Maersk Cargo Ship Anchored In Houston | Life At Sea
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- Опубліковано 19 лют 2021
- Life At Sea In The Merchant Marine Aboard A Cargo Ship
The Maersk Montana, a container ship style cargo ship, is anchored outside of the Port Of Houston in a crowded anchorage. The port is shut down due to the severe weather that plagued Texas including dense fog, subzero temperatures, freezing rain and snow. The weather has caused significant infrastructure issues with power outages and water shortages. This video briefly discusses how watch officers stand anchor watch to ensure the ship is not dragging anchor.
Music: UA-cam Audio Library- Communicator by Reed Mathis
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I live in the Houston area- very interesting to see what our winter weather did to sea conditions. It was so cold! 🥶
I like your content!
I’am an marine engineer working for Maersk Tankers. Last contract was Maersk Tacoma. Big thumbs up from Denmark 🇩🇰👍🏻
Hey man how do you find the job? I'm studying mechanical engineering and thinking about a role on container ships
I'm happy that i found this chanel😊
I’m glad as well! Hope you enjoy all the content :)
I'm student from a merchant marine academy and it's really cool to see the work in practice in detail in high quality videos! Thanks for that!
Glad to help! Which academy are you training at?
Shout out to #kingspointmerchantmarineacademy AND their museum! Thank you for all that you do for the entire world.
Ahoj !Obdivuju vás.Mate krasnou a naročnou praci...🥰
Quality is just amazing, smoke on the water look miraculous and nice info overall, thumbs up
Thank you. I’m glad I decided to get those drone shots despite it being below freezing. I was a little worried how the drone would handle it, but it all turned out great!
@@BryanBoyle haha it was worth it!
love to see ur videos!! so much to learn
These videos are just so relaxing to watch🙂
Just found your channel. I love the videos!😎👣
Love your videos. Always very informative
Over the years I worked on inland tugs, harbor tugs out of NYC, research vessels for the US Navy where I was based out of Spain, Sicily and Italy, offshore supply boats, anchor handling boats, crew boats, utility boats and lift boats in the offshore oil field in Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Mexico. Hardest schedule was 90 and 30 on the research vessels, 28 and 14, 20 and 10, 14 and 7, 7 and 7 and lastly 14 and 14 on the other boats I worked on. Wish I could have gotten my union card and worked on a ship. Once the water gets in your blood you will never be the same. Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean and The Mediterranean Sea. I miss it so much! My respect to you! Safe trips!
That’s quite a variety of vessels you worked on! I would love to be able to check out some other vessels myself. My union does represent a few research vessels, and we also have an inland branch of our union that represents some tugs, ferries and supply vessels as well. By the way, I completely understand what you mean when you say once water gets in your blood you are never the same!
Very nice. Thank you.
Awesome 🙌🏽
Thank you so much it is so great
Very well done!
The situation well described Thanks
Amazing bro
Great video and lots of information post anchoring but would love to see the prep and dropping the anchor. Good to see especially that you have an anchor watch to keep an eye on dragging.
Thanks, unfortunately I was busy at the time of actually dropping the anchor so I only caught the end of it there. Glad you enjoyed the rest of the video though!
Great video! I know Houston, in through BloivarRopads well.
Original ball on the mast!)
Nice video sir! I hope i can join in your vessel soon❣️
Beautiful images in a well-edited and informative video - thank you very much for posting - I am now a subscriber!
Thanks for subscribing, welcome to the channel :)
Looks good, nice quality. I can see parallels to a certain Chief Engineer YT channel. Good work! The ship might need a new paintjob though...
Thanks I appreciate it. Chief Makoi has a great channel too, and this ship is actually on its way to shipyard now!
That’s crazy i just worked this ship today in Norfolk, VA
Nice! I wasn’t onboard though. Are you stevedore or longshoreman?
Hello Bryan. Just found your channel. Awesome content! I have read many comments and mine are the same as others...You do a great job showing the details of various operations and the equipment. I have been sailing for years, and flying. But I passed on the chance to go to Piney Point. (Girlfriend issues).
What is your current rank w Maresk? Did you attend Piney Point? How did you get into this profession? Do you have a video showing tugboat action? Have you been to Oakland CA? The Alameda channel has a crazy turning basin. But I dont understand why some boats push off the dock and use tugs to spin around and others go to the turning basin. Sorry lots of questions but You seem to be interested in "teaching". Thanks. I think you might need a haircut soon.
Looks good. Looks like your due for a hull painting and a little dry dock period
Yes dry dock is coming up in March!
M8, i get a random video about a random container ship in a random place in my recommended, and it turns up right here off virginia beach. What are the odds of that?
Are the oil rigs, "jackup" oil rigs? I worked at Bethlehem Steel and shipbuilding in Beaumont way back in 1981 for about 7 months, welding on new and repairing old jackup oil rigs. They laid everyone off by early spring of 81 when there was so much oil on the market. I was on 3rd shift and wow did it get cold at night out on the main decks welding on the rigs next to the Sabine River, I think it was. Dated a cajun woman from there for a while. She wasn't a ragen cajun. 🤣 The water is only 18 ft. deep under the keel??? I wanted to ask you how deep the water was. Nice music. That is one rusty looking ship. Guess they don't invest in paint very often. I heard you say 90 feet about a shot, whatever that is, but that sounds more like it in depth. Thanks.
