The Genius Techniques Engineers Found to Tightly Secure Massive Container Ships

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[@AlanTheBeast100]

Always love a 5 minute video packed into 15 minutes.

[@gdshiplashing8239]

Also thanks for crediting me for the clips you used. I only make videos to help new people to the industry and am glad to see it also used in the way you did.

[@ashley2108]

We use to do this in 3 man teams. Trust m,e, ships do not look this pristine! They are rusted oily and freaken dangerous. two high lashing bars are very heavy and you have to balance them and watch your footing and keep and eye on the penguin (hook you have to insert into the conttianer) it needs to attach to.. Broken foot herniated disks and fracture hip, also dislocated shoulder. Once your body is destroyed, you are then fired and left for dead.

[@Gademet]

very well said dude,

[@Dirkadew]

That’s why it’s best to be unemployed.

[@Neo-po2xw]

how much you used to get

[@Metalborn710]

Guess you should have got an office job.

[@andrewholdaway813]

The sad truth behind the _'genius techniques'_ nonsense.

[@thehark6247]

kudos to the little mentioned humble stevedore. His job is deceivingly dangerous, even deadly at times, i know the feeling. Trust me, 30 yr steel rigger/climber.

[@Barmaley80x]

У бурового станка безопасная работа. Болванка может как сверху прилететь, так и из под ног отправить в небеса.

[@TheDavidlloydjones]

"Humble" stevadore? Um. What planet do you have in mind?

[@Max_Marz]

The AI forgot to tell us what PMPH stands for.

[@MrKh4Ot1k]

Probably pieces moved per hour.

[@davidwilliams1086]

Google it.

[@tacomator2895]

Perpetual Morgification Per Home

[@petenikolic5244]

Yea right i bet those twist locks are lucky to be looked at once every 5 years in life

[@c.m.7037]

Interesting! Props to the workers that help us get our stuff!

[@tgood5527]

It’s a tough job, but I love it.

[@Rhacman]

Kerbal Space Program: This part is moving too much. Cover it in struts! Container ships: This part is moving too much. Cover it in struts!

[@maxpool162]

Whole world economy relies on containers transport and we still have some dangerous and old schools solutions, this is amazing. And we want go to Mars.

[@redpug5042]

some people talk really slowly to increase the video time. This just straight up adds space between sentences. I swear the voiced audio can't be longer than 5 minutes.

[@firstlast1047]

I had occasion to be on a container ship while it was loading. The two lashers were incedible. Working in unision, they applied the lashings without falling behind. The noise was deafening, very loud. I wonder how a person would know if a stack was collapsing. I discovered, during the short time i was on deck, there was a distinct noise pattern indicating a successful placement. Also, the ship's crew, every 2/3 days, while the ship is underway, are required to inspect lashings and remove the slack

[@psoon04286]

Have always been curious how stacks of containers stay secured on ships. Well illustrated and explained👍👍

[@innercityprepper]

This was a cool video, I enjoyed the "how it's made" feel of the twist lock maintenance section.

[@jamielee9350]

I will call BS on this bit ... we had some twist locks that never got maintained, apart from a squirt of oil every 6 months.

[@jknight441]

I operate the cranes most of the time can’t unload the containers because the twists locks on most ships are over used falling apart

[@warrenbrownartndesign]

nice.... im a lasher trainer and Gantry driver. i know a few of the guys in the bcmea training part. 😊 ILWU 505✊

[@wycliffeojuka1253]

Hello sir

[@warrenbrownartndesign]

@@wycliffeojuka1253 hello :)

[@wycliffeojuka1253]

Can I get a chance in your port

[@gdshiplashing8239]

I'm a steward in Seattle. We were trainers earlier this month.

[@tgood5527]

ILWU. 13 ✊🏻

[@abdul-qf2fe]

Twistlocks is such a genius tool that tightly secures containers,the maintenance is outstanding 👏 👌

[@qa1e2r4]

Why is he cleaning almost brand new perfectly clean "demo" twist lock? He should be cleaning the old and dirty one first!!! Also how many he can clean with such non-specific equipment? A boat have how many of these? Hundreds maybe thousands? Will he be able to clean a full set by his retirement? He does one in 5-6 min each container needs 4 so 30min per container so 16 containers in a 8h day. 15000 containers on avarage as per google so for him to do a full ship he needs almost 3 years for a full rotation....

[@abdul-qf2fe]

@qa1e2r4 it's only a demo pal😎

[@Pocketfarmer1]

@@qa1e2r4quite right .the demo is complete bs. I work on a tug that regularly moves barge loads of containers. The only maintenance those locks got was getting washed when they were float tested.

[@brucherrin8947]

The hand drawn first-aid sign with masking tape was funky ....SAFTY FIRST

[@pete5534]

Clever design. Fascinating.

[@Calico5string1962]

I spent nearly 27 years working at a US west coast port. Calling stevadores "skilled workers" might be a bit of a stretch. From my experiences, with the exception of the crane operators, the rest are largley simply over-paid forklift operators.

