Docking during Flood: Heavy Haulage of a 310 ton Transformer in strong river current

[@starfishsystems]

The effect of river current to roll the barge is dramatically visible. That would be a major concern in this operation, and a strong argument against laying the barge across the current. The cargo is acting as ballast to hold the barge level, but if that were to shift - as it must when offloading - the result may be sudden and surprising. With sensible engineering it can be predictively managed, but this is still an operation with big and unforgiving forces in play.

[@robertpalmer3166]

Thank you for using a lot of words to state the obvious.

[@tboniusmaximus3047]

Apparently they dont know how to do their job

[@johnnyholland8765]

Man those tugs were screaming trying to hold position...

[@eileennovak1656]

Tugs are highly underrated; they do the majority of the work.

[@belomolnar2128]

Great Job. 🎸🎸🎸🕊🕊🕊🏗🏗👑👑👑👍👍

[@MegaBoilermaker]

Brilliant operation lads.

[@BigChuck_1]

Wow!!! How much fuel must those tugs have expended to hold that barge on station in that current?????? Incredible.

[@ats-3693]

Crazy amounts of power needed to swing that thing around side on to the river current and hold it there steady, you can just imagine the potential carnage if somebody made even a slight miscalculation with regards to applying the various forces required to do this.

[@clifftrader]

I was wondering what their contingency plans looked like if it sank…

[@ats-3693]

@@clifftrader I think the only way it would sink is if someone pushed or pulled at the wrong point on the barge and the resulting torque and force caused it to dig into the water and roll over, then you would see some glum faces. You can see it almost wanting to do exactly that in the video.

[@eileennovak1656]

The SPMT is amazing. Never seen one before and don't know how I've survived this long without one.😏 Seriously, there must be countless applications for a self-propelled modular transporter. Very cool, indeed. ~When I see *HD1080ide* in notifications I can not click fast enough.

[@joshw9277]

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[@eileennovak1656]

Hello, Josh. Going to search Mommoert's.. Why do I trust you? Don't know, but I do.

[@eileennovak1656]

ps. subbed to Mommoerts right away. You're the best.

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

Hey you know what SPMT means, err, well done

[@6robertdavey]

Just occasionally, if I am a good boy, the traffic planners let me deliver SPMT's to a shipyard in Glasgow. There, they are used to move sections of warships that are under construction.

[@seancollins6524]

Fantastic video clip, great team work. Looking in from Ireland 🇮🇪

[@tomatoes3]

Great show of skills and cooperation between all the crews involved.

[@rainbuzz3901]

💖💖💖

[@richardtaihitu6157]

Solid team work, bravo 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

[@skylark8918]

Bravó!👍 Fantasztikus teljesítmény az árvíz közben. 👌 Szuper videó 👍

[@philliplewis3754]

Zero room for error! WOW! To bad politicians can't work this professionally together.

[@furdeutschland-clubxl2434]

Tolle Aktion! Klasse!

[@villijs33321]

Why I have a feeling that really no matter if there was 310T or 31T load - the size of that ponton was playing the main role against strong curant

[@Asae2]

but it lay deeper with 310t so the curant gets more surface to attack :-)

[@villijs33321]

@@Asae2 pontons are same as ships pumped tanks futt with water or air to get correct boency - so I will say if job was don correct then not supose to be there much differance...

[@Jehty_]

The difference between these two is that the 31T load that crane would have been able to pick up. So the ponton wouldn't have had to be across the channel. It could have stayed with the water current.

[@michielderuyter6011]

How did they put in place the 1500ton stones in Baalbek Libanon?

[@jun2vlog]

Amazing kargo keep safe always friend YT.

[@MrPLC999]

This is the classic scene in the Third World where one ridiculously overloaded cable breaks, and everything goes to hell in a second...

