Back in the 80's I ran the maintenance dept at a heated tank farm and deep water port in Providence RI. We brought liquid asphalt in by barge, processed it into various products and shipped it out in trucks. This video was a trip down memory lane. Thanks Tim.
Thank you very much for watching. I bet we've both been to the same dock. I lived 20 minutes south of Providence in Richmond for almost 30 years. CUOTO
Thanks for the new video Capt. Tim. The drone's eye view is a great learning tool. Its very helpful to understand how well equipped these barges are. Enjoy your 3 weeks off. CUOTO.
Hi Tim. I wasn't expecting you would be able to do this video so it was a lovely surprise. I'd searched for information and studied photos but other than the hose handling crane and the accommodation cabin, the rest was a mystery. If you can get photos, that would be a bonus. A big thank you for feeding my curiosity.
Recall transiting up and down the SoCal coast and having to lookout for fishing boats and barges under tow. The first time I observed a tow at night, I recall seeing all the special running lights that said do not cut between tug and tow!
THanks man, this was really informative and great for learning some general information about these barges down to a deeper level of detail than I'd previously seen so far.
For once I figured something out on this site without Cap! I’m a new proud patron! Thanks for all your work Tim. Those product hoses sound impressive. Not sure how vapors get recycled by a “dock” which in turn transforms back into more product but it sounds cool. 😊
They probably just put it back in the tank where the product came from. Incidentally those tanks would suck in the same amount of air anyway so its probably the safest and easiest to make it a closed loop with the vapors instead. I know this is what gas stations do and I think my dad once told me that they did it when pumping around liquor and alcohol at his workplace. From what I know about Physics you can surely recover some product by cooling it down similar how an air drier collects water out of the air. But you surely can't create 'more' product out of it, just recover what otherwise would have been lost.
Very interesting. All the times I've watched a bunker barge come up next to a cruise ship I was on and wondered what it was all about and now I know. I just found your channel, new subscribe🤝🤝👍👍
Great video Tim, clearly not a dumb barge. I can imagine why but you did not talk about the reason it’s better to tow these barges rather than just put an engine in then an let them be a small independent tanker/ship. Maybe you have covered this back on your NY days. Cheers Warren
Thank you again Warren. Yes. It's a cost thing that gets back to manning. If it was self-propelled, it would be a ship and then it would need a crew. There is also the added benefit that in a busy place NYC, one tug can move many barges. CUOTO
Tim One of the best videos yet. I have always wondered about the barges and crews. It is a lot more complicated than pumping in and pumping out. Who is responsible for provisions when the barge is in use? Particularly on long, multi day runs. This landlubber has learned so much about your industry thanks to you. Keep it up as long as you can.
Watching Professor Tim is like taking a virtual online maritime college course. I’m destined to fail the course but it sure is interesting! 👨🏫👨🏽💻⛴ Love the new intro too! 👍🏼👍🏼
Thanks for the tour! Any of us that work or worked with high tech, be it petroleum delivery or video production or aviation or whatever, tend to get a bit jaded and need to take a step back to regain the "cool" factor. The plan view tour answered many questions but companion elevation views from a drone circuit around the barge at eye level or slightly above would have helped the visualization. Keep up the great videos and above all STAY SAFE! ⛴️❤️😁
Petroleum barge 101. One of your best, Cap. A modern petroleum products barge is certainly a complicated piece of equipment. Being a tanker man is no slouch job. There certainly is a huge responsibility on their shoulders. Question; given the knowledge required move all the different products safely and efficiently, and the many rules and regulations from company rules to Coast Guard regs, etc. and all the paper work that goes with them, what is the process to go from AB to tanker man, and, on average, how long does it take? Thanks again.
Thank you for watching Ralph. I did a video interviewing Scotty, a Tankerman and he explained the progression. Let me know if you can't find the video. But there is some schooling and an apprenticeship period. CUOTO
It's a spille portion the bargains are the appropriate sizes for the jobs assigned to do this is a great info for anyone that doesn't have sea experience keep up the great work 👍
Great stuff! One question, one comment. The question is simple; where is that anchor you spoke of? Hanging over the side? The comment: I assume that V at the stern is for the nose of the tug to push, but I think it deserved mention, along with mention of whatever shackles might be involved. Which takes nothing away from the rest of it!
Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel. The barge's anchor is in the center of the bow. Tuesday's video (coming tomorrow) will give you a good look at the notch in the stern of the barge and show you how we are connected. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea Thanks! As a newcomer I haven't watched enough yet to know what you have covered and not. All the early ones I watched showed nothing much out the front view than the barge, and it sure didn't look like any part of a tugboat! 8-)
Between the comments and naturally your video and expertise. I think I'm an 1/8 th of my through Maritime school. This is great all from the comfort of my home. I don't know what I'm going to do with this knowledge since I'm already 79 yes. Old. 😂😂👍
Hi, Capt. Tim .. Glad you are safe from Fiona ... at 7:40 isn't that plate called a "Flounders Plate"? ... thanks for diagraming a barge. Lots of technical nomenclature for deckhands, thanks for the explanations of all the equipment groups. As usual, another awesome video for us Swabs! .. CUOT1, Capt!
This was excellent. Maybe a tanker man could take us on a tour. We have oil barges on the Providence river delivering to a tank farm near us. I had always wondered what the stuff on deck was. This was very informative and interesting.
Thank you for watching Rick. If you are new to the channel, Welcome. I think I have a few older videos of running up to Providence and East Providence. CUOTO
Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel. ATB's have their place just as conventional tugs and barges. ATB's are very good at moving one cargo, but they lack the flexibility of being able to switch barges. CUOTO
😂😂🤣👍👍👍👍👍 Yes I am one of those who have wondered why this and that. But never asked, you had already told us why you can't a long time ago.I respect that, and fully understand. This was still Great source of information that has quenched my questions. Thanks Tim CUOTO
@@TimBatSea Tim, you are the circus and we can't get enough!! Sometimes we forget your main job is the safe transiting of open sea with a large unwieldy float behind you that would sometimes want to swap ends. Stay safe, fair winds and a following sea.
Capt. Tim: Another well done video. Coffee and TB@Sea, what a way to start the morning. Loved all the information and especially enjoyed the bird's eye view of putting the barge on the hip. Always said it, tug operators are true artist in their vessel handling skills. Have fun on your 3 weeks off.
Thank you very much Captain Bill! I have another video coming out in two weeks that is called "Operation Overwatch". Complete round up and pilot transfer shot from overhead. You guys bought me the drone, so I'm trying to give you move drone shots. CUOTO
THANKS, FOR EXPLAINING ABOUT DOUBLE SKIN AND SECTIONING OFF PLUS LOAD PLAN I ALWAYS WONDERED ABOUT THAT HOW THEY WOULD LOAD THEM UP TO KEEP THEM STABLE, AND ALL THE REST OF THE BITS AND PEACES A GREAT LEARNING VIDEO 👍👍👍
Thank you for all the great information you always put in your videos. I found your channel after the Key Bridge collusion. I really enjoy watching all that goes into the process of keeping this great country moving. Thank you for all you do in your job as a Tug Boat Captain. Could you explain what the ladder object is on the top of the tanker living quarters is and it's function, it looks like it has lights on it.
Very interesting Tim! I'm naturally curious about mechanical design and I had a ton of questions about the barges you tow - now I have a good general understanding. Thank you.
Great video, as usual. I Googled "Yokohama Fenders," and one of the sites that popped up showed a tug with a Yokohama lashed to each side, obviously moving them somewhere. Wow! Much bigger than I expected. Not exactly the same as the vinyl fenders I toss over the side of my powerboat!
You make a great point! The engineering and technology that has been developed to deliver a gallon of gasoline, heating oil, or other chemicals is amazing. Not to be taken for granted. Even at $5.00 per gallon. 😭
Thank you for watching and supporting the channels James. Yes Sir! It is my intention to do so. You guys bought me the drone, so a big thank you for that and more! CUOTO
Great video! Seeing from above makes it much easier to visualize. Really like seeing the movement of the tug in relation to the barge from above too. I imagine those shots may be few and far between though since you're usually operating the boat. Also, don't forget you can get similar imagery from above from Google Earth/Maps. You can see all sorts of cool stuff up in New York Harbor area. Drone shots look better though! Showing and annotating on a satellite image may do a better job of telling the story than showing a chart. Just some more tasks for you to tackle in all your spare time!!!
Hi Cap. I appreciate your point about the boiler sometimes being required to preserve the integrity of the product in the tanks. I think oil was one example, and it depended on the duration of the voyage. Question: ever know of a situation whereby a boiler broke in transit and resulted in the product (any product you can recall) being delivered in an unusable or spoiled condition? If not a boiler breaking, maybe you can recall a comparable outcome through a vessel departing without something working properly. That’d be one hard costly lesson I bet! Thanks Cap CUOTO.