[@markissboi3583]

r.i.p the cartoon characters that fell off the ship or hit by steel poles

[@garymiller5937]

Looks like the lashers have a very dangerous job. 😮

[@tgood5527]

Most lasher only lash for like 10 years then do something else on the dock.

[@apacha2004]

as a terminal worker ...this is is impressive, even tho we have seen it million times

[@Suvendu450]

Love from India🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@agontop1]

Absolutely well done video. Ty

[@vladimirmilutinovic8057]

Fantastic !!!

[@RonLWilson]

Quite interesting!

[@user-nr9te2hj4z]

Awesome technology of container secure

[@TheDavidlloydjones]

Corner locks provide "increased efficiency," when we haven't mentioned any efficiency yet, so it's not clear what's increased. It's automatic so there's no manual labour involved. We have no idea why the video shows that guy putting those castings in the slots in the corner of the container by hand.

[@rollydoucet8909]

The methods of moving goods all over the world have seen advancements comparable to those in the airplane industry.

[@chaddentandt9868]

Very interesting Dr. Jones. Good video.

[@user-pi2fj6xs6q]

Informative and helpful video, thanks a lot

[@bhyydy6353]

They picked a very clean twist-lok for the show.

[@tgood5527]

Twist lock aka cone. A longshoreman calls them cone’s. How do I know this I’m a longshoreman.

[@psoon04286]

necessary for illustration purposes

[@argentum530]

All of those genius techniques and the darn containers still fall off in the middle of the ocean...

[@tacomator2895]

That camera guy not saying anything to the guy who fell through the hole... Camera man: this shot will be perfect for the video!

[@user-ki8fq7cj6i]

Muy buen video 😊

[@nancyfernandez-wl1me]

Interesante estas técnicas geniales que los ingenieros pueden hacer

[@armando_az1]

Moral of the story, twisty locks. 😂

[@DanBurgaud]

7:08 WOW! I gotta look out for this scenario too.

[@ITilBiondo]

I lost 70 pounds since i started lashing..😆

[@vijaykumardahisaria7325]

Very good

[@D-B-Cooper]

I’d be impressed if you told us why he is called stevedore.

[@fr3dr02]

The gantry operator, she sure can work them sticks😮

[@BADSEED13]

Lashing is a good workout. Those who know...know.

[@carlosquincho1851]

Interesante la construcción

[@diytwoincollege7079]

Most of the time the containers make it to their destination

[@marvinhaagsma9177]

28000 rubber ducks disagree that this technique is secure.

[@corvavw6447]

Ja het moet gebeuren, en veiligheid is niet altijd gewaarborgd. Voor diegenen let goed op.

[@adriansue8955]

Who owns the hardware? all those thousands of twistlocks and lashing rods do they come with the containers? the ship? on loan from the dock? how do they keep track of them all so they get returned after use? or is it a communal thing?

[@FloGrelot]

Every ship provides their own pins. They usually have 10+ pin boxes that get unloaded when the ships arrives. Every pin that gets removed from containers goes in those boxes to be reused later for loading the ship then when it's all done the ship loads up the pin boxes aboard and does the same thing at the next port.

[@devinledesma5005]

Looks like it will make it harder to find the human traffic being knocked unconscious in those containers

[@user-mn9be6qq3d]

We are not called Stevedores. We are Longshoremen. Stevedores bring the ships into our ports and the Longshoremen do the main work. Without us the work won’t get done

[@Johnnybananass-_]

With ports so heavily controlled by unions they in-listed the new automated machines but kept the same number of staff on haha .

[@gdshiplashing8239]

I see you use some clips from my videos. 😃

[@robletsdoit5886]

Lashing them 1,2 and 3 highs!!!!! Your arms feel like jello after 2 or 3 bays of 1,2 and 3 highs lol hopefully you don’t have high cubes!!!! Local 333 baby ILA ALL THE WAY

[@kkfoto]

To call that *Genius* is surely an exxageration

[@johninnc9893]

Interesting, but way too long. Should have been more like 7 minutes long.

[@johncraig9869]

Still, over a thousand containers a year are lost over board

[@ronbelanger4113]

Semi skilled at best.

[@alejandrojoseleonpineda]

Me gusta

[@peterjansen7854]

If used correctly not many containers will be lost overboard 😉

[@robertortega3651]

Lashes can do all the jobs! Not just anyone can lash

[@RogerGarrett]

This seems like a perfect opportunity for an automated twist-lock insertion (and removal) system. When the overhead crane lifts the container off of the truck that's brought it into the port, the crane momentarily sets it down on top of an automated twist-lock insertion mechanism that instantly, safely, and with no human intervention, inserts the twist locks into the container. Similarly those twist locks can be removed at the destination port with a reverse system. It's just so incredibly inefficient to have people manually handling, inserting, and removing those locks.

[@buzz-es]

Automate.....

[@michaelmeichtry316]

The video does show and described a few automated systems... please review entire video.

[@ytzpilot]

I wouldn’t have a problem living in a shipping container home in a region prone to earthquakes, because they are designed to remain standing rolling around on a ship and high winds they would hold up very well in an earthquake

[@docferringer]

What is this, a union operation? Who thought, "Wow this twist-lock maintenance sure is fast. What can I do to drag it out for a couple of shifts?" Freaking impact wrenches for speed and torque wrenches for safety.

