Blimey that is huge! My wife and I just returned from our first cruise, from Miami to the Caribbean. We cruised on the MSC Seascape. Very enjoyable, and impressed with the gargantuan vessel.
The Seascape is quite large but looks really nice onboard. It's probably a bit too big for my liking, too many people onboard. Glad you enjoyed your cruise.
For those who do not work in this field of activity, everything looks beautiful from the outside. Accommodation forward, difficult and challenging living and working conditions for crew, especially for engine department crew. UMS system for engine department. Accommodation forward engine room, ECR aft ??!!! Duty engineer and duty oiler will run from accommodation - forward to ECR - enginee room - aft to deal with the alarms during UMS???!!! How it will the UMS service be done? How many engineers and engine ratings are in the crew on board. Methanol is liquid at atmospheric temperatures and pressures and hence bunkering is almost similar to conventional fuel oils, although the low-flashpoint and toxic properties require additional equipment and operational procedures. One of the major disadvantage of methanol is its lower energy content per volume. Methanol requires fuel tanks approximately 2.5 times the size of HFO tanks for the same energy content, or 1.3 times larger than equivalent LNG tanks. This has consequences for the spatial arrangements on board and the trading range of methanol-powered vessels. As a result, its applicability is mainly for smaller ships, feeder container vessels, at least initially. Methanol is a low-flashpoint flammable liquid and should take additional precautions to prevent ignition due to electrical arcing. Methanol bunkering is a classic chemical tank cargo operation procedure, considering that methanol is a Dangerous Chemicals, it involves a much more complicated procedure than the conventional fuel, Inerting, Purging, etc. All these procedures involve adjacent installations, plus their operation and maintenance, installations that were usually found only on chemical tankers. In fact the container vessel powered by methanol becomes also small chemical tank ship. On board the chemical tankers, directly in charge of cargo operation ( safe loading, discharging and stowage of cargo) is an experienced Chief Mate. That's all he does on board, not maneuvers, not watch duty. On these container ships powered by methanol, the methanol bunkering operation is done by the engine department. Anyway, classic fuel remains to be bunkered, because methanol cannot be used alone as a fuel for two-stroke naval engines. Most current 2 strokes naval engines methanol requires a pilot fuel for efficient burning, so conventional fuel must be carried on board as well, doubling as fall-back fuel too.
The real reason for the bridge up front is to accommodate sufficient space for the Methanol tanks as they need to be twice the size of fossil oil ones due to the fact that Methanol only provides half the energi compared to oil !
Exactly! I'm sure the customers appreciate the extra time it takes to move anywhere. There won't be too many of these built as using corn for food instead of fuel becomes obvious.
hi, great video, but why have the clowns put the bridge and accommadation block at the the very front, in a very rough sea its going to cop it first. far better in the middle like some of them already are
It's so they can maximise the amount of teu she can carry. Having bridge on up on the bow means they can stack higher as visibility would be greatly improved
I hope there’s no bridges in it’s way?!……..jeez can you imagine that ship hitting a bridge?? This ship is way bigger than the one that just took out the bridge in Baltimore
Sometimes they do lose containers overboard in very rough seas. The record was on the One Apus with over 1800 lost and many stacks collapsed on the deck
This sounds a pretty dreadful comment but if this ship had been the vessel that hit the Baltimore bridge could envisage any survivors looking at the location of the bridge on this vessel having spent numerous hours at the port of Felixstowe at the quayside I believe these ships have really grown far to big to the extent they have become a bit like the giant supertankers of old
You are right in thinking that, survival rate wouldn't be great as the 1st row of containers were crumpled by the bridge falling on the vessel meaning survival rate would have drastically reduced. The scary thing is that this ship only what they call a medium to large ship. She only holds 16,000 odd teu whereas the world's largest holds 24,346teu
We still buy what you call crap in the shops so the never ending supply chain doesn't stop. Ships will keep coming in to restock shelves in shops or in warehouses
The future of cargo, runs on methanol, bridge & accommodation all the way forward and stack at the very stern port side. Excellent post. 👍
Tyler Mac wow look at that
Bridge, accommodation and funnel placement, allowed them to fit in an additional 650 TEU (20 foot) containers.
The way to go in maximising cargo space. Great design
Tyler Mac and it has something
Forward position of the bridge seems a very good idea, even if it does make her look like a gigantic offshore support vessel 😂
Tyler Mac yes indeed
Blimey that is huge! My wife and I just returned from our first cruise, from Miami to the Caribbean. We cruised on the MSC Seascape. Very enjoyable, and impressed with the gargantuan vessel.
The Seascape is quite large but looks really nice onboard. It's probably a bit too big for my liking, too many people onboard. Glad you enjoyed your cruise.
Great video & very informative 🙏👍
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I love that ship.
Great video enjoyed
Super big woww😮😊❤
I want to see some video from the bridge of that ship in heavy seas...
So is the engine room right aft or is it in the normal 3/4 aft position and the exhaust uptakes are ducted to the funnel?
For those who do not work in this field of activity, everything looks beautiful from the outside.
Accommodation forward, difficult and challenging living and working conditions for crew, especially for engine department crew.
UMS system for engine department. Accommodation forward engine room, ECR aft ??!!!
Duty engineer and duty oiler will run from accommodation - forward to ECR - enginee room - aft to deal with the alarms during UMS???!!!
How it will the UMS service be done? How many engineers and engine ratings are in the crew on board.
Methanol is liquid at atmospheric temperatures and pressures and hence bunkering is almost similar to conventional fuel oils, although the low-flashpoint and toxic properties require additional equipment and operational procedures.
One of the major disadvantage of methanol is its lower energy content per volume.