Thank you for watching Bruce. The oil become spoiled. It simply becomes harder to move. Asphalt will harden to almost a rock. Most of the time, the product comes from the terminal heated above what is required. It is then shipped to the customer via barge and does not need to be heated by the barge. I do recall one time when it was a very cold winter and the customer delayed the arrival causing the oil to cool. When they did let the barge in, they refused the load because it was cool. The barge then went to anchor for about a week trying to reheat the oil. CUOTO
Thank you for watching Harold. If you are new to the channel, Welcome. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. We have to tow while offshore in the swell. You can see at the end of this video, the tug is starting to round up on the barge because we are now in protected waters. CUOTO
Tim, wonder if Cuba will have to install fuel barges temporarily to make up for damaged on shore facilities? PS - Do void spaces have water detection systems? PS2 - After the oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska, spilling 11 million gallons of oil in 1989, I think US law was changed to require double bottoms. PS3 - YOKOHAMA Floating Fenders are still being made by the company
Thanks for this explanation, I found it very interesting. QUESTION: Since there is one connection point on the manifold, how do the tankermen load and offload various different products without cross contamination? There must be some kind of procedure to flush out each individual product residue in the manifold before starting to move a different product.
Thank you for watching Mellissa. It has been said that "the solution to pollution is dilution". Being that all products are some form of petroleum, and that volume of the products, and the lines are drained, there is very little to contaminate anything. Think of it this way. If 100k gallons of bunker fuel got a few gallons of diesel mixed in, would anyone really mind? CUOTO
This is one of your best video for its techncal content. Answered many of my questions. Love the drone shot. I wonder if your drone could be set to follow you while you or your mate is doing another maneuver?
@@TimBatSea I have been lurking for some time on both of your wonderful channels. As a long time recreational boater I have learned a lot, especially from your safety messages. Hope to meet you sometime up here in Maine (Penobscot Bay). CUOTO too!
@@veritasvincit2374 That's great! Thank you very much! I hope sail SVP to Maine and cruise in the gulf of Maine until October. I hope our paths will cross. CUOTO
The heating of product in the barge is done with Fuel Fired😮 Thermal Fluid Heaters that circulate the thermal oil in a single horizontal coil where a burner fires into the center of the helical coil. The thermal oil system has a single pump to circulate the hot oil at a minimum rate to prevent it from overheating. The system also requires the use of an expansion tank since the oil at ambient temperature can expand significantly when heated. The pumping system maintains a constant rate of flow when operating through the piping design that includes automated recirculating valves. The heaters themselves are typically rated to attain temperatures as high as 459F min and will operate at lower setpoint temperatures.
Any chance you could do a video of what the offices on the barge look like? Just curious since they're in so many of these videos, and yet a google search brings up really nothing at all. I'm sure it'll be a small AC'd/heated box with a table and a lightbulb, but would love to know what they look like. Appreciate you work, keep it coming.
Thank you for watching. I made a video of the quarters of a bunker barge with the office in it. Look for "Friday Extra". Let me know if you can't find it. CUOTO
Thank you for watching William. It depends on the product. Clean oils (jet, diesel, gas), can go to black oils (asphalt, 6 oil and bunker). But not the other way around. CUOTO
The "Yokohamas" I remember had Yokohama tires exclusively on them. Yeah they were over 6 ft high and at least 15 ft long ( we also had 4 on our 300ft x 90ft X 18 ft draft ship)
During all those videos transiting NY harbor and environs shot looking ahead over the barge, I'd wonder how all that piping along the barge deck worked together. And I wondered what those houses on the deck actually housed. Now I know. Thanks Capt. Tim.
You can thank "I think that I will sleep this one off" Joseph Hazelwood for the ships/barges having double hulls today! My father was on oil tankers during his career as a merchant seaman back in the 70/80's and 90s and the new laws put his company almost out of business. Luckily he retired and got to keep his pension before they went bankrupt.
@@TimBatSea Thanks Tim. Luckily the Pension Benefits Welfare Admin (PBWA) was around then because the company tried to renege on my Dad's pension but the agency sued them and won so my Dad was able to keep his pension. I remember taking tours on the SS Sabine and SS Pecos when he was in port in Martinez CA!
Very interesting content Capt., I truly appreciate the in-depth explanation of those barges. At the end of the video, were you swinging around to change a tire/fender, barrow a cup of sugar? LOL That looked like a pretty tricky maneuver. Ron
Thank you for watching Ronald. Yes. You are correct. That is called rounding up. And in a video two weeks from now you will see the entire maneuver. CUOTO
Fantastic video. So informative!! I wonder if you are still using Solar panels the way you did in the States? Early in your production, I remember you showing your solar and electronic interests. :)
Great description Tim! What happens when they want to put a different product in a tank? Do they have to clean the tank first? Seems like that would be a huge and messy job.