[@tgood5527]

Someone wanted in the union and couldn’t get in 😂 At the port of LA and Long Beach we handle that work no job security BS going on.

[@donaldpetersen2382]

I hear the crane job is terrible

[@andreweppink4498]

Dunno. AlI sounds good and is good. But there's GBux awaiting the man who comes up with a method for securing tail stax athwartships. So they don't keel over in bad weather with heavy rolling.

[@christopherb4744]

You might sometimes get the impression that companies desire outside high placement to claim a loss at sea? Don't know but seems like a possibility.

[@unicorns778]

This is not engineers product but century old technique to secure any items at sea. Only thing new improvised material that's it.

[@borisbadaxe9678]

Now if they can only figure out how to keep the ships from colliding with bridges. 🤔

[@MitchM240]

There is a great documentary about Stevedores. It’s called “ The Wire”.

[@Deecups510]

Is the dude at 0:53 seriously walking right directly underneath the load? I worked around a lot of ships loading a lot of cargo and that is a HUGE no no. Nor would a sane person do it. Containers fall all the time, and you don't want to be anywhere near it when it happens.

[@DMSparky]

I like how there are giant unnecessary gaps in the narration just to make the video longer….

[@Mr.DMZ.]

A bit different from GTA V

[@noexcuses6727]

been in this industry over 45 years. this is not genius just common sense

[@davehann8178]

prevent theft? Every longshoreman watching this must be laughing his head off!

[@rogerbrandt6678]

I bet within 3 months I can devise a system that saves 30% time loading ships.

[@aljock6927]

It didn't say this is a corporate safety video

[@jcarlo331]

Check out the containers eroded lock loops , lol , twist lock pull it apart eventually, yea the twist locks are bombers but def not the containers connection loops .

[@Barmaley80x]

Это все инженеры, всегда что нибудь придумают.

[@andrewhansen4092]

They don't fix or even care about the locks. All the ones I've used have been so worn out they barley did anything. They do not care about anything on these ships

[@Formaldehydex]

Then explain why so many shipping containers end up in the ocean where they occasionally sink pleasure boats.

[@pahedkavlog8298]

Then buy all automatic twist lock if you dont want anymore powerman

[@conradnelson5283]

Is this an employee orientation Film.?

[@DaveEtchells]

It never occurred to me before just how precise the crane operators have to be; they have to align the containers to within inches to get them to stack properly. Does anyone know if the crane has any systems that help with the final alignment?

[@brianluck84]

I'm trained in ship to shore cranes. We have controls that will allow us to skew the load in most directions for final alignment but it's still all sight and feel. Really isn't that hard. The hard part is doing it fast

[@DaveEtchells]

@@brianluck84 Wow, I’m mega-impressed. - And yeah, I could maybe do it given 30 minutes and a new set of glasses, but in the videos, they just seem to drop them in place.

[@tgood5527]

The hard part is looking down all day. The floor is glass. The pay is good but good luck to your back.

[@DaveEtchells]

@@tgood5527 Oh man, I can imagine! Must be a lot of back problems or spend 10% of your salary on massages. (I somehow suspect the construction companies don’t have on-site massage rooms 😂)

[@rogerbrandt6678]

I hope lashers make more than crane operators. If not you are under paid.

[@canvids1]

inland container ports with railway connections

[@vishwanathpatil4145]

Get good knowledge for loading and unloading contener on sheep.

[@b0rd3n]

Propaganda i say, propagandahhh! Nice video, thanks!

[@Padoinky]

There has got to be a better way to do this

[@pahedkavlog8298]

The. Imagine the owner of that ship yard earn billions while sitting on his house while workers, work there asses little 🤣😂

[@peterjansen7854]

Dont forget Lashing bars🙄

[@kamalzoro]

the lashing is a dangerous work

[@tgood5527]

Most lashers only lash for 10 years and move on to other dock jobs.

[@kamalzoro]

@@tgood5527 yes i work inbthis job about 1y ,then i change to truck driver ,,yes ,,

[@raymondstemmer887]

The thing we can all use more of is smuggled drug proffits

[@Reezona]

4:43. i know this guy. He is the singer on the sepultura huh. Derrick green.

[@keithnichols7926]

Imagine all the ingenuity and disciplne expended in securing and shipping the tons of cheaply made electromechanical crap that will sizzle, short-circuit, and otherwise malfunction in thousands of American homes and offices next week.

[@paulleon4467]

😊😊😊

[@RaftYosrYmahmod-ck5gz]

How az awut marsk sahn And pahrn motwst azkandr

[@arybudianto9147]

Berapa gaji pekerja lashing

[@user-ps5cg5bj5x]

니들 일당이. 얼마나되지 알여주

[@ilovemyhonda250ex]

moar struts

[@OutdoorFreedomDk]

6:54 ?

[@rainerk7851]

Schade, betimmt sehr interesant. Leider nur englisch und ohne deutsch Untertittel.