How Do 80,000 "Lipsticks" Help The Largest Port In Europe Run On Automation? | Richard Hammond's Big

The Port Of Rotterdam is the largest port in Europe and deals with thousands of containers a day, requiring a delicate ballet between cranes and trucks to complex for human operators. So how do they get these vehicles to drive themselves around the port?
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[@Henben__]

Now let's see how fast the ships go around our track

[@jameso2610]

probably wouldn't make it clean round gambon

[@BerrisGaming]

We could make a track on a ship going around a track

[@Niaaal]

By the fastest sailor known as the Stig

[@bobertmcboberty1385]

Bring out Captain Stig

[@mikecowan5786]

The Ebola drone

[@Ashfielder]

“It’s quite weird to think that we are the only two squidgy human beings in all this.” *sad cameraman noises*

[@superspecialsushi8296]

1 human guide, 1 cameraman, 1 hamster

[@whatisoatmeal9174]

The camera man is a robot

[@toreyweaver9708]

Hahahahahahahahahahaha. Thank you for this.

[@davidt3500]

Sad lorry driver noises. That wasn't a self-driving one

[@wowwow7486]

Russia to built one of the largest ports in the world kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHTGaqqEqbVqpck

[@Iroh_158]

Top Gear and The Grand Tour are fun and all But Hammond sounds so excited narrating and showing these documemtaries. It's like he's made for this

[@offbeatwithcookie]

Like a child in a toystore

[@thatoneofmany]

He is made for GT and this.

[@jamespfitz]

He is a radio DJ after all.

[@psych3009]

i thought he was gonna talk about how lipsticks sold well LOL

[@svamp_bobfyrkant8280]

True

[@_ABDUL-RAHIM.]

Yeah

[@Kj_Gamer2614]

I mean an extension to Holland. Half of my country is extended or reclaimed land

[@krijnmulder4927]

Ja dat is niets nieuws

[@2MeterLP]

Its an old tradition

[@trieshohib5330]

I think, my indonesian ancestors should have worked together side by side with you guys, instead of expelling. Yes we secured our freedom but we become less growing yet chaotic country under clowns management. I saw hollanders were great at managing waters and land.

[@Max0800]

Trie Shohib that’s true

[@erlwindegans3954]

Surely it is an extension to the Netherlands and not Holland ;)

[@casey6556]

And now to drive this 17 tonne remote-controlled car… he’s not the Stig, but he is the Stig’s high visibility cousin!

[@rjweiss1]

Crazy to think what ships were 300 years ago to what they are now.

[@Mrjoecreeper]

Even just 50 years ago honestly. We've come a long way in such a short time

[@remaks3929]

@@Mrjoecreeper the same thing goes for planes, a plane from 1950 is way different than a plane from 1990

[@plushtank4280]

“We could run ourselves over.” *Softly* “Don’t.”

[@nooodles1239]

he just delayed 100k shipments bc he wanted to play with the robot

[@chidi8415]

Nope. That one needed a repair

[@Sahadi420]

@@chidi8415 You must be a joy at parties....

[@ninoroes07]

@@Sahadi420 yep, definitely

[@Sahadi420]

@@sweetschannel7564 no shipments were delayed by Richard playing with the machine. So Chidi's comment was taking noodles comment WAAAAAY too seriously.

[@Greenbearls]

I don't see why not.

[@anshumanpratyush305]

I just clicked cuz i thought it was a real lipstick.

[@vincent5]

Same :-(

[@Blazingfireball977]

well that explains the quotation marks

[@TimDaOne]

Ha GAAYYY

[@emin4704]

My brother works here as well, also been there myself being from Rotterdam lol. It's quite an unique experience just seeing massive those ships are in person. A video really can't depict it well enough.

[@ancormane524]

Is there still mechanics there or is the work outsourced?

