This Never Happens! Port Aransas South Jetty

[@dennis78382]

A car carrier or car carrier ship is a vessel that has been designed for the transportation of either just cars, or a combination of cars, trucks, buses and other wheeled vehicles. Car carriers are a type of RoRo ships - which means Roll-On, Roll-Off, as this is how their cargo is loaded and unloaded

[@DanHodges-wo4st]

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[@stormyweather9054]

Car Carrier is what's called a "RO -RO" ( roll on roll off ) . Tugs are " TRACTOR TUG'S " were originally designed for close quarters canal's in Europe . In the 90's they were starting to show up in harbors in U.S. there was a ad in Professional Mariner that said - " If it had anymore moves - it could play professional football " . They are AMAZINGLY AJILE and what a pleasure it is to pilot one .

[@dennis78382]

What is AJILE?

[@rvlivingwiththegeezer7791]

Good Morning Buddy! Wow lots of ship activity. Dolphins were active too. Vehicle carrier bringing in the cars that Rusty will buy next year🤣 Sorry I couldn't resist. Front Beaver comments were great😀

[@dennis78382]

Very nice. I don't know if they were all electric. It would be so cool if VesselFinder had a manifest on what types of vehicles were in there, but perhaps they were even picking up? Not likely since there's not an auto plan here but it could happen.

[@jasons_tx_adventures]

Hey Dennis! Enjoying this one while on my lunch break. Lots and lots of HUGE ships! Never seen a vehicle carrier! Love it! Taking a breath after the storm yesterday! We made it thru safe thank the Lord! Take care my friend and have a good day!🙏🙏🙏👍👍

[@dennis78382]

That's good news about the storm Jason. I hope you and the family stay safe.

[@thelmahutson845]

Good morning Dennis lots of interesting ships going by in this video, you did a great job catching a bunch of them. Love seeing the dolphins enjoying their day. Thank you for doing what you do

[@dennis78382]

Thank you so much friend and thank you for doing what you do.

[@sunnybunny222]

I love watching the ships come and go...so amazing to see....I used to work at the store that provided provisions for a lot of the big board...they would buy thousands of dollars in food...they ate very well... ;)

[@dennis78382]

Hello friend. I hope you're doing well. When I was driving for Uber and Lyft, I would occasionally take some crewmembers to the grocery store. They would fill up the back of my F150. Whenever it was just crewmembers, they were usually from Russia or China, and they all wanted to go to Best Buy, Walmart and if they were… The liquor store

[@leann4925]

The leading off of the video with Daniel the dolphin. Awesome! Busy ship day and amazing to see a vehicle carrier ship. At least I know what they look like. Thank you. From last nights storms and mess very blessed to have electricity as many don't. Just not happy about the mosquitoes. Hope you had a great day.

[@dennis78382]

Thank you friend. I hope you have a good day tomorrow.

[@JamieMakin]

Hey there Dennis! Wow, what a start to my morning! You were definitely in the right place at the right time for rush hour in the channel. First time I can recall seeing a car carrying ship too, very different. I'm heading out to go help work on a steam engine today and fire it up for tomorrow's trips, somehow that seems a bit ordinary after seeing all these ships lol. Have yourself another fun day my friend!

[@dennis78382]

Hey Jamie. Email I have only seen two other car carriers come through the channel and that while I was in line to catch the ferry to come over to the island several months ago. I believe this is the first time I've caught one in the channel at the South Jetty. Always enjoy your videos.

[@pokegenandoz1574]

Recently found your channel and like what you got going. I'm from Laredo and Port A is my go to during the summer months. I use the app Marine traffic to track vessels. Stay safe!

[@dennis78382]

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[@MsLeenite]

Hi, Dennis. Thanks for the parade coverage - it was some lineup of ships! Big, bigger and biggest. That sleek vehicle carrier is barely a year old. Nice seeing the folks stopping to ogle the ships, and that dog ogling you. Today being Friday, I hope you & Luciano had a reasonably reasonable day, and you're having a good evening.

[@dennis78382]

Good evening friend. Thank you for your kind words about the video. I did not take Luciano grocery shopping today. He was out of stuff so I took him on Wednesday.

[@angelmission]

Enjoying watching the ships coming and going as I have my morning coffee. You sure know a lot about ships, Dennis. That first one looked like it needed patch work on its side. We don't want no lack of freedom 🤣

[@dennis78382]

Good morning friend. It's amazing. What saltwater can do to a ship. I've seen on that show deadliest catch where a big wave will twist steel like it was made out of taffy. Amazing I actually don't know much about chips. I'm able to look up information briefly before the ship arrives.