[@richardgiles2484]

Amazing technology and skill 👏

[@rainbuzz3901]

💖💖💖💖

[@SchiffsKanal]

Das hat ja lange gedauert… Kompliment fürs Durchhalten bei dem Wetter. Ich hatte davon gelesen, aber war mir zu weit weg und das Wetter…

[@thomasb.3236]

Sehr spektakulär! Tolles Video, DANKE ! Abo ist aktiviert

[@carlobrenner986]

Die Jungens von kahl sind einfach Hammer und live noch mehr 👍👍

[@sugershakify]

I'm given her all she's got Cap'n

[@repentuklondonwatchman1373]

SPLENDID CHAPS EVERYONE.

[@tomrogers9467]

If this had been in South America they would have dumped the whole mess into the river! Plenty of videos like that!

[@MasnNo]

Dengan sungai yang sempit kapal sepanjang itu bisa berlabuh, amazing.

[@rainbuzz3901]

Ohoo

[@SuperHurtman]

Smooth operation!

[@rainbuzz3901]

Hey

[@scottlangston737]

Made that look easy

[@28704joe]

Tie off well above this location and ease on down. Work with the river and not against it?

[@GavCritchley]

There was a lot going on there. I initially thought they were going to crane it off, but I think the crane was just there to set up the access area? By the time it was actually coming off the current had slowed a lot. As others have said in the comments, not a lot of margin for error.

[@williamjolka4351]

Normally that kind of positionning across thé stream is realized using big anchors and heavy winches to pull softly thé barge. Sarens is used to do so for much bigger pontoons . This short deep pontoon ( Van der Wees in Dordrecht ) has no free space to accommodate and fasten big winches on deck. So they décided to use this approximative method. A little bit risky but finally they did ! I never offered such not fully controled opération to à client . May be it was no other way ? Or bloody too expensive . When you must use à 1000 tons crawler crâne capacity and build piles to stabilize it the cost is Climbing to hell.

[@hines862009]

This operation seems a little too overcomplicated. Keeping the barge closer to parallel to current would be a good start even if it means modifying the access area.

[@dmsentra]

Exactly. Rebuilding that "dock" to a significantly less 90deg angle to the stream would be first priority.

[@freebeerecords]

How many tires? 144? That’s still 2 tons per wheel

[@martin__m]

Interessante Aufnahmen, ganz bei mir um die Ecke. Da hast du ja echt lange durchgehalten, es gab ja mit dem Weserpegel einige Probleme; der musste ja extra gesenkt werden damit das Schiff unter den Brücken durch passt bzw auch entladen werden konnte.

[@FredericvanderKloet]

Ja, die Weser. Vor allem die Oberweser ist sensationell. Da hat man den Fluss weitgehend natürlich erhalten können. Dafür gibt es leider Jahr für Jahr Probleme mit dem Wasser. Aber man kann nicht alles haben. Natürlichkeit hat eben Vorfahrt.

[@ninja2kernow]

Nice job

[@rainbuzz3901]

Ohooooooooo0

[@Gatemover95]

Tolles Video super Qualität weiter so!

[@rainbuzz3901]

Hey

[@hizirbat5589]

Good job

[@martijnbarreveld4821]

I think there is so much water to prevent the formation of dust from the ships propellors.

[@tomrogers9467]

@@elayesexe But I bet the prop wash dug a heck of a deep hole in the river bottom sitting there that long under power!

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

Didn't help themselves when they sailed past the docking point then struggled against the flow to get back up river. Getting it 90 degrees to the bank about 100m earlier would have been preferable, made it hard for themselves

[@repentuklondonwatchman1373]

Yep

[@gilbertfranklin1537]

Donkey, I say bollocks to that - we wouldn't have such a fun video to watch... 🤣

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

@@gilbertfranklin1537 wow, the winter nights in your house must fly by

[@Jehty_]

And how do you suppose to stop or slow down the barge? Giving it 100m to pick up speed sounds like a realy bad idea.