The up close drone shot is a platform rig that was built over a well. I did some research on it and apparently the company went bankrupt and that rig is currently abandoned among many others in the gulf. The water is only 18 feet under the keel and we have a draft of around 35 feet. The ship definitely has some rust on her but next voyage she is scheduled to go to shipyard and will come out looking really nice! The 6 shots are referring to the length of anchor chain we had out, which would be 540 feet of chain! Thanks John for your comments as always, I appreciate your anecdotes as well :)
@@BryanBoyle Ok, so you are setting low in the water at 35 feet @ 18 feet. Good think I don't do that. I would sorta freak me out. Thanks for checking on the rigs. The jackup rigs are quite distinguishable compared to other rigs. They usually have 3 to 4 gigantic round legs that raise them up or down. Thanks for all your information. Keep warm.
Love the drone videos. What are you using?
Thanks! It’s a DJI mavic 2 pro.
Nice job!
Welcome to H town! I live about an hour west of the anchorage.
Thanks! Hope you are staying safe through all this weather
@@BryanBoyle we were very fortunate. Lost power for most of the week but managed to stay warm with a gas fireplace. A lot of others weren’t so lucky.
Looks like time for some new paint
What gorgeous views! Did you get snow on the ship?
Thanks! We got a light dusting but mostly sleet and ice. We had to salt the decks down in many areas to prevent crew from slipping
Hope your ship provisions with extra for days like this! In the US Navy the friggin bean counters control all rations and even one day waiting outside San Francisco Harbor put cig prices on the black market up to 10 bucks a smoke!
Wow that’s crazy! Yes we have plenty of rations and even took on more food provisions while we were here in Houston.
2:09, that ship is in a terrible state, at first I thought it was abandoned.
You get battered by the ocean day and day out and see how pretty your paint looks after a while
@@Odin029 in that case, why don't all commercial ships look like this? It rather seems like a case of the shipping line maximizing profits ahead of dry-docking it every few years for a repaint.
He should love this comment too lol 😂
How can you possibly attest to the ships state based purely on external cosmetics?
@@lolzlolz102 when entering a dry dock for "cosmetic" work they also undertake major mechanical work. Would you expect a used car to be perfectly maintained if the outside looked like this?
Bryan, your videos are so fascinating please stay safe and record more amazing videos when you can. We will all feel the effects of the storm that shut down the busiest port in the U.S. supply chain will be greatly delayed Has the Houston Port ever been shut down?
Thanks! I appreciate your continued support of the channel. There will definitely be some supply chain issues including possible gas shortages since the tankers couldn’t come in for a few days. Fortunately, the port reopened yesterday and we started our cargo ops this morning with the plan of departing tomorrow. I know the Houston ship channel has a lot of problems with closing down due to fog, but I’m not sure about the last time the ports here had closed for this long if ever.
@@BryanBoyle thank you for your quick response. Do you know your next destination ? Safe travels!
We are heading to Norfolk next and then the ship crosses the Atlantic to Europe. This ship is a sister ship to the Maersk Ohio that was featured in my ship tour video that outlines the 35 day voyage. Thanks again!
@@BryanBoyle does this mean Europe, the ship will be going to the ship 🚢 yard for a paint job?
Great video - as usual! Question: Why use radar and three oil rig locations vs. GPS for your location? Thanks for posting!
Thank you, We always try to verify our position using multiple methods in case the GPS stops working or is giving inaccurate readings.
@@BryanBoyle Good answer! then you guys will never get lost sailing into Death Valley!
Beautiful footage Bryan - including aerial scenes-love the sea smoke . Looks like you might be there awhile with all that held up traffic?
great video! will u shoot a clip if going into the port?
Thanks! I filmed a short video in port and uploaded a couple days ago about the port of Houston being closed. I just decided to upload that one before this since it was more relevant to what’s going on in Houston with the weather. We are actually in port now working cargo after sitting at the dock for 3 days
A "shot" - interesting, in the Navy we called 90' of anchor chain a shackle. What's the origin?
How many Nautical miles can you see on a clear sunny day? Thanks for sharing all this wonderful information learned something from this video thank you
On a perfect day I’d say about 30 miles with some binoculars!
@@BryanBoyle thanks got the information
I'm going to get my Merchant Mariner Credentials on April 22nd and also I'm getting my TWIC card and Passport too so I can start working as a Mariner too! I'd love to work for Maersk Line!! Awesome video! Do you know Jeff from the Jeff & Matt channel? He's aboard Maersk Montana as well!
Another question I have about being a Mariner aboard one of these Container Ships. If you are from the United States like I am do you have to be aboard an American flagged ship like Maersk Montana or could you be aboard one flagged to another country like the Emma Maersk that's flagged in Denmark where the company is headquartered?
