Really happy to see Sal on your show, thanks for having him. Dr Mercogliano is THE authority on global shipping if you want information that's presented in a way that normal humans can understand.
I’m an entomologist and never dreamed of getting interested in maritime stuff till I found Sal’s channel when the Dali hit Key Bridge. I live in the Baltimore area and this has been an everyday thing…checking on what Sal is saying. Loved this discussion today.
BTW, the San Diego, Coronado Bay bridge segments were designed to float should part of the bridge come down. Each segment has several watertight compartments. The design was a requirement from the U.S. Navy to ensure the channel could be cleared quickly should an incident happen.
In the Navy I recall powerplant casualty drills, I know the engineers worked hard with that. for many it was a time for a nap in the dark, then when the lights came on we went back to work. Love hearing Sals insightful commentary and observations.
I would have liked as extensive coverage of Marann's time under sail as they took with Sal's history and Mike's. I'm an old tug guy from the Virgins. Great show
I totally disagree, the worst sound on a ship is not silence. It’s the bilge alarms going off, and the captain announcing to abandon ship. Followed by the ship listing dramatically.
OK I have a request re: the Dali; to clarify the loaded cargo 1. Stated capacity is 10,000 TEUs, TEU being Twenty-foot Equivalent units. A forty-foot container would be 2 TEUs 2. published and repeated statement that the ship had 4,679 units on board. Some think that means the ship was less than 50% loaded. I believe that there was a 4,679 *container* count of various dimensions and an undefined quantity of TEUs I did a reality check on the words, and looked at the pictures. I make 2 assumptions 1. The holds are _NOT_ nearly empty, but are mostly full, otherwise the center of gravity shift would make things dangerously unstable. 2. The containers can't be stacked higher than the ship's bridge So from my perspective, the ship was loaded to about 90% capacity. can this be clarified, please? thanks for the video
I am glad to hear Sal is getting calls from the executive branch, we need people providing input without political agenda. Maybe he can lead the charge on modernizing the jones act.
We need people who are willing to have honest discussions about things that are of opposing views to get elected. And that is our responsibility as voters. Only then can we begin to be the greatest country again
Maritime law: From my readings British and American law is to some extent based on the "reasonable person" I have worked on ships at sea (surveys) and very quickly came to question my own "reason" (and sanity) for doing so, but I have come to understand why landlubber reasoning cannot be applied to the maritime sphere. That is not to say that reform is not necessary, but huge fortunes have been made on what is effectively a Jenga Tower, and powerful forces are at play. Maritime insurance enables* it all and one only has to look at the history Lloyds of London to get an inking. It will be interesting to see how Artificial Intelligence changes practices as it become ever more convenient to gather information about bad actors in the industry. *If you put aside powerful navies.
Sal, I remember when all the ships were parked off Long Beach in '21. I was staring at them while walking on the Seal Beach Municipal Pier with the wife, mansplaining why they were there, caught my foot on a raised plank, blew out me knee and damaged my hip. Not a good example of situational awareness on my part. Great to see you on the Iowa channel. Turned me into a subscriber. You guys all did a great job on this. Gotta check out tours.
Been there, done that. The main was rebuilt in In Panama by Caterpillar Inc. Made it back up to Tampa, then back out across the Atlantic. Got mid way then the heat exchanger got clogged from the raw water intake plumbed incorrectly AND the heat alarm was never reconnected during the rebuilt. Fried the engine head. Sitting dead in the water for about 10 hours until a small trawler crossed our bow and for a fee towed us into Monrovia Liberia (800) miles at two -three knots per hour for another rebuild. The old Navy Liberty ships weren't much better. Had three break downs returning from a west pac cruise.
Great content. I have been following Doctor Sal since his earliest days in Youtubing. I have learned so very much and it is always interesting. My only waterborne vessel experience comes from scuba diving the shipwrecks of the Great Lakes. As mentioned, the waters of the Great Lakes, in particular Lakes Superior, Huron and Michigan are treasure troves of learning so much history of the ships themselves as well as the communities where they lay at rest.
Wrapping a line around the prop: The Torrey Canyon oil pollution disaster in 1967 prompted the French government to station an ocean-going tug to patrol the north west coast of France. In a French marina during my sailing trip from London to Madeira in the early 90's I met a British yachting couple who had been rescued by that tug and were billed for the rescue*. The husband was extremely reluctant to pay the large bill as during the rescue the metal ball on the end of the heaving line from the tug hit him square on the temple. He was taken to the isle of Ushant and his head was sewn up in less than medically salubrious conditions. ps I comment regularly on Sal's channel and try to get him to talk the broader issues that affect shipping. Ask him about autarky. *Due to a line around the prop of their very nice 40 footer.