[@Adventure.America]

Good morning Dennis!!! Very nice ship watch video. Lots of ships!!! Have a wonderful day my friend!!!😊

[@dennis78382]

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[@2Tall6.0]

Good morning, Dennis. Your videos are a part of my morning ritual. I wanted you to know that you are in my thoughts and prayers. Keep healing up,get better, and get out to film more beautiful videos. Till next time,brotherly love.

[@dennis78382]

Thank you very much amigo. I greatly appreciate that.

[@sashismith1022]

Hey Dennis. Nice ship sharing. Happy Saturday Evening. Enjoy. 🌺

[@dennis78382]

Thank you very much, friend. That was a nice surprise.

[@Adventure.America]

good morning Dennis!!! Great ship watch video!!! Seeing the car carrier was cool. That was a massive Front Beaver!!! Have a wonderful day my friend.😊

[@dennis78382]

That might be the second largest beaver I have ever seen

[@Stoneheart8219]

Good morning friend. It was a nice ride. Nice to watch ships passingby. Have a great Friday. Take care and be blessed 🙌 ❤

[@dennis78382]

Thank you so much friend. I hope your day is going well.

[@antiquingadventures]

Good morning, Dennis. It's like a parade in the channel today, cool! 🚢 Too bad they're not tossing out candy. That vehicle carrier is interesting. Hope you have a good Friday, friend. 😊

[@dennis78382]

Good morning friend. We don't usually get those vehicle carriers here but they are cool when we do get to see them. I hope you're having a great day, friend.

[@BrienCarr]

Thank you so much for the video. Lots of marine traffic. 👍

[@dennis78382]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@singersa]

Thank you, Dennis, for showing us these great ships! Love your jokes (well, most of them!).

[@dennis78382]

Good morning. I enjoyed your comment. Well, most of it.

[@Allastrology]

Happy ship watch Friday Dennis ❤🎉❤ busy busy busy and Ive never seen a vehicle carrier before!! Wow what timing AWESOME ship watch

[@dennis78382]

Good morning friend. The only time I have ever seen vehicle carriers here was one day I was in line at the ferry and two of them passed by. Pretty cool looking chips. I hope you're doing well and having a great morning friend. Here so good excuse to watch videos and nap.

[@Allastrology]

@@dennis78382 agree👍🏾those carriers are super unique looking. I still cant believe how many ships you got!!

[@dennis78382]

I've never seen them come and go that quickly. It's way better than waiting around all day.

[@DougFuqua]

Morning Dennis. Busy morning for the Harbor Pilots. The coastal bend community is better because you’re in it. Thanks for what you do, and thanks for sharing your daily videos. Stay safe amigo

[@dennis78382]

Good morning Doug. Thank you very much amigo. That is very kind of you.

[@LisaRichter92]

Good morning again! That first ship is a bit of a rust bucket. Dolphins! I like the dog watching you shipwatching. Oh, wow, that vehicle carrier looks like the next Tesla model. Front beaver 🦫 Nice shipwatch, hope you have a great day! ❤

[@dennis78382]

That's the second biggest beaver I've ever seen!

[@LisaRichter92]

I believe you.

[@charlynesmith8454]

All I can say is WOW! Great video of the ships coming and going. I have never seen a car hauler. It is really different looking. Thanks for the video and have a great day.

[@dennis78382]

Thank you very much friend. I was curious how many vehicles that ship could hold, but it really depends on what type of vehicle they are hauling at the time. Very impressive.

[@magdalenaolmo1116]

🤗🥰🙏🏼Good morning Dennis , here we are watching and enjoying your awesome videos , we can no longer drive ourselves over there but you take us there every time we watch your videos 🥰🤗thanks again from Rio Medina Texas a suburb of San Antonio where we are living with our #1 Doll , her husband and her own a brand new home In ROCKPORT , I think the place is called Sunrise , God has blessed them with , 🙏🏼God is so good 🤗🥰🙏🏼

[@dennis78382]

Hello friend. There is a development out on 188 that has sunrise in the title. It is almost across the street from where I film all will be exotic animals. I hope you're doing well and having a fantastic day.

[@PatsTravels]

I used to see those ginormous car carriers all the time in Port Hueneme, CA. They are truly impressive, as are their speeds

[@dennis78382]

Hey Pat. I'm really looking forward to seeing what comes through the channel in 15 or 20 years when the new Harbor bridge is completed.