We usually Just sail on our own flagged ships. The pay is much stronger relative to our standard of living and we usually are part of a shipping union and have to stick to our own contracts. Check out www.gcaptain.com for some more info on joining. They have great forums on there to reference
How long is that anchor chain and how big is the anchor? Does it sit on the bottom of the ocean?
Can it block the Suez canal if it does the EverGiven maneuver?
Hard to fathom the force of the wind on such a large surface as a loaded container ship. It would be interesting to have a "device" on the chain to "read the load".
That would be interesting if there were devices like that mounted on the chain. As of now, we have a deck rover that checks the anchor every hour and reports to us the direction the chain is pointing and whether it is light, moderate, or heavy strain. I guess that’s the next best thing lol
How often would the exterior hull of the ship be repainted? (above the water line)
Nice video and content. But why couldn’t you play music "smoke in the water"?
Thanks! That’s copyrighted music that I don’t have a license to use in my videos
i already have a nice job working from home but there is something about working at sea that really interests me, hmmm.
Cool video! Are you flying a drone over the ship too...if so, which kind of drone?
Yes I fly the mavic 2 pro!
@@BryanBoyle Cool, I have that bird too. Great shots of your ship and the sea.
Surf the Ship Channel!
Girl needs a re-paint in the hear future :-)
She’s heading to shipyard next trip!
Good video. Looks like that ship could use some TLC before it starts to rust too much. Some paint etc.
Montana is just 15 years old, right?
Yes built in 2006. It’s scheduled to go to shipyard end of March/early April!
Five years old, not fifteen.
That is a typo. Quick Google search tells "MAERSK MONTANA (IMO: 9305312) is a Container Ship that was built in 2006 (15 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of USA. "
Sorry that was a typo. I corrected my comment to 2006.
Been to HOUSTON GALVESTON BAY IS IT CORRECT?
6 shots * 90'/shot = 540' which is just under 1/10 of a mile. With as much cargo as you have and as big as that ship is, it's hard to believe that one anchor can hold it but then again, I'm a land lubber who doesn't know shit about ships.
And all those ships on the horizon look like they're perched up on a shelf in a house or something. Pretty wild how they all look even across the horizon.
Brian, who decides which ships come in first? Is there a master plan somewhere or is it first come first serve?
On liner ships we have our schedules laid out in advance for months. At some point these berths get locked in once a port knows the ship is on schedule, but if there are delays and ships are backed up at anchor, I honestly don’t know if it really is first come first serve. I swear I’ve seen ships come into anchor after us and go to their berths before us. I’ll look into this though. As ships crew, we really just go where the office tells us to and at the time they want us there.
I must have seen y’all hanging in the hook off in the distance! There were two container ships out there when we were at anchor also. Do you work with Jeff who also has a channel and works out of Norfolk!
Which ship are you working on? I have worked with Jeff before on the Maersk Montana. He’s a great guy to work with!
I work on a ATB in the Genesis fleet. The ship life would have been great 20 years ago! But I’m rotten and like my 28/28 schedule now 😂 But we were at anchorage and I was seeing two huge container ships off in the distance. Since seeing the video I was assuming you were one of them
Who decides where you anchor at?
The captain selects the anchorage
Bryan good morning. When is the M Montana due for a “wash and brush up”? Also where (if it is too happen) will she go to for this job? Regards from Cornwall UK
She is actually heading to shipyard next trip and scheduled to do so in Bahrain
@@BryanBoyle cheers Bryan thanks for the update. Stay safe both afloat and on land! Cheers and look forward to next video. Regards form Cornwall .UK
Just curious. If I wanted to call you on the ship, could I?
Where are you man?
Do you guys know what are there in those boxes? type of cargo?
No we do not have access to that information. The only containers we are told what’s inside are the hazardous cargos (so we know how to properly fight fires that could start from them) as well as a general overview of the types of material inside the refrigerated cargos such as frozen fish or blood plasma.
Bryan Boyle Greetings from m/s Jutlandica ropax
Greetings from USA 🇺🇸 stay safe out there!
👍🏻👍🏻
How long are those anchor chains?
We had 6 shots out in this video which is equal to 540 feet (1 shot equals 90 ft). I’d have to double check how many shots of chain we actually carry though.
Sea smoke ---- on land we just call it fog.
It's fog on the water too
The ship looks like a rust bucket. But the control room is first rate.
She is heading to shipyard next trip!
Is that a Texas Instruments calculator I see...
We use only the finest Texas Instruments calculators while we are anchored in Texas!
Do you’ll ever go down to the US V.I
Not on those cargo ships, but I have been there personally on vacation
Oh okay I go a lot to st croix myself on vacation but did not know if you’ll went with the ship.
Great channel, but how about a paint job on that ship? Goddamn it’s rusty!
She is going into shipyard next month!
Helli, can i talk
Did a day you in the ship when strom?
Whats ur rank ??
Second mate
@@BryanBoyle i think u r cheif officer😊
That ship needs a drydock ASAP!
She’s on her way there now!
Sea smoke. Also known globally as fog.
Yes, sea smoke is essentially fog right above the water but it creates this cool effect
Its inclement, not implement :)
That ship is not in a good shape.
Heading to shipyard now
Amazing bro