Sal, I crewed on a sailboat out of LA Harbor and the old Catalina terminal decades ago! I mean decades ago! I also did sail to Catalina Island on that original ship that used that terminal.
Nice to meet you. I hope you don't mind, but I followed Sal Mercogliano, and here you are, with a battleship in L.A., just down the coast from me here in SF bay. Gonna keep an eye on you.
Welcome to our channel! We have a lot of fun. And absolutely give Sal a follow. He doesn't really need our help to gain fans, but we definitely want to put his name out there. He's an amazing resource.
"if that goes down you pin half the Pacific fleet behind the bridge". I never thought of that, that's quite a vulnerability that could be exploited by a foreign power, say one planning on invading an island off its coast that the US would mutually defend?
40 some years ago my neighbor who worked for Hughes Electronics and installed it on navy ships and went out and tested same told me that the Coronado bridge is designed to come apart if a nuke or large bomb is detonated near by so that the navy ships will not be trapped.
I'll be interested to see what the builder's personal find when they start to do their research. So far, from what I've heard, is that there were a lot of reefers requiring electrical connection to keep their payloads at the correct temp. I'm wondering if there was a way to distribute the electrical load better so the breakers didn't trip.
Sorta maybe. But since we have a comments section we can have a conversation along with the presenters. They may get some inspiration from some of them. Who knows what civil mingling of thoughts might achieve.
@@frankbarnwell____ No, I meant they hold no entertainment value to me. I might well be listening to a conversation when I prefer a lecture or presentation of facts.
Really happy to see Sal on your show, thanks for having him. Dr Mercogliano is THE authority on global shipping if you want information that's presented in a way that normal humans can understand.
Could not agree more. We had a blast talking with him and we'll definitely have him back!
@@BattleshipUSSIowaLosAngeles Thanks for the reply, I'm really looking forward to part 2!
Any discussion which involves Dr. Mercogliano automatically gets a listen. There is no better representative of the facts.
I’m an entomologist and never dreamed of getting interested in maritime stuff till I found Sal’s channel when the Dali hit Key Bridge. I live in the Baltimore area and this has been an everyday thing…checking on what Sal is saying. Loved this discussion today.
A scientist buddy sincerely thanked me for introducing him to What's Going on in Shipping.
Sal's channel has proven to be way more interesting than I would have imagined. I am fascinated with shipping now. Thank you Sal!
Great to see Sal on here!
Sal knows his stuff. Glad you had him on.
So are we!
BTW, the San Diego, Coronado Bay bridge segments were designed to float should part of the bridge come down. Each segment has several watertight compartments. The design was a requirement from the U.S. Navy to ensure the channel could be cleared quickly should an incident happen.
Fascinating!
That was a very cool Intro..good for you Iowa.
In the Navy I recall powerplant casualty drills, I know the engineers worked hard with that. for many it was a time for a nap in the dark, then when the lights came on we went back to work. Love hearing Sals insightful commentary and observations.
Sal, you the man!
I would have liked as extensive coverage of Marann's time under sail as they took with Sal's history and Mike's. I'm an old tug guy from the Virgins. Great show
We can do that. Thanks for the request!
Yup I am also a Sal fan ever since The Red Sea Houthi attacks! (I am an ex-Master, ex-DPA).
I totally disagree, the worst sound on a ship is not silence. It’s the bilge alarms going off, and the captain announcing to abandon ship. Followed by the ship listing dramatically.
Ah yes the bilge alarms in that case are usually followed by the silence bit as the gensets go under.
what about something crashing into the hull?
@@jeebusklike a pair of torpedo detonations.
@@jeebusk or hitting a submerged mine and having dead mermaids all over the deck
Sal is wonderful!!!!! i have been following for I think over a year and I am not in the industry. He is a great educator..
Excellent podcast! Be anxious for part 2 !
Sal is a Pirate!
I bet some 16" shells would move that wreckage pretty effectively...
Sal is amazing! Love his YT channel!
OK I have a request re: the Dali; to clarify the loaded cargo
1. Stated capacity is 10,000 TEUs, TEU being Twenty-foot Equivalent units. A forty-foot container would be 2 TEUs
2. published and repeated statement that the ship had 4,679 units on board.
Some think that means the ship was less than 50% loaded.
I believe that there was a 4,679 *container* count of various dimensions and an undefined quantity of TEUs
I did a reality check on the words, and looked at the pictures.
I make 2 assumptions
1. The holds are _NOT_ nearly empty, but are mostly full, otherwise the center of gravity shift would make things dangerously unstable.
2. The containers can't be stacked higher than the ship's bridge
So from my perspective, the ship was loaded to about 90% capacity.
can this be clarified, please?
thanks for the video
I am glad to hear Sal is getting calls from the executive branch, we need people providing input without political agenda. Maybe he can lead the charge on modernizing the jones act.