Thank you for watching George. Petroleum products are broken into two categories, black oil and clean oil. You can switched between and within those and also from clean to black. But you can't switch from black clean oil without having it cleaned. CUOTO
Every day I learn something new. Thanks.
Thank you for watching Peter. CUOTO
Thanks Tim. Had no idea your “gas can” was so complex. It’s literally a small tanker sans propulsion.
That is exactly right! Thank you for watching. CUOTO
Back in the 80's I ran the maintenance dept at a heated tank farm and deep water port in Providence RI. We brought liquid asphalt in by barge, processed it into various products and shipped it out in trucks. This video was a trip down memory lane. Thanks Tim.
Thank you very much for watching. I bet we've both been to the same dock. I lived 20 minutes south of Providence in Richmond for almost 30 years. CUOTO
That was interesting, thanks! I always sort of wondered why there was so much infrastructure on an "unpowered barge". Now it all make sense.
Thank you very much for watching and supporting the channels. CUOTO
Fascinating, Tim! Thank you for this excellent explanatory video.
Nice drone work too!
Best wishes as ever from across the Pond 🇬🇧
Thank you very much Darren. CUOTO
Thanks for the new video Capt. Tim. The drone's eye view is a great learning tool. Its very helpful to understand how well equipped these barges are. Enjoy your 3 weeks off. CUOTO.
Thank you very much David! Oh you know I sure will enjoy those three weeks off! 😂 CUOTO
Hi Tim. I wasn't expecting you would be able to do this video so it was a lovely surprise. I'd searched for information and studied photos but other than the hose handling crane and the accommodation cabin, the rest was a mystery. If you can get photos, that would be a bonus. A big thank you for feeding my curiosity.
Thank you for watching. I think this is about as good as it gets. 😂 CUOTO
Recall transiting up and down the SoCal coast and having to lookout for fishing boats and barges under tow. The first time I observed a tow at night, I recall seeing all the special running lights that said do not cut between tug and tow!
Thank you for watching William. Yes. That would be there white vertical light. CUOTO
THanks man, this was really informative and great for learning some general information about these barges down to a deeper level of detail than I'd previously seen so far.
Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel. CUOTO
For once I figured something out on this site without Cap! I’m a new proud patron! Thanks for all your work Tim. Those product hoses sound impressive. Not sure how vapors get recycled by a “dock” which in turn transforms back into more product but it sounds cool. 😊
Thank you very much for joining our Patron Crew Bruce! I don't know how the vapors are converted back into liquid, but it is pretty cool. CUOTO
They probably just put it back in the tank where the product came from. Incidentally those tanks would suck in the same amount of air anyway so its probably the safest and easiest to make it a closed loop with the vapors instead. I know this is what gas stations do and I think my dad once told me that they did it when pumping around liquor and alcohol at his workplace.
From what I know about Physics you can surely recover some product by cooling it down similar how an air drier collects water out of the air. But you surely can't create 'more' product out of it, just recover what otherwise would have been lost.
Very interesting. All the times I've watched a bunker barge come up next to a cruise ship I was on and wondered what it was all about and now I know.
I just found your channel, new subscribe🤝🤝👍👍
Thank you for watching and subscribing Tom! CUOTO
Very interesting and informative video. Now I know a lot more about the actual barge and its working. Thank you my friend.
Thank you very much for watching William. CUOTO
Great video. I was one of those whining about some barge content. Thanks so much, Captain!
My pleasure Mark. Thank you for watching. CUOTO
That was really interesting, thank you.
Thank you for watching. If you are new to the channel, Welcome. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea I did, shortly after this comment. Thanks Tim, and CUOTO.
Absolutely fascinating. Excellent video. I did not realize that the barge was manned while in transit. Thank you.
Thank you for watching. Yes. It is manned except for ocean passages. CUOTO
Variety is the spice of life and I’m glad you shed some light on the barge ops. CUOTO
Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
Great explanation Tim…. Thanks and yes, you have a cool job!
Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel Doug. CUOTO
Great video Tim, clearly not a dumb barge. I can imagine why but you did not talk about the reason it’s better to tow these barges rather than just put an engine in then an let them be a small independent tanker/ship. Maybe you have covered this back on your NY days.
Cheers Warren
Thank you again Warren. Yes. It's a cost thing that gets back to manning. If it was self-propelled, it would be a ship and then it would need a crew. There is also the added benefit that in a busy place NYC, one tug can move many barges. CUOTO
G'day again Capt and thanks .Interesting as always. Never understood.
