Cargo Operations On A Container Ship In Port | Life At Sea

[@yass-1323]

You're providing a unique content about the maritime industry , honestly I've never seen someone explaining the cargo operation the way you did Thank you so much

[@BryanBoyle]

Thanks a lot for the compliments! Do you work in the industry? Just wondering how helpful my content has been with new officers just getting started in the maritime industry.

[@yass-1323]

@@BryanBoyle oh I'm acutely working in the fishing industry as a bridge officer which has some similarities and differences with an officer in merchant navy but I'm moving to the maritime industry within the next two years, and I got to say that your content has been inspiring and educating

[@stepheneyles2198]

Agreed! I've always been fascinated by cargo ships and even seeing those containers on trucks is nice, to wonder where they've come from and what's inside! Thanks for this up-close tour! Subscribed!

[@SeaTransportShipspotting]

I have been a surveyor for 30 years, and your content is very good, so clear for laymen, txs for the tour, greetings from Brazil.

[@BryanBoyle]

Just checked out a couple of your videos. Nice ship spotting! Glad you have enjoyed my content. I’ve been trying to bridge the gap between the public and our mysterious maritime industry many don’t know about by providing videos like these in laymen terms!

[@scharpmeister]

Man I love youtube. Nice relief from my desk job to watch stuff like this

[@bmandrakeeee8378]

what I find it funny is that every control room is build to hold a lot of people working, like a normal, crowded office. but with a crew of 22 on a boat the size of a small town, you never see any crowd whatsoever

[@Nickgowans]

Yet another brilliantly made and well thought out mini documentary on the operation of the marine logistics industry. Good job

[@McHeisenburger]

Crazy how all this incredible infrastructure functions like this in hundreds of places around the world, yet still often goes mostly unnoticed by the general public. Humans are wild, man

[@paulc1746]

I'm an apprentice in the SIU and I love your videos. Very relevant to American seafarers

[@ralphaverill2001]

Hands down the best, mosst informative, video of its kind I've seen.

[@symplemynd57]

Excellent job without a script. Very informative. I'm no sailor, just love the big ships.....

[@jean-jacqueshubert9215]

Very interesting description of operations. As we say in french: magnifique. Thanks Bryan.

[@adrianpaul5558]

I have long wanted to find a video that would tell about loading containers on container ships. I finally found it. Thanks!

[@ZDS1025]

Fascinating video of the offloading of these massive cargo ships. Many of us have only marveled at the operation, you explain it in easy to understand detail, thanks Brian!

[@billwareagle7047]

Great video, really enjoyed your narration and detailed explanation. Thanks for taking time to provide a very informative video. Stay safe. 👍👍

[@BryanBoyle]

Thanks a lot! Glad you have been enjoying the content

[@alexk.official7315]

Glad your channel got recommended , finally someone that shows what they are talking about. Appreciate your videos Bryan.

[@truecerium4924]

A very crisp and comprehensive explanation, many thanks

[@ahsanmohammed1]

Thank You

[@stevenml5748]

Thank you.

[@fayepotts3279]

Fascinating! Thank you so much Brian for recommending your video on securing the storage container.

[@HughD]

Excellent and informative video, especially for folks living in a port area who quit going to sea decades ago!

[@neilreid2298]

So cool to enjoy these tours! Very interesting- it's clear you really know your trade. Impressive and thank you Bryan!

[@scuddrunner1]

This is really cool! I work in the Port of Tacoma and I always wanted to know all the inside stuff. Thank you so much!!

[@2113rush]

Great videos. Perfect content and editing.

[@grabbem]

Great job of explaining things.

[@stephenrhughes]

Some of the most interesting and clearly presented content on KZbin. Absolutely fascinating.

[@johnsowerby7182]

For someone who works in logistics, in the import business in the US, it's interesting to see this all explained.

[@michaelslade5747]

Thanks! Very neat to get this view of how a container ship works in port!

[@adityaroykvr]

Such a great video. Thanks for uploading such an informative video. Hoping to see more videos related to the marine industry.

[@HighLevelPlayer]

Thank you for uploading this video. It's very interesting to see.

[@JohnSmith-uy7sv]

Wow, what a fantastic video. Thanks for the tour and what you do. I don't think my brain could remember all of that at my age. So much different and nicer than Navy ships for sure and much more mooring lines and ballasts. I imagine the Navy has changed since 1977 and the newer ships. Thanks so much. Can't wait to see more shipboard procedures and unloading. That is so confusing.Thanks Bryan.

[@BryanBoyle]

Thanks John! There is quite a bit of new technology on these merchant ships since the 70s. I’m not entirely sure how much of it such as the auto tensioning is used by the Navy, however. Would be interesting to get some feedback from an active duty SWO!

