4 Hour Uncut View From Cargo Ship Transiting The Houston Ship Channel | Life At Sea

Life At Sea In The Merchant Marine Aboard A Cargo Ship
4 Hour uncut view from the bridge of a Maersk Container Ship transiting the Houston Ship Channel inbound for the Barbours Cut Terminal at the Port of Houston, Texas.
The footage is from the time the pilot boards all the way to docking at the berth.
This is a great video to leave running in the background or to put up on a large screen tv.
#cargoship #lifeatsea #houstonshipchannel

[@sailorxyz5000]

It's amazing, it's like you can skip and see any part of the video you like. Complete RAW. good job Brian.

[@BryanBoyle]

Thanks! I’ve found this type of video is great if you can play it on a big screen such as a tv. It’s neat to just leave it running in the background while you do other things around the house.

[@sailorxyz5000]

Do you get good watchtime on such videos? I would like to do the same..

[@Keith_KC8TCQ]

@@BryanBoyle that's what I do. i start paying closer attention when it gets closer to port.

[@Hello-ye2bi]

I saw new content so I just clicked on it. I caught myself off guard. How/why? Your Vlog literally describes everything my dad spoke of. I truly miss him. I appreciate all that you do. Please be safe out there. Thank you

[@BryanBoyle]

Thank you for clicking, I hope it brought back some good memories of your dad. What did he do on ships?

[@Hello-ye2bi]

@@BryanBoyle dad was a Bosun. He sailed from 1946-1969. He loved his job. His stories at sea were my bedtime stories and the inspiration for me going into Art History. He passed away on 2/14/1986 (on land) during a Nor'easter. The family said "the sea came to take him home. I love your videos and hope someday to travel aboard a vessel to Port Said, Egypt- Dad's regular route. My first dog was an English bulldog that dad brought home. When I watched the video of you returning home to your spouse and dog, it brought back so many memories. I view your Vlog just to spend a few more minutes hours, and days with him. I know my dad, an old salt, would LOVE watching. Please be safe out there. Thank you for sharing your life aboard ship with us. Next time you're on a dog watch, please think of Bosun Matty Stabile. I would appreciate it. Maybe, just maybe when "there's nothing out there but the horizon and endless ocean" you will have an old salt to stand watch with you and his best buddy ABs Carl Goff (crew member aboard the M/V Poet).

[@Bill_N_ATX]

I was kind of hoping for a trip up the full Ship Channel. You are still many miles from the actual end of the channel which is damn near Downtown. For those that don’t live around Houston, the whole channel is 50 miles from the Gulf of Mexico to within 4 miles of Downtown Houston. The fun part for mariners is the part that used to be nothing but a shallow bayou. Now it’s a 500 foot wide by 45 foot deep canal. A note of history, during WW2 over 35% of the fuel used by the Allies came out of this port.

[@seven_hundred-seven_hundred]

Super cool. Thank you. This gives the normal person a good perspective of ocean shipping... quite soothing...

[@kturini]

As a Houston Area resident I find this interesting.

[@billwareagle7047]

Well done Bryan. A very good prospective of arriving in port. Thanks!

[@billvs6505]

Love this. Perfect pandemic viewing!

[@magalahe1611]

i put on heaphones and sleep to this. great upload

[@zacharywright1196]

Cant help but notice the multiple factories in the distance that are constantly pumping crap into the air, but amazing footage! Love the passing ships throughout the whole thing.

[@ZnematicTravel]

Amazing Thank you so much

[@hansamsterdam2635]

We love your videos.

[@lolanatasha]

Fantastic Bryan, love these uncut videos!

[@cayman1230195]

I live right across Fred Hartman bridge in Baytown. This is really cool look at the port of Houston at Morgan’s point. You can see Exxon’s huge Ploom of smoke from flairing. Thanks for sharing!

[@ambrose1809]

I dont think that is Exxon flaring but the the ITC tank fire on March 17, 2021

[@peteregan3862]

A narrow channel. A surprising amount of small barge traffic.