[@Mrs.Adventure]

Good morning Dennis. I see you have the puns today. Love seeing all the ships. Have a wonderful day.😊

[@dennis78382]

Good morning. I hope you guys are doing well. We're getting some rain which is pretty much wonderful wonderful

[@asurfer7741]

Great show cool ships that oil tanker was my fav it is amazing they can make suck ships we don’t have these here mindblowing stuff bro no brakes?!! 😮 hahha I didn’t know 14:26

[@dennis78382]

Good morning buddy. They can reverse the engines, but there are no brakes. You think someone out driving a boat would understand that. I bet you those ships hurt when they run right over you.

[@Bartonsrving]

Good afternoon Dennis busy day. You always have content at the jetties. Have a good day Dennis

[@dennis78382]

Hey Donnie. The jetty doesn't change but everything else does. I wish you could overnight camp there legally. I could just park there for five days.

[@juliesmyth3044]

Great seeing all those massive ships glide by.. Hope your keeping safe there Dennis, i see on tv tonight the storms around hueston, it looks bad.. happy Friday Dennis..☘️😁

[@dennis78382]

Good morning Julie. It seems like they've gotten a lot of really foul weather lately. We're over 200 miles south of there but we did just get a pretty brief storm here. They're calling for the sun to come out later today so I'm just waiting out right now. I hope you have been doing well, friend.

[@juliesmyth3044]

@@dennis78382 I didn't know you were so far from hueston. Glad your ok there..😍

[@dennis78382]

It's about three hours north east of us. We don't even get the same weather that Corpus Christi gets and it's only 25 miles away. Right now we have hazy sunshine and a bunch of puddles.

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

Good morning, Dennis. Cool 😎 ship 🚢 watch.

[@dennis78382]

Good morning friend. I hope you're doing well. I'm having a fantastic day.

[@raccoonlittlebear6476]

Ships ahoy matey! Happy Friday! That was quite a floatilla.😮 Lead by the "Universal Creator" you can't make this stuff up!😂 Thank you Dennis!🎉

[@dennis78382]

I love seeing some of the names on these ships. Just being at the right place and the right time pays off. I hope you're having a great day buddy. We're getting rain right now.

[@jamestatum8540]

That's alot of ships the Green Ocean pretty cool looking hope all is well take care 🙂

[@dennis78382]

Thank you, James. Hope you're having a good day.

[@sharonwensel3140]

I was wondering how big the crew was and the next words out of your mouth answered my question!

[@dennis78382]

The Internet is amazing😀

[@chrisbostwick7565]

Nice Video …. Good description of events … I’m a MMC Tankerman, work from Brownsville to Houston … Suggestion …. You should do a video and show how many commercial vessels are at sea at any one time. When I show the active map from Marine Traffic APP to my family and friends, they are amazed how much sea traffic that there is occurring around the world …. 24/365 ….. Again, Nice Job ….

[@dennis78382]

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[@amiesadventure36]

Hello Dennis enjoy watching the ships

[@dennis78382]

Thank you very much

[@roccruscher7002]

They were like that last time I was there they actually had some waiting turns to come in

[@dennis78382]

If you look on one of those apps, you can see there's usually 10 to 25 ships out in various holding patterns. Some of them stay out there for weeks.

[@gccheryl4038]

great footage Mr. D, when did you film this? Busy, busy for the port folks for sure. Enjoy your day today!!

[@dennis78382]

Hello Cheryl. I don't really remember friend but probably four or five days ago.

[@gccheryl4038]

Thinking of Jason this morning, isn’t he in SW or west Houston area? Hopefully his home was spared the worst last night. 🙏☕️

[@dennis78382]

@gccheryl4038 Jason is near Spring Texas above Houston. He has posted several videos and shorts about the inclement weather. Hope you're having a good day, friend.

[@ElianeAparecidaMatosMatos]

Good morning Dennis! Muito bom observar esses navios. Esses menininhos precisam estar com colete salva-vidas. Gosto de olhar o nome dos navios esse é oceano verde. Os cachorrinhos little dogs, as pessoas se divertindo e pescando. Tenham todos um ótimo dia.

[@dennis78382]

Good morning friend. Thank you so much. I hope you're enjoying a wonderful day.

[@charlessantos4776]

Good morning Dennis thanks for sharing hey by any chance did you have any of those severe storms up your way hope you have a great day

[@dennis78382]

Hey Charles. Good morning amigo. They always seem to go east or west of us. We had some light rain last night and early this morning in Port Aransas. We're having some light rain right now with thunder and lightning in the distance. Nothing major so far. I hope you're doing well and enjoying the day

[@charlessantos4776]

@@dennis78382 glad to hear that you haven’t gotten the severe weather

[@dennis78382]

@charlessantos4776 stay safe, buddy

[@LauriePfeuffer]

Good morning Dennis I hope you are doing well this morning nice big ship going by dolphin were very active to i hope you have a blessed day and wonderful weekend my friend 😊

[@dennis78382]

Good morning friend. Thank you very much. I hope you continue to have a wonderful day.