Thank you for watching. CUOTO
Tim
One of the best videos yet. I have always wondered about the barges and crews. It is a lot more complicated than pumping in and pumping out. Who is responsible for provisions when the barge is in use? Particularly on long, multi day runs. This landlubber has learned so much about your industry thanks to you. Keep it up as long as you can.
Thank you for watching Bill. The Tankermen, just like us, have to go grub shopping and load up their freezers for the entire 3 weeks. CUOTO
Watching Professor Tim is like taking a virtual online maritime college course. I’m destined to fail the course but it sure is interesting! 👨🏫👨🏽💻⛴
Love the new intro too! 👍🏼👍🏼
Thank you very much for watching and for the kind words Scott. CUOTO
Thank you. So much more to a barge than I ever imagined. Well worth subscribing
Thank you very much for watching and subscribing. CUOTO
That was really interesting. Thanks.
Thank you for watching Val. CUOTO
Thanks for the tour! Any of us that work or worked with high tech, be it petroleum delivery or video production or aviation or whatever, tend to get a bit jaded and need to take a step back to regain the "cool" factor. The plan view tour answered many questions but companion elevation views from a drone circuit around the barge at eye level or slightly above would have helped the visualization.
Keep up the great videos and above all STAY SAFE! ⛴️❤️😁
Thank you for watching George. CUOTO
This is an awesome video. Thank you sir for the information.
Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
Too neat. I like the drone aspect. Thanks Tim. CUOTO
Thank you for watching Jerome. CUOTO
Great fascinating video!
Thank you very much for watching Debbie. CUOTO
Thanks Tim, great information and video. As a tree hugger, I appreciate the safety systems
Thank you for watching Steve. As a tree hugger (like me) aren't you glad I am at the wheel? 😂 CUOTO
Petroleum barge 101. One of your best, Cap. A modern petroleum products barge is certainly a complicated piece of equipment.
Being a tanker man is no slouch job. There certainly is a huge responsibility on their shoulders. Question; given the knowledge required move all the different products safely and efficiently, and the many rules and regulations from company rules to Coast Guard regs, etc. and all the paper work that goes with them, what is the process to go from AB to tanker man, and, on average, how long does it take?
Thanks again.
Thank you for watching Ralph. I did a video interviewing Scotty, a Tankerman and he explained the progression. Let me know if you can't find the video. But there is some schooling and an apprenticeship period. CUOTO
Very helpful. Now you need to take us into all those areas you described. If you can.
Won't be disappointed if the bosses say no.
Thank you for very much for watching James. CUOTO
Thanks Tim, I have wondered about the stuff on barges, now I know! CUOTO
Thank you for watching Dean. CUOTO
That was really interesting. Those aerial shots either make the tug look tiny or the barge huge. CUOTO
Thank you for watching Roy. I think the truth lies somewhere in the middle. 😂 CUOTO
It's a spille portion the bargains are the appropriate sizes for the jobs assigned to do this is a great info for anyone that doesn't have sea experience keep up the great work 👍
Thank you for watching. CUOTO
Thank you. That was great.
Thank you for watching. CUOTO
Great stuff! One question, one comment. The question is simple; where is that anchor you spoke of? Hanging over the side? The comment: I assume that V at the stern is for the nose of the tug to push, but I think it deserved mention, along with mention of whatever shackles might be involved. Which takes nothing away from the rest of it!
Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel. The barge's anchor is in the center of the bow. Tuesday's video (coming tomorrow) will give you a good look at the notch in the stern of the barge and show you how we are connected. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea Thanks! As a newcomer I haven't watched enough yet to know what you have covered and not. All the early ones I watched showed nothing much out the front view than the barge, and it sure didn't look like any part of a tugboat! 8-)
VERY INTERESTING to someone who has never seen up close these barges. Have been on construction barges, Much different. Thank you..
Thank you for watching James. CUOTO
Thanks Tim great video
Thank you for watching. CUOTO
Between the comments and naturally your video and expertise. I think I'm an 1/8 th of my through Maritime school. This is great all from the comfort of my home. I don't know what I'm going to do with this knowledge since I'm already 79 yes. Old. 😂😂👍
😂😂😂😂 That's great Bob! Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
I really enjoy the technical videos. Thanks Tim.
Thank you for watching Bryan. CUOTO
Hi, Capt. Tim .. Glad you are safe from Fiona ... at 7:40 isn't that plate called a "Flounders Plate"? ... thanks for diagraming a barge. Lots of technical nomenclature for deckhands, thanks for the explanations of all the equipment groups. As usual, another awesome video for us Swabs! .. CUOT1, Capt!
