskers, come more to starboard!"
    "Meoooooow!"
    "Stow it, sailor, or I'll have Mr. Tiddles relieve you!"

    • @jacintaedwards1123
      @jacintaedwards1123 3 роки тому

      Is that from "The Bounty" or "Captains Courageous"?

    • @krashd
      @krashd 3 роки тому +1

      @@jacintaedwards1123 It was one of the Horatio Hornblower novels.

    • @jacintaedwards1123
      @jacintaedwards1123 3 роки тому

      @@krashd Gregory Peck? I believe it was Karl Malden in 'Captains courageous?

  • @georgeronn1263
    @georgeronn1263 4 роки тому +14

    So, does anyone know the real cause? Was this a bow thruster failure? Ship handling error? Did the ship return to the dock, get rescued by tugs?

    • @heuhen
      @heuhen 4 роки тому +3

      ships of this size, have extreme long turning radius. so my bet is:
      1. miss the turning point, but was pass the point of no return and since ships like these can travel several 100 meters before they manage to stop he probably just went for it, better to "remove some paint" than go hit head on!
      2. Water current pushed the ship a little more than they was used to in this area.
      3. wind. big ship with big flat sizes, wind can affect it a lot. There are videos on youtube of cruise ships hitting docks or each other due to the wind take hold of there big flate sides and the engine can't hold against it.
      In this situation, navigation trough narrow waterway, with a huge ships, a two tug to the front and rear is a must. It's normal seamanship, but some company are willingly to save money if they can. since this is an barge, it have an tug on the rear to push it. An barge doesn't have it own engines. but still there should be a tug in the front, specially on a windy day

    • @JoelAntoinette
      @JoelAntoinette 4 роки тому

      I agree with heuhen. He should had been lined up straight before making way through narrow bridge with in coming tide. He was cocked over and that tide just grabbed him

    • @KutWrite
      @KutWrite 4 роки тому +5

      @@heuhen Where do you get the idea this is a barge? Note the engines.
      Wind is less of a factor with a ship like this, low in the water, than with a high-sided cruise ship or container vessel.

    • @heuhen
      @heuhen 4 роки тому +3

      @@KutWrite A barge can also have an engine, this one have for bow-thruster, for improved maneuver capability inside a dock.
      This is a bulk-barge that transporting mainly malm, sand, stone, etc. and they take very long time to load up, so instead of having a crew and ship waiting several hours, they just disconnect the barge, while it's loading and go pick up another barge that is already loaded, thus the crew have minimal down time, but instead of having two big ships with big thirsty engines, they have just one thirsty engine, saving a little here and there
      What you see here is a barge, with bowthruster, with a pusher-tug connected to it. I know a thing or two about ships, If you don't belive me, see these pictures:
      Here the same "Barge" that you see in the video:
      duluthshippingnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/220801-326.jpg
      Here is the Barge, without the pusher-tug:
      www.boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/thumb/presqueisle-02-or-(1).jpg
      and here is the pusher-tug itself:
      static.vesselfinder.net/ship-photo/7303877-367057570-4cb5a56340151fc10936513a13ea7c36/1

    • @klosnoski
      @klosnoski 4 роки тому +1

      @@heuhen it's not a barge. It's an actual vessel. Barges are not self powered. This was and still under investigation. But common thought is piloting error via mis judging the turn.
      Happens a bit here in D town.

  • @sethdufay156
    @sethdufay156 4 роки тому +16

    This is sort of like that scene in Galaxy Quest...