[@JohnSmith-uy7sv]

@@BryanBoyle What's an "swo?"

[@BryanBoyle]

John Smith Surface Warfare Officer. They are in charge of operating surface ships in the Navy

[@JohnSmith-uy7sv]

I was not an officer. I was enlisted. Did all the work and got paid the least. :-)

[@LukeLovett]

Would love to see the whole process. From packing one of those TEUs with products, to it being picked up, marshaled, loaded to a ship and then seeing it delivered to the end user. So much of world trade is reliant on this, yet hardly any people see it. They just go to a store and buy something. In reality, that is the last step in a very very long and well coordinated process. Enjoying your content. Keep it up!

[@abdo206]

Thank you for sharing such valuable information

[@billfunk1219]

Great video, very interesting and informative. Thanks!

[@robertmchugh4639]

That was a good video. I learned something. It was good to know.

[@RhinesBert]

Good explanation of the process! I watched the video to learn about different docking processes for cargo ships and d/c of containers. It feels like I can do this job now.

[@andrewmcphee8965]

Always interesting, thanks!

[@obiwankenobi9139]

excellent presentation mate. !!!

[@yass-1323]

Very useful . I really appreciated the effort you've putted in the videos

[@charlesferebee263]

OUTSTANDING. ! 👍👍🇺🇸

[@Delirium386]

......this video is the most informativ video about containerships i have ever seen...thanks for showing...

[@BryanBoyle]

Thanks! Glad to hear my video was so informative for you

[@jacobandkatherinetucker9530]

This was super interesting to watch. Thank you.

[@TeddyCavachon]

Very interesting video. From 1982 to 2010 I was involved in managing an overseas publishing center in Manila which relied on containerized shipping from the US for nearly all of our paper, ink and other supplies and used containers to ship our finished products around the world. Containerized shipping is now taken for granted but didn’t get standardized until the 1970s and it more than anything else is what changed the world economy because it became less expensive to manufacture in Asia and ship to the US and Europe via container ship than to produce products domestically.

[@adamw1944]

Excellent video with outstanding explanations.

[@BryanBoyle]

Thank you sir!

[@johnnyakutagawa72]

Wow awesome great video thanks for the upload.

[@ranjeetsaini4248]

Very informative, I work in Maersk back-end, really good to know about my counterparts!

[@longviewstud26]

That was fantastic. Thank u

[@ingvaldtangen8269]

Will be interesting to a lot of people as, in particular after the ONE Apus incident, there are a lot of questions about cargo lashing. I had a couple of years on a container feeder on charter to Mærsk back in the early 90's. I had my last feeder in 2003 before I left foreign going and had the last years before my retirement on domestic ferry services. Containers are efficient, but as one that startet at sea as a fifteen year old back in 1963 I did miss the General Cargo vessels. More time in port and less stress.

[@BryanBoyle]

Yea part of the problem with these mega ships like the ONE Apus are how high they are stacking containers. It’s seems to be more common in this industry having containers fall overboard.

[@ilmarinen79]

Fascinating. Loved the process information and the explanations.

[@scottsmith4315]

That was really interesting and answered so many questions that I’ve had for so long. I live south of Seattle on Puget Sound so there are lots of ports around and so many times I’ve wondered how this or that worked. Like the container auto locks. I thought you had to twist them and always wondered how you twist them. Now I know! Thanks. Please keep coming at us with all the info you can share!

[@ArtStoneUS]

A reefer container is going to discharge heat. You will notice there is a gap between the container and the things around it, so presumably there is an air circulation system there somewhere.

[@allegorx58]

Awesome video.

[@giorginakashidze8797]

very good useful videos,thanks sir

[@GrayPlayer]

Thanks!

[@RegularEverydayNormalMFr]

Lovely

[@doraldeddy1836]

Bryan really enjoyed your very instructive videos. Thanks for posting. Best wishes from Cornwall,UK

[@BryanBoyle]

Thank you! greetings from 🇺🇸

[@mariamargiannis7255]

Great videos...

[@cyzcyt]

This is really cool content

[@mick9885]

Hi, Great Videos, I'm in the Truck Chauffeur and it's Nice to see how it's all done, Thanks

[@BryanBoyle]

Glad to be able to share the other side of things! Stay safe out there

[@aliceboyle3612]

Fascinating tour Bryan!! Very educational

[@x_oshae_x]

have u ever sat in the captain seat and said " look at me I'm the captain now "

[@rowankristan8016]

Great video! I am in maritime school studying to be a deck officer, but it's hard to visualize what actually happens. Thank you for explaining what actually goes on in the industry. My dream is to be up in the bridge soon!