Thank you for watching Glenn. I assume you are talking about the "fish plate"? CUOTO
That’s was very intresting to see I know more about these barges that I never knew thanks for doing that Tim
My pleasure. Thank you for watching Robert. CUOTO
Wow thanks a lot Tim B, that was great didn't know that much about a offshore barge. "Thanks for sharing"
Thank you for watching Barry. CUOTO
Very interesting thanks
Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel. CUOTO
This was excellent. Maybe a tanker man could take us on a tour. We have oil barges on the Providence river delivering to a tank farm near us. I had always wondered what the stuff on deck was. This was very informative and interesting.
Thank you for watching Rick. If you are new to the channel, Welcome. I think I have a few older videos of running up to Providence and East Providence. CUOTO
I’m not new. I have been subscribed about 18 months or so. We have chatted about the Providence River before. Thanks again.
Thanks, Tim. Now I know why so much training and certification are required to be a tankerman.
Thank you for watching Sam. Yes sir. CUOTO
That was excellent. Thank you. Never too late to learn.
Thank you for watching Keith. CUOTO
Thanks Cap great video
Thank you for watching. CUOTO
I’m surprised it’s not an ATB Tim. I’m heading to that oil business as well.
Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel. ATB's have their place just as conventional tugs and barges. ATB's are very good at moving one cargo, but they lack the flexibility of being able to switch barges. CUOTO
Its all just so interesting, thanks
Thank you for watching Minkus. CUOTO
Thanks, great video.
Thank you for watching Marv. CUOTO
😂😂🤣👍👍👍👍👍 Yes I am one of those who have wondered why this and that. But never asked, you had already told us why you can't a long time ago.I respect that, and fully understand. This was still Great source of information that has quenched my questions. Thanks Tim CUOTO
Thank you very much Gregory. I wish everyone understood and was as respectful as you. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea Tim, you are the circus and we can't get enough!! Sometimes we forget your main job is the safe transiting of open sea with a large unwieldy float behind you that would sometimes want to swap ends. Stay safe, fair winds and a following sea.
@@artbrownsr Thank you very much Art!
Capt. Tim: Another well done video. Coffee and TB@Sea, what a way to start the morning. Loved all the information and especially enjoyed the bird's eye view of putting the barge on the hip. Always said it, tug operators are true artist in their vessel handling skills. Have fun on your 3 weeks off.
Thank you very much Captain Bill! I have another video coming out in two weeks that is called "Operation Overwatch". Complete round up and pilot transfer shot from overhead. You guys bought me the drone, so I'm trying to give you move drone shots. CUOTO
Excellent video Tim, sorry I didn’t get to it until Saturday but life gets in the way! Take care out there👍🏻👍🏻
Not a problem Milan. Thank you for watching. CUOTO
Excellent blog
You the man Adam. CUOTO
Very interesting! Always a pleasure. CUOTO👍🙂
Thank you for watching! CUOTO
THANKS, FOR EXPLAINING ABOUT DOUBLE SKIN AND SECTIONING OFF PLUS LOAD PLAN I ALWAYS WONDERED ABOUT THAT
HOW THEY WOULD LOAD THEM UP TO KEEP THEM STABLE, AND ALL THE REST OF THE BITS AND PEACES A GREAT LEARNING
VIDEO 👍👍👍
Thank you for watching this and the others videos. Can you unlock your caplock button for us please? CUOTO
@@TimBatSea Just for you as i like caps always have done
Thank you for all the great information you always put in your videos. I found your channel after the Key Bridge collusion. I really enjoy watching all that goes into the process of keeping this great country moving. Thank you for all you do in your job as a Tug Boat Captain. Could you explain what the ladder object is on the top of the tanker living quarters is and it's function, it looks like it has lights on it.
Very interesting Tim! I'm naturally curious about mechanical design and I had a ton of questions about the barges you tow - now I have a good general understanding. Thank you.
Thank you for again for watching Rob. CUOTO
Great video, as usual. I Googled "Yokohama Fenders," and one of the sites that popped up showed a tug with a Yokohama lashed to each side, obviously moving them somewhere. Wow! Much bigger than I expected. Not exactly the same as the vinyl fenders I toss over the side of my powerboat!
Right!?!?!?! 😂 Thank you for watching Phil. CUOTO
Thank you Captain Tim
Thank you for watching Jeff. CUOTO
Great info.
Thanks!
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Thank you for watching George. CUOTO
Another great video Capt. Tim CUOTO .