[@codyallan6974]

I work on the ports. Awesome to see this

[@miroamore5004]

thank yoouuuu more of those please

[@coralieandrea9334]

Thank you for posting these videos they make me feel in touch with my boyfriend even though he’s not on this ship

[@NoelBolgeronline]

Thanks for these, like to see more harbours.

[@markschrock4148]

As a lifelong resident of the West Shoreline Galveston Bay primarily living in The Baytown Laporte area. Very interesting video to see what you guys see when y'all are coming into port. I've spent many a nights fishing from that little parking area there just outside the Barbers cut shipping terminal.

[@julianvanbeek]

Cool! Maybe an idea to do livestreaming while loading/unloading or just on the water from this view

[@BryanBoyle]

Thanks, I’ll look into doing that. I do have another uncut video of 2.5 hours while out at sea in changing sea conditions.

[@julianvanbeek]

Cool! I will check that one. I had another question. Are you switching ships or? I just recovered your channel and I have seen different Maersk ships. What's your main ship right now? (if you are on one)

[@nigelpayne1008]

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[@alunmorgan7869]

Excellent vid more of these please

[@BryanBoyle]

Thanks! Did you see the other uncut video entering the Houston ship channel? I also have uncut videos departing Charleston and arriving in Norfolk that I will be uploading soon!

[@alunmorgan7869]

I did , thanks a lot another great vid

[@alunmorgan7869]

Hi Bryan , any pilotage/transits on the horizon so to speak ?

[@katherinec9824]

I live in Houston. This is so cool 😎

[@youssefkalimiro8298]

Welcome to Morocco ♥️

[@njackson1578]

Yo! Super stuff! Like you Vlogging!

[@BryanBoyle]

Thanks! I will definitely be doing more vlog style videos on my future ship assignments.

[@mattsmith5250]

The weirdest stuff auto plays when I'm asleep lol

[@Keith_KC8TCQ]

one thing about this video in particular I find interesting as a weather geek is you can tell the different layers of the atmosphere with the heavy smoke plume visible to the right side of the channel. the plume has a definite sharp cut off layer where it stops rising and drifts off to the west.

[@duaaallawati7668]

amazing view your fans from sultanate of oman

[@johnpatricklim4509]

Great for ASMR.....like sleeping in the cabin....

[@kims6060]

Thanks for your very informative videos. I often watch ships transit the channel in Port Phillip bay Melbourne Australia and wonder about how it all works. While I understand the comradeship of your fellow crew you must none the less be a self sufficient individual who clearly enjoys the career you have chosen. It would be great to see more videos on the onboard lifestyle. Hope one of you voyages bring you to Australia one day! Continue to stay safe and thanks again...

[@BryanBoyle]

Thanks, glad you are enjoying. I will try and make more videos of life onboard. It really depends on the ship and crew. Some ships its disappointing to see that everyone retreats to their own rooms to watch movies on their computer. Other ships have much more camaraderie.

[@BlackHornetTactical]

That’s barbous cut port. I’m an operations manager for 3 of the Houston ports. I was part of unloading your ship. Be safe out there

[@janpeiris1376]

I Have been to Houston 9 months my SHIP DID CHARTERD BETWEEN MEXICO HOUSTON M V SAN JUAN SEA CONTAINER UK 1986 GULF OF MEXICO VERY ROUGH BRILLIANT VIDEO AS ITS SHIP PLOUGHING THRU WATER S ORIGINAL SOUNDS FANTASTIC FABULOUS EXCELLENT MOVIE WELL DONE

[@evomink]

Great content. Isn’t there another guy on your ship with a KZbin channel? He’s an engineer? It’s cool the company allows you guys to post.

[@BryanBoyle]

His name is Jeff. We have worked together a few times on the Montana but we are In different departments.

[@Puchacz83]

A work of crew during the mooring process would be great to see!

[@kennethgrindrod6438]

As an ex able seaman I,ve spent a few hours on the wheel and lookout it was quite an experience to come so close to other traffic with the last minute pilot orders to alter course and the look of the captains face as we went pass quite a narrow channel it was good to watch brought back memories from the late 70,s,thank you.