We need people who are willing to have honest discussions about things that are of opposing views to get elected. And that is our responsibility as voters. Only then can we begin to be the greatest country again
@@damienvillano4044 да, товарищ
Honestly I think the only way forward with The Jones Act is to repeal it and start again. It's a complete and utter mess.
Maritime law: From my readings British and American law is to some extent based on the "reasonable person" I have worked on ships at sea (surveys) and very quickly came to question my own "reason" (and sanity) for doing so, but I have come to understand why landlubber reasoning cannot be applied to the maritime sphere. That is not to say that reform is not necessary, but huge fortunes have been made on what is effectively a Jenga Tower, and powerful forces are at play. Maritime insurance enables* it all and one only has to look at the history Lloyds of London to get an inking. It will be interesting to see how Artificial Intelligence changes practices as it become ever more convenient to gather information about bad actors in the industry. *If you put aside powerful navies.
The ship's horn was certainly silent.
Sal, I remember when all the ships were parked off Long Beach in '21. I was staring at them while walking on the Seal Beach Municipal Pier with the wife, mansplaining why they were there, caught my foot on a raised plank, blew out me knee and damaged my hip. Not a good example of situational awareness on my part. Great to see you on the Iowa channel. Turned me into a subscriber. You guys all did a great job on this. Gotta check out tours.
Been there, done that. The main was rebuilt in In Panama by Caterpillar Inc. Made it back up to Tampa, then back out across the Atlantic. Got mid way then the heat exchanger got clogged from the raw water intake plumbed incorrectly AND the heat alarm was never reconnected during the rebuilt. Fried the engine head. Sitting dead in the water for about 10 hours until a small trawler crossed our bow and for a fee towed us into Monrovia Liberia (800) miles at two -three knots per hour for another rebuild. The old Navy Liberty ships weren't much better. Had three break downs returning from a west pac cruise.
Great content. I have been following Doctor Sal since his earliest days in Youtubing. I have learned so very much and it is always interesting. My only waterborne vessel experience comes from scuba diving the shipwrecks of the Great Lakes. As mentioned, the waters of the Great Lakes, in particular Lakes Superior, Huron and Michigan are treasure troves of learning so much history of the ships themselves as well as the communities where they lay at rest.
Wrapping a line around the prop: The Torrey Canyon oil pollution disaster in 1967 prompted the French government to station an ocean-going tug to patrol the north west coast of France. In a French marina during my sailing trip from London to Madeira in the early 90's I met a British yachting couple who had been rescued by that tug and were billed for the rescue*. The husband was extremely reluctant to pay the large bill as during the rescue the metal ball on the end of the heaving line from the tug hit him square on the temple. He was taken to the isle of Ushant and his head was sewn up in less than medically salubrious conditions. ps I comment regularly on Sal's channel and try to get him to talk the broader issues that affect shipping. Ask him about autarky. *Due to a line around the prop of their very nice 40 footer.
Sal, I crewed on a sailboat out of LA Harbor and the old Catalina terminal decades ago! I mean decades ago! I also did sail to Catalina Island on that original ship that used that terminal.
Nice to meet you. I hope you don't mind, but I followed Sal Mercogliano, and here you are, with a battleship in L.A., just down the coast from me here in SF bay. Gonna keep an eye on you.
Welcome to our channel! We have a lot of fun. And absolutely give Sal a follow. He doesn't really need our help to gain fans, but we definitely want to put his name out there. He's an amazing resource.
"if that goes down you pin half the Pacific fleet behind the bridge". I never thought of that, that's quite a vulnerability that could be exploited by a foreign power, say one planning on invading an island off its coast that the US would mutually defend?
Yup.
40 some years ago my neighbor who worked for Hughes Electronics and installed it on navy ships and went out and tested same told me that the Coronado bridge is designed to come apart if a nuke or large bomb is detonated near by so that the navy ships will not be trapped.
One of our team heard something similar. We should do some research into that idea and see if it's really the case.
I'll be interested to see what the builder's personal find when they start to do their research. So far, from what I've heard, is that there were a lot of reefers requiring electrical connection to keep their payloads at the correct temp. I'm wondering if there was a way to distribute the electrical load better so the breakers didn't trip.
is there a way to distribute your load better so u don't trip?
I dont like these types of videos - They make me feel like I am eavesdropping on someones private conversation.
you are :)
Sorta maybe. But since we have a comments section we can have a conversation along with the presenters. They may get some inspiration from some of them. Who knows what civil mingling of thoughts might achieve.
@@frankbarnwell____ No, I meant they hold no entertainment value to me. I might well be listening to a conversation when I prefer a lecture or presentation of facts.