Thank you for watching William. CUOTO
Very educational😀
Thank you for watching Mike. CUOTO
You make a great point! The engineering and technology that has been developed to deliver a gallon of gasoline, heating oil, or other chemicals is amazing. Not to be taken for granted. Even at $5.00 per gallon. 😭
You are absolutely correct! Thank you for watching Charlie. CUOTO
Nicely done Tim!
Thank you John. CUOTO
Excellent! Here's your educational rating! :-)
Thank you for watching Tom. CUOTO
Thanks for the detailed walk around, you. Nice drone work we need to see more of it. CUOTO
Thank you for watching and supporting the channels James. Yes Sir! It is my intention to do so. You guys bought me the drone, so a big thank you for that and more! CUOTO
That was very informative and also cool! Thanks
Thank you for watching Randal. If you are new to the channel, Welcome. Please consider subscribing. CUOTO
Great video! Seeing from above makes it much easier to visualize. Really like seeing the movement of the tug in relation to the barge from above too. I imagine those shots may be few and far between though since you're usually operating the boat. Also, don't forget you can get similar imagery from above from Google Earth/Maps. You can see all sorts of cool stuff up in New York Harbor area. Drone shots look better though! Showing and annotating on a satellite image may do a better job of telling the story than showing a chart. Just some more tasks for you to tackle in all your spare time!!!
Thank you for watching Bryan. CUOTO
wow, thats a lot of info. Thanks for the info-tainment :) interesting.
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Interesting content Tim, I learn something new each video.
Thanks for posting.
Thank you! I appreciate that. CUOTO
Hi Cap. I appreciate your point about the boiler sometimes being required to preserve the integrity of the product in the tanks. I think oil was one example, and it depended on the duration of the voyage. Question: ever know of a situation whereby a boiler broke in transit and resulted in the product (any product you can recall) being delivered in an unusable or spoiled condition? If not a boiler breaking, maybe you can recall a comparable outcome through a vessel departing without something working properly. That’d be one hard costly lesson I bet! Thanks Cap CUOTO.
Thank you for watching Bruce. The oil become spoiled. It simply becomes harder to move. Asphalt will harden to almost a rock. Most of the time, the product comes from the terminal heated above what is required. It is then shipped to the customer via barge and does not need to be heated by the barge. I do recall one time when it was a very cold winter and the customer delayed the arrival causing the oil to cool. When they did let the barge in, they refused the load because it was cool. The barge then went to anchor for about a week trying to reheat the oil. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea Hey Cap I think that’s “The oil [does not] spoil. It simply becomes harder to move.” Pls confirm. Also love the asphalt story!
@@brucechapnick4712 we say the load is spoiled, meaning it can't be moved or used.
Great job - so cool that you can explain the process!
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Really interesting Tim! Thank you! CUOTO!
Thank you for watching Ronnie. CUOTO
This was very interesting thanks Tim!
Thank you for watching and supporting the channels Mark. I am so pleased you liked it. Thank you for your continued support! CUOTO
Hi Captain. Very informative video. Quick maybe silly question, why are you pulling the barge instead of pushing it?
Thank you for watching Harold. If you are new to the channel, Welcome. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. We have to tow while offshore in the swell. You can see at the end of this video, the tug is starting to round up on the barge because we are now in protected waters. CUOTO
Thank you, very interesting and instructive. Good luck
Thank you for watching. CUOTO
Very good video, never seen this kind of stuff explained so well 👍👍👍
Thank you very much for watching the George. CUOTO
Very informative, entertaining also.
Thank you Sir.
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Fascinating video Tim, thanks for the lesson 👍
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Very interesting, Thank you 😊
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Tim, wonder if Cuba will have to install fuel barges temporarily to make up for damaged on shore facilities?
PS - Do void spaces have water detection systems?
PS2 - After the oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska, spilling 11 million gallons of oil in 1989, I think US law was changed to require double bottoms.
PS3 - YOKOHAMA Floating Fenders are still being made by the company
Thank you for watching William. I am sure there are high water alarms in many of the voids. Great info. Thank you. CUOTO
Thanks for this explanation, I found it very interesting.
QUESTION:
Since there is one connection point on the manifold, how do the tankermen load and offload various different products without cross contamination? There must be some kind of procedure to flush out each individual product residue in the manifold before starting to move a different product.
Thank you for watching Mellissa. It has been said that "the solution to pollution is dilution". Being that all products are some form of petroleum, and that volume of the products, and the lines are drained, there is very little to contaminate anything. Think of it this way. If 100k gallons of bunker fuel got a few gallons of diesel mixed in, would anyone really mind? CUOTO
Hank you cap! Love the shows calm seas!