Methanol requires fuel tanks approximately 2.5 times the size of HFO tanks for the same energy content, or 1.3 times larger than equivalent LNG tanks. This has consequences for the spatial arrangements on board and the trading range of methanol-powered vessels.
As a result, its applicability is mainly for smaller ships, feeder container vessels, at least initially.
Methanol is a low-flashpoint flammable liquid and should take additional precautions to prevent ignition due to electrical arcing.
Methanol bunkering is a classic chemical tank cargo operation procedure, considering that methanol is a Dangerous Chemicals, it involves a much more complicated procedure than the conventional fuel, Inerting, Purging, etc. All these procedures involve adjacent installations, plus their operation and maintenance, installations that were usually found only on chemical tankers.
In fact the container vessel powered by methanol becomes also small chemical tank ship.
On board the chemical tankers, directly in charge of cargo operation ( safe loading, discharging and stowage of cargo) is an experienced Chief Mate. That's all he does on board, not maneuvers, not watch duty.
On these container ships powered by methanol, the methanol bunkering operation is done by the engine department.
Anyway, classic fuel remains to be bunkered, because methanol cannot be used alone as a fuel for two-stroke naval engines.
Most current 2 strokes naval engines methanol requires a pilot fuel for efficient burning, so conventional fuel must be carried on board as well, doubling as fall-back fuel too.
...awesome..
That’s epic 😮
very sensible design👍
Not in a force 10 storm.
superb vid did you use a different camera than normal picture looked crystal clear
Same camera and same settings. I'm guessing the weather played its part for this video
@@deanocable Something did it`s blurred..
How many of the boxes are for Felixstowe?
The real reason for the bridge up front is to accommodate sufficient space for the Methanol tanks as they need to be twice the size of fossil oil ones due to the fact that Methanol only provides half the energi compared to oil !
Exactly! I'm sure the customers appreciate the extra time it takes to move anywhere. There won't be too many of these built as using corn for food instead of fuel becomes obvious.
That's some strange 'logic' you got there.
Not sure just moving stuff around increases the available volume....I think your comment is incorrect.
built 2024 is not correct, very nice video, thank you.
According to ABS Register she was built 25th January 2024. The Registers are the most reliable information you can get with newbuilds
@@deanocable very quick for a large ship 3 month.
@@alexanderchessa1319 Ane Mærsk was launched this year 2024. Obviously not build in one day!! Don't be that silly, please!
Very strange to have the lifeboat that far away from the accommodation as an ex seaman I wouldn’t be happy to sail on that one
Have you stopped using bulb bows on Maersk ships?
forward accommodation thank you but No thank you,forget about sleep for crew in bad weather
hi, great video, but why have the clowns put the bridge and accommadation block at the the very front, in a very rough sea its going to cop it first. far better in the middle like some of them already are
It's so they can maximise the amount of teu she can carry. Having bridge on up on the bow means they can stack higher as visibility would be greatly improved
The lifeboat is right near the back of the ship. How do you get from the forward block to that in an emervgency?
There's a life raft under the bridge but the main ones are further aft
@@deanocable I presume that using the life rafts would require jumping into the sea. The lifeboat is aft.
How do you know where everyone is in an emergency....Oh will all be at the front..:)
@@Dave-yu4ct I'm sure they all have radios onboard so they know where everyone is
It would seem to need a lot of running 🏃♂️ to get to the lifeboat though
There's a life raft under the bridge. It's hard to spot
That accomodation block looks utterly miserable to live & work in... Just 1 room deep only & takes on all the weather..?... 🤔
the depth of containership bridges has been like this for decades. They usually take up the space of one 40ft container
I hope there’s no bridges in it’s way?!……..jeez can you imagine that ship hitting a bridge?? This ship is way bigger than the one that just took out the bridge in Baltimore
Much better visibility for the bridge crew though (of the ship I mean)
@@AndreiTupolev yeah there is that 😁👍
As one who has sailed in all major classes of containerships from 1969 to present day ---- this has to be the ugliest! Efficient maybe, but UGLY!
I'm surprised they managed to arrive without losing any containers
Sometimes they do lose containers overboard in very rough seas. The record was on the One Apus with over 1800 lost and many stacks collapsed on the deck
This sounds a pretty dreadful comment but if this ship had been the vessel that hit the Baltimore bridge could envisage any survivors looking at the location of the bridge on this vessel having spent numerous hours at the port of Felixstowe at the quayside I believe these ships have really grown far to big to the extent they have become a bit like the giant supertankers of old
You are right in thinking that, survival rate wouldn't be great as the 1st row of containers were crumpled by the bridge falling on the vessel meaning survival rate would have drastically reduced.
The scary thing is that this ship only what they call a medium to large ship. She only holds 16,000 odd teu whereas the world's largest holds 24,346teu
Great point.
The real question is why we are shipping so much crap around the world.
We still buy what you call crap in the shops so the never ending supply chain doesn't stop. Ships will keep coming in to restock shelves in shops or in warehouses
Position the bridgeUp front is the nightmare for engineer because is so far from accomodation and engine room
They may have e-scooters to get from one end of the ship to the other, some supertankers have bikes or scooters to travel around the ship
Bad design fir the Crew.
Thank goodness I spent my twelve years on ships, not this ugly barge.
"Methanol Enabled" is starting to sound like some pseudo-green EU double speak.
The bridge placement certainly increases TEU capacity but the crews sleep quality will be considerably worse in adverse weather.
Bad weather =rough ride on that thing accommodation on bow not good for sailors
The bigger the size hauls the big volume of cargo and favour to the ship owner, how about the safety of the ship as well the environment.