[@BryanBoyle]

Glad to bring back the memories. The Houston ship channel definitely gets narrow, which is why they call it the “Texas Chicken” when ships pass so close.

[@Keith_KC8TCQ]

All of the barge traffic in and out of the port, I wonder how much of it goes out to the oil rigs in the gulf.

[@UniqueInfinity]

Superb Bryan which camera do you use ?

[@BryanBoyle]

This was filmed with a GoPro hero 8

[@chuckman231]

Anything from the C&D canal? Live near there and would love to see what a transit looks like. I've gotten a few ship pics over the years through there.

[@BryanBoyle]

No sorry, I haven’t taken any ships over in that area.

[@hidifung9234]

👍💪🙂

[@adamwinnicki3656]

Watching a ship manoeuvre shall be as interesting as watching the grass grow. I'm kidding :P Well done, it's a nice video.

[@petibakri9789]

Amazing. Whats the name of your cargo ship?

[@BryanBoyle]

This is the Maersk Montana in this video

[@bobkoure]

@@BryanBoyle Pretty cool that it's US flagged. That's not the usual case - not even among Maersk vessels. I know there are advantages to flagging in places like Liberia (cheap & no labor laws), but what are the advantages of a US flag? Basing what I know of the Montana on VesselFinder www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/MAERSK-MONTANA-IMO-9305312-MMSI-367759000. Or is that entirely wrong? Thanks!

[@thelowmein9143]

not sure how difficult it would be to add, but it would be neat to see a map showing where the ship is as the video progresses, like a GPS view

[@BryanBoyle]

Yes I actually attempted to do this since my GoPro has GPS data and allows a map overlay. When I tried it though, the map didn’t show any data and was blank. I’m not sure if that’s because we weren’t on land or something I did wrong, but I would like to add this to future videos!

[@carolynlukens4067]

Do ship captains wave or acknowledge each other as they pass? I was expecting to hear a horn or something. Also, how close can you get to each other in the open water? I obviously know nothing about this but I'm fascinated by ships.

[@ambrose1809]

There was an icehouse /beer joint right on the water by the entrance of the container terminal at Morgan's Point where the deep part of the channel was so close to the shore that you could wave at the crew as they went by.

[@Steve-re9md]

Well Carolyn on one occasion whilst travelling up the river Rhine to Dusseldorf we tied my vessel ,the Union Saturn, to her sister ship ,the Union Pearl and had a bit of a party, some of our people were on the other ship and vice versa. We stayed lashed together until the evening when we checked both crews were on the correct ship and parted company!

[@leong.5429]

I have some questions about speed that are no hint about the content because I love this longform, raw footage. 1. if there were no restrictions from port, employer or law, how fast could a ship like this dock as if it were a stunt? or is this basically as fast as the event can go? 2. is your mind 100% engaged through this whole process or does it involve a lot of waiting and idle thoughts?

[@BryanBoyle]

Docking is definitely a slow process. These ships have so much mass that it takes a long time to slow them down. Everything happens at a slower pace and and we generally take our time to make sure the docking operations are safe. This part of the evolution takes 100% engagement as it’s the most risky for something to go wrong. Out in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean still requires a significant amount of engagement but not nearly as much as arrival and departure operations

[@user-em3pq9en2w]

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[@TideFishing]

what is the dwt of this ship

[@jbond119]

Texas 2 step @59:23

[@billrobland4163]

Must have been during the freeze

[@seven_hundred-seven_hundred]

Is it a big deal when the birds begin to appear?

[@BryanBoyle]

No problem at all, although there tends to be a bunch of bird 💩 that ends up all over the decks!

[@seven_hundred-seven_hundred]

@@BryanBoyle OK, but I didn't ask my question properly... as you get closer to land, is the appearance of birds a big deal...like, cool, we finally got birds...

[@magnogaldamez7207]

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[@10cabe]

Who is in charge of cleaning up the trash and garbage in the ship channel? The quantity of plastic and debris is disgusting!