Thank you very much for watching. CUOTO
This is one of your best video for its techncal content. Answered many of my questions. Love the drone shot. I wonder if your drone could be set to follow you while you or your mate is doing another maneuver?
Thank you for watching James. The video coming out a week from tomorrow is exactly that. CUOTO
Very informative and interesting. Thank you, Tim.
Thank you for watching Don. CUOTO
Wonderfully clear and informative!!! Thank you!
Thank you for watching. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea I have been lurking for some time on both of your wonderful channels. As a long time recreational boater I have learned a lot, especially from your safety messages. Hope to meet you sometime up here in Maine (Penobscot Bay). CUOTO too!
@@veritasvincit2374 That's great! Thank you very much! I hope sail SVP to Maine and cruise in the gulf of Maine until October. I hope our paths will cross. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea I will keep my eye out ... fair winds!!!
Great Job👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you Al. CUOTO
The heating of product in the barge is done with Fuel Fired😮 Thermal Fluid Heaters that circulate the thermal oil in a single horizontal coil where a burner fires into the center of the helical coil. The thermal oil system has a single pump to circulate the hot oil at a minimum rate to prevent it from overheating. The system also requires the use of an expansion tank since the oil at ambient temperature can expand significantly when heated. The pumping system maintains a constant rate of flow when operating through the piping design that includes automated recirculating valves. The heaters themselves are typically rated to attain temperatures as high as 459F min and will operate at lower setpoint temperatures.
Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel Roy. CUOTO
Any chance you could do a video of what the offices on the barge look like? Just curious since they're in so many of these videos, and yet a google search brings up really nothing at all. I'm sure it'll be a small AC'd/heated box with a table and a lightbulb, but would love to know what they look like. Appreciate you work, keep it coming.
Thank you for watching. I made a video of the quarters of a bunker barge with the office in it. Look for "Friday Extra". Let me know if you can't find it. CUOTO
Very interesting Tim. Do the tanks need to be cleaned before different product is loaded. Thanks
Thank you for watching William. It depends on the product. Clean oils (jet, diesel, gas), can go to black oils (asphalt, 6 oil and bunker). But not the other way around. CUOTO
The "Yokohamas" I remember had Yokohama tires exclusively on them. Yeah they were over 6 ft high and at least 15 ft long ( we also had 4 on our 300ft x 90ft X 18 ft draft ship)
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During all those videos transiting NY harbor and environs shot looking ahead over the barge, I'd wonder how all that piping along the barge deck worked together. And I wondered what those houses on the deck actually housed. Now I know. Thanks Capt. Tim.
Thank you for watching Jim. Glad you liked it. CUOTO
Thank you brother 👍🇺🇸🇨🇱✌️
Thank you Alvin! CUOTO
You can thank "I think that I will sleep this one off" Joseph Hazelwood for the ships/barges having double hulls today! My father was on oil tankers during his career as a merchant seaman back in the 70/80's and 90s and the new laws put his company almost out of business. Luckily he retired and got to keep his pension before they went bankrupt.
Thank you for watching Dave. Glad to hear your father made it out with his pension. CUOTO
@@TimBatSea Thanks Tim. Luckily the Pension Benefits Welfare Admin (PBWA) was around then because the company tried to renege on my Dad's pension but the agency sued them and won so my Dad was able to keep his pension. I remember taking tours on the SS Sabine and SS Pecos when he was in port in Martinez CA!
Another fantastic video. Thanks Tim! #CUOTO
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Well Cap, you’ve done it again, you professored the crap outta that barge!
😂😂😂😂 Thank you very much for watching Ron. CUOTO
interesting video
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Very interesting content Capt., I truly appreciate the in-depth explanation of those barges.
At the end of the video, were you swinging around to change a tire/fender, barrow a cup of sugar? LOL That looked like a pretty tricky maneuver. Ron
Thank you for watching Ronald. Yes. You are correct. That is called rounding up. And in a video two weeks from now you will see the entire maneuver. CUOTO
Fantastic video. So informative!! I wonder if you are still using Solar panels the way you did in the States? Early in your production, I remember you showing your solar and electronic interests. :)
Thank you for watching. Yes. I have almost 1000 watts of solar on SVP and 2900 watts of solar on my house here in PR. CUOTO
Great description Tim! What happens when they want to put a different product in a tank? Do they have to clean the tank first? Seems like that would be a huge and messy job.
Thank you for watching George. Petroleum products are broken into two categories, black oil and clean oil. You can switched between and within those and also from clean to black. But you can't switch from black clean oil without having it cleaned. CUOTO