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

@@Jehty_ that's ironic, a question by someone called jehty (jetty) You do exactly what DID happen, but do it earlier and do it 100m upstream of the Dock. It's not rocket science.

[@LSZocker2009]

Schade dass solche Transporte nie wirklich angekündigt werden (Zeitung, Fernsehen, Internet)...........

[@baronimo]

... man könnte vor lauter Menschen nicht mehr arbeiten.

[@petrosiliuszwackelmann8857]

Problem ist halt, dass die Leute einfach zu viel Zeit haben und dann nur dumm rumstehen 🤪

[@juriweber6433]

Al die moffen die stom staan te kijken haha “ joah joah joah die Höllander joah joah die sind verrückt joah joah joah“

[@OscarLT321]

Waar de fuck heb jij het nou weer over

[@rdembow]

Why are they fighting the current ?????

[@woodennecktie]

when they planned the job , it was not raining in the backlands

[@ririshow]

Soo close to catastrophic disaster...

[@jpwillm5252]

The guy on the barge risks being cut in half if a cable breaks... *** Le type sur la barge risque de se faire couper en deux si un câble se rompt... *** Der Typ auf dem Lastkahn riskiert, in zwei Hälften geschnitten zu werden, wenn ein Kabel bricht ... *** De man op de schuit loopt het risico in tweeën te worden gesneden als een kabel breekt...

[@speed-up77]

Nee zeker niet als staaldraad breekt werkt het niet als een elastiekje het valt dan loodrecht naar beneden? wat met een touw wel een ander verhaal is.

[@jpwillm5252]

@@speed-up77 Hello, Heb je ooit staalkabels onder spanning zien breken?

[@ededmonds8792]

WOW

[@woodennecktie]

haha die mannen uit dordt hadden stiekem op de wantij geoefend , dan leer je wel dat je moet volhouden

[@jfnotk255]

Ja das Elend wenn man kein Pack an unter der Wasserlinie hat. Dann zieht man die stauende Seite nur noch tiefer ins Wasser.

[@elofos0815]

ich weis ja nicht wie lange die zum festmachen/abladen gebraucht haben, aber da sind einige liter Diesel flöten gegangen den selbstfahrer z.b. hätte man zuvor mit dem kran einhieven können bevor man den pott quer stellt, gleiches für die Rampen

[@Jehty_]

@@elofos0815 der Selbstfahrer wiegt geschmeidige 97 Tonnen (wenn ich mich gerade nicht vertue) Und wenn du dir die Hubhöhen von dem Kran der da steht (Liebherr LTM 1250-5.1) anschaust, dann bezweifle ich, dass der Kran das hätte machen können.

[@rudifrank7774]

Was ist das den für ein Hersteller von dem Trafo

[@fourfortyroadrunner6701]

.......If either tug had developed an engine problem......

[@phorewhoresman1897]

Ive got another great idea, how about stringing live public wires in the middle of a tornado...it can be done but how stupid do you have to be to do it? Rhetorical question.

[@MrBugsier5]

Daar waren duidelijk meer pk,s nodig! lol. Hoe een klus van 2 uur even een dag kan worden.. lol

[@markm-ci6rj]

If the river was not flooded could they have done this>

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

They made it hard for themselves

[@markm-ci6rj]

@@bonkeydollocks1879 explain

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

@@markm-ci6rj no, I don't answer to you

[@BramMichaelson]

I guess putting it off to another day and not risking a disaster both in equipment man power and the environment was out of the question? I expect that kind of bull-headed irresponsibility from the Americans not the Germans.

[@OttoMatiegue]

that is a lot of toxic masculinity on display - keep it up, boys

[@alkennedy1124]

This was a bunch f stupid ness , that big crane , If big enough could of lifted the cargo off from the barge on it own right, 1000 ton crane do exist,lolll , nice thanks BigAl California.

[@reconnecting...1531]

Hahahahahahaha

[@Sup_ERS_Tar]

Hahahahahahaha