[@BryanBoyle]

Congrats on getting started in the maritime industry! Which school are you attending?

[@rowankristan8016]

@@BryanBoyle Thanks! I am currently at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, Maine!

[@vikeshgupta2311]

Very nice and very interesting video sir💯

[@danmidkiff5416]

That was pretty cool. Lots of hard work! Be safe!

[@damioncartwright3891]

Very good video.👌🏻

[@thaddiej]

I was looking at my contract hours. I was one of the stevedores working the boat that day. Strange

[@frankminniti1546]

Outstanding Thank you so much for this look into the ways of the ship.

[@BryanBoyle]

You’re very welcome

[@chanhdo3929]

Love your work.thank for sharing the knowledge

[@dredgesp]

Very informative and well done.

[@frfrpr]

Thanks for sharing.

[@ridesnow912]

Hey! I work there. I’m deck and dock.

[@bigpantsbobnuggets5051]

Excellent Thanks

[@wilsonpascoal2549]

Thank you very much 🙏

[@johnjacobjingleheimerschmi7268]

Great and informative video, thanks! When is all the rust cleaned up and taken care of?

[@Mazda-mx5-dutch-driver-ND2015]

Joh hey Bryan, ehm nice to see you working on mine favorite part of the cargo movements from seaside to landside, as i can call it like that. I never stopped imagine how it actually worked on the ship, i mean ofcourse i know there is a lot of unload and loading proces going on, but there is so many hidden scene about it. I mean i working on a airport at Amsterdam Schiphol, to working with planes, and know now a lot how its going up there... but i always wondering how its going on the portside, or harbor, and i even mentioned once to travel with one of this cargo ships, to see how everything is working, I mean i spent a lot of time on the sea together with mine family on the sea, but i always wondered about the cargo ships, and you just let us an little view inside of this amazing world. Thanks for that, i want to see more, so I gonna surcribe to see more of this, Or if you have any other information about traveling on a cargo ship, let me know, so maybe i still can join on a trip on a cargo ship, Greetings from the Netherlands, maybe one day see you on the port of Rotterdam! Nicely done vid!

[@johns8249]

I'm a longshoreman in NJ.

[@kylekatarn111]

Thank you for your video, really liked it. What's the purpose of the two mannequin seen at 13:53?

[@CuriousEarthMan]

That was great, thank you! I'd love to see even more detail about the twist-locks for allowing a container to rise, and what exactly goes on, on the wharf after grounding. Which twist-locks stay on the container as it is unloaded? And also, for example, is there one person on each end of the containers removing the lashing? Are they lashed at both ends, and does that person go back and forth, unlashing each side? Also to clarify, do you work for Maersk as part of the ship's crew or who then? ( I mean you had ship-office access, for instance....) Also, row 84 confused me. Aren't there say, usually 20 or fewer rows of containers from port to starboard? I really appreciate this video, thank you again!

[@ricardocapriles6243]

Awesome video! Love all the in depth details you give, keep it up. I have two questions that I would like to ask. 1)Do you work for that ship only or for different ships that stop at that port? 2) Do all the containers all over to the top over the hatch door have the buckles?

[@stephenhope7319]

The measurement system makes sense now. I wondered how a ship could carry 16,000 containers; it is actually 8,000 40ft containers.

[@BryanBoyle]

Glad it clarified it for you. It’s still amazing that there are ships over 20,000 TEU now...that’s still more than 10,000 40 foot containers!!

[@jeremyhubbard5069]

Another banger bro

[@concordocean4929]

Thanks for the detailed overview of discharge operation. 1. How to figure out the number of the bay? 2. Is automatic heeling control system common in bulk carrier and oil/chemical tanker? If heeling control system is not automatic, will someone need to monitor and control the pumping in or out water during the loading and unloading process? Tks.

[@BryanBoyle]

The bay numbers are painted on the outside of the cargo holds and are numbered in ascending order from bow to stern. I can’t really speak for bulk carriers or tankers if they have the same auto heeling system as most of my experience is on container ships, but I imagine they would. Water ballasting is important when loading of discharging any cargo ship so that stress forces aren’t exceeded!

[@concordocean4929]

@@BryanBoyle Who is in charge of cargo control room and supervises cargo operation? By the way, pls let us know how to work out stowage plan & passage plan subsequently if you have spare time. Thanks.

[@atsea713]

Great video! I’ve been working shore side in the Houston area and thought about night mating on the side.

[@BryanBoyle]

Are you with MMP?

[@atsea713]

@@BryanBoyle I was under the federal group for the 5 yrs I was with MSC.

[@mitchellnicholls3622]

Well presented video mate! I didn’t realise how a big port USSAV actually was. What’s the largest vessel by TEU capacity that can dock at Savannah?