[@LauriePfeuffer]

@@dennis78382 thanks my friend 😂😆

[@dennis78382]

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[@marilynscull4585]

Awesome video Dennis

[@dennis78382]

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[@The1JeffNeville]

Hi Dennis, really enjoyed this video. Is there any way you can convert the ships measurements to feet? I was doing it on my phone while watching the video but I was distracted... was thinking maybe the ship app had a measurement option? Hate to whine, so if you can't do it, that's fine too! Thanks!

[@The1JeffNeville]

Hey Dennis, I just found a better way to convert on my phone so it's not that big a deal - thanks again!

[@dennis78382]

I'm glad you figured it out friend. Hard to believe some of these bigger ships could hold three football fields, including the end zones.

[@dennis78382]

Once you get used to doing the conversions, it comes automatically to you. Just like we all know that. "Si" and "yes" mean the same thing at a different language

[@davidsecord6412]

I was eating at Virginia's At The Bay one night with my (then) fiancé and we were right by the water. We were able to see one of the largest oil rigs moving through this area after being constructed by Brown and Root. It was about the size of a small town and had story after story after story. Massive and massively impressive.

[@dennis78382]

Virginia's in some of the other restaurants offer a great view of the ship channel. I have 10 or 12 video showing those structures coming through the channel. It's always pretty amazing. Hope you're doing well and having a great day.

[@PatsTravels]

Yay for the Overseas Cascade flying the American flag

[@dennis78382]

Absolutely Pat. Hope you're having a good day, my friend.

[@ralphp3057]

Top of the morning to ya Dennis! Wow ! Great ship 🚢 watching day . I don’t think I would want my tanker named the Halifax !! After what happened in Halifax in 1917 . 😬😁🇺🇸👍

[@dennis78382]

Good morning Ralph. I had the same thought when I saw that ship coming in. Later, I googled ships and Halifax just on VesselFinder and there's at least 50 listed with the word Halifax in the title when I see another one named Titanic I'll definitely be concerned.😀

[@ralphp3057]

@@dennis78382 🤣🤣🤣lol

[@dennis78382]

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[@magdalenaolmo1116]

🤗🥰🙏🏼Our #1 Doll💕 owns a home here in Rio Medina also 🤗🥰🙏🏼

[@dennis78382]

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[@roccruscher7002]

Man that tide looks high

[@dennis78382]

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[@EverythingShakes]

Howdy Dennis 😎

[@dennis78382]

Good morning friend

[@ariesworld9125]

6:25 what? We consider you the expert! 11:20 who's bitter? 😂 Have a mega awesome day Dennis. Double up on the Dad Jokes tomorrow. 😉 14:24

[@dennis78382]

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[@DanHodges-wo4st]

Rolling along Boondock😎😎😎😎

[@dennis78382]

Thank you Dan!

[@lynnedolan7905]

Dennis - a little trivia. Do you know what sneakers are called in England.?

[@dennis78382]

Good morning. Sounds like a set up for a mom joke. I know from watching soccer that they call them trainers.

[@TrappedSurfer]

Holy ship!!!!

[@dennis78382]

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[@jackscott5465]

COOL THANKS

[@dennis78382]

Thank you very much. Have a great day.

[@robertchandler3914]

Good morning Dennis lots of interesting ships - Are you a Navy guy?

[@dennis78382]

Good morning. No sir.

[@roccruscher7002]

How do you knoww there travel dest

[@dennis78382]

@@roccruscher7002 there are several apps that you can download to your phone that will give you all the information about the ship or you could just look up the ships name online and find out various forms of information

[@AlmostThere-i1q]

Rare non-windy day.

[@dennis78382]

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[@timpetta2974]

We don’t use metric in the US.

[@dennis78382]

@@timpetta2974 hey Tom. Make the Internet and books your friend amigo. We definitely use the metric system in the United States. By the way, shipping is an international industry use the metric system.

[@rockportrightsenthusiast1901]

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[@dennis78382]

Good morning amigo

[@roccruscher7002]

Barely anyy rocks showing

[@dennis78382]

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[@marioviera912]

good job on the video bud LOL on comments 💯🇺🇲💪🛺

[@dennis78382]

Hey Mario. I hope you're having a good day buddy. We're actually getting some rain today. Nothing real heavy but we will take what we can get. Hope you're doing well.