[@honsemor]

very cool seeing this man, because of the current market in the industry and stocks going to the moon its nice to see how it works off paper. Thanks for making this! BTW, have you bought any containerstocks?

[@emielkramer4461]

Great video 👍

[@matthewhurst7688]

very interesting, I am a volunteer coastguard...national coastwatch institute United Kingdom, we record passing cargo vessels

[@rs2352]

Nicely done. One 'typo' about the 13:00 mark, that's the 'Smooth Log', not the 'Official Log Book'.

[@timbodude2009]

Come across this by pure accident but found it interesting..... :) - How many steps do you think you do in a day...

[@bongtruckersvlog]

please explain the use of each botton on the left ang right joysticks because i want to operate a crane like that .👍👍👍👍👍 thanks

[@eburke5533]

Good LORD those mooring bitts need a good wire brushing. Those mooring lines are only gonna get more hairy (I’ve just finished my cadetship so I’ve got an eye for rust 😎)

[@BryanBoyle]

Are you at a US maritime academy?

[@eburke5533]

@@BryanBoyle Nope an Irish one

[@lirajunior7706]

Mr. Bryan, great video! Can I share this on LinkedIn? But I'd like to post a translated subtitled to portuguese for my network... Could I? I'll share your KZbin channel on there also, ok?

[@slwtype]

I was wondering if the refer containers had alarms in case the refer failed. I once received a 20ft refer that the refrigeration failed , 3 days in the tropic sun, Florida to Grand Cayman. What a sight and smell.

[@BryanBoyle]

We have a central system called the Refcon that you can monitor them from the cargo office. However, this system is unreliable so reefers are still checked multiple times a day by the Chief mate or other watch officers. I can only imagine how bad that would smell especially if it was something like frozen fish. Any idea what was in there?

[@slwtype]

@@BryanBoyle Thanks for the reply, the container held part of my produce order. It was at 54 degrees for bananas, potatoes and other produce items that can't take colder temps. Nasty but not fish nasty.

[@iliadfastness5646]

Setting and releasing the twistlocks must be so time-consuming and tedious, let alone the manual lashing. They appear to become badly corroded. I thought it so anachronistic that a longshoreman would need a pole to release out of reach containers. I'm sure the shipping industry is looking for a better system. Thanks for the video. The music was nice, but I could've done without the fast forward deck tour. 🚢

[@internetzwemmer]

what is the intension of the dummies at the rear of the ship ?

[@markmark2080]

That "Inshore Headline" at 1:30 is sure hard on that "corner", seems like it should be going through that "blue hole" just to the right...just wondering...I'm new to your channel and GREATLY enjoy your videos, you're doing a damn good job of explaining everything...my time at sea as a "snipe" was over a half century ago.

[@BryanBoyle]

Glad you are enjoy my content! That headline is on a bight, meaning they sent out a belly in the line and placed that over the bollard on the dock versus using the eye of the line. Running a bight through the same chock can work, but it’s tight and there’s more areas for it to chaff on the chock. The roller chock that is being used is better to avoid chaffing and damaging the lines. You are right though, it appears to still be rubbing against the edge there despite being on a roller chock. Welcome to the channel!

[@markmark2080]

@@BryanBoyle Thanks Bryan, you're doing a great job with the videos, I just couldn't help myself to nitpick that detail, Cheers, take care...

[@anonanon2031]

getting in an elevator on a ship, that seems so unavoidable and so awful

[@evabolosito2208]

watch & learn and listen the demonstration,

[@billgioia1876]

When discharging containers after a bay and tier are offloaded does the cargo have to be readjusted to compensate for space so that the ship is balanced out?

[@BryanBoyle]

We have water ballast tanks and a water heeling system that pumps water automatically from one side to the other to balance the ship out and prevent it from listing to one side.

[@brakesoff]

Thank you Bryan for the simple and very informative explanations in your video. Looks like there are many ways to make an error in taking off the wrong container. Does taking off the wrong container happen often?

[@BryanBoyle]

The ports are pretty good about this, especially with advances in computers and technology to track it all. Containers are all manually checked by the stevedores to help prevent this from happening, but I’m sure it does happen from time to time.

[@asilver50]

Why are there ralely any people on the ship when you record? Is it really that empty or is everyone at lunch?

[@cv4981]

Hi, great video. Question, what is that 3 tone sound being heard throughout the video? Is that a warning sound indicating the container crane is moving?

[@BryanBoyle]

Yes that sound is made when the large gantry cranes are moving in the track

[@cv4981]

Ah interesting, been looking through your videos for the past few weeks, I am about to start my first contract on a container vessel in the mediterranean