[@emin4704]

@@ancormane524 I wouldn't know to be honest with you

[@ancormane524]

@@emin4704 I work at ports in west coast as hd mechanic that’s why I was asking

[@smd6411]

@@ancormane524 mechanics are still working there

[@nexien8114]

0:01: the global economy just keeps growing 2020: lol no

[@rodentreich1249]

1929: lol no 1979: lol no 1989: lol no 2001: lol no 2008: lol no

[@sdsd2e2321]

@Pavan Kumar no one cares

[@jimspammington1831]

@Pavan Kumar yet China destroyed everyone elses

[@RaphaelAltieri]

@@sdsd2e2321 And why is that ?

[@jordanleigh6481]

@Pavan Kumar no its not hahah

[@polarbog5659]

I've been getting so many container ship recommendations every since the uez canal incident

[@Free_Krazy]

I think i figured out why Richard Hammond is so good at this, besides it being Hamond, he always presents everything as if he is also learning about it for the first time, whether he does or not idk, but honestly sometimes i feel like he doesn't actually read up on the answers hes gonna get for his questions lol

[@moogle68]

When journalists ask questions, they might not know the what the answers will be, but with this being a scripted, televised series, they use the questions to guide the flow of info in the right direction. He probably knows the technical answers to the questions, but they specific way they say those answers will vary from person to person, obviously. Yes, being able to convey a believable/genuine sense of surprise and wonder is one of the many acting skills needed to be a good host/presenter/actor, which is what Hammond is.

[@davedavey8515]

Who else gets pumped when these come out

[@yessirrr735]

me

[@handlmycck]

You need to rethink life

[@davedavey8515]

Jesse O ok bet ur a male Nd got awfully long hair 🤦‍♂️

[@handlmycck]

@@davedavey8515 lol nailed it lmao

[@slickstretch6391]

I get excited any time I see a video by James, Richard, or Jeremy.

[@MultiGamerClub]

I recently saw a video of this same ship of maersk from 2018 that richard voiced a couple of days ago, good to see something come out so close today.

[@firionrazar3797]

@3:36 oh my, Hammond and electrical vehicles

[@thafishguy4973]

If you look closely there’s actually a very small man

[@BartPaashaas]

It's a lovely and awesome place to work, there is so much adventure in the harbor

[@RichardCox0]

I love Richard Hammond’s Big~

[@jamieshannon9809]

Darrin - "Don't give him the controls!" "Have you not seen him drive a car?"

[@demonproser6791]

And then there’s me thinking about how you rob a port in a gta mission

[@nithqueen]

well obviously you go on skillshare and learn how to hack the automatic system

[@nickolask8086]

Great series

[@Cordova.S.William]

Have Great day from México

[@eelco0224]

Welcome to APM Terminals, the best developed port in the world. The port of the future.

[@Mike-ky8gm]

Best TV Presenter !!!

[@whiteribbonman1]

+united office I do agree. I enjoy his jobs!

[@WhoMadeThisBurger69]

Maersk: *gets mentioned* Danes: Hey!!! guys!

[@micheldhersin]

Incredible engineering !

[@TheLtData]

And really nothing new: these lorries are here for years now; probably 20 years.

[@saadbinarshad9200]

Please make a movie where someone hacks all this.

[@verzekeringsadviseur]

I believe Russia has done that already. They hacked the port of Rotterdam. Not 100% sure

[@verzekeringsadviseur]

I believe Russia has done that already. They hacked the port of Rotterdam. Not 100% sure

[@verzekeringsadviseur]

@Lemon Man i found a source, but it is in dutch.

[@amberarisse]

That was only 2 containerterminals

[@autumnleaf2976]

@@amberarisse 'only' 2 container terminals! You do realise my friend the volume of containers a terminal can hold and the potential value of goods each container can hold, right?

[@alimustafa2880]

Now the stig will.do a lap around the track

[@frankservant5754]

Mindblowing

[@AppleTechBeast]

0:02 that hasn't aged well

[@callumrivett8761]

I do work down Felixstowe docks sometimes and I’ve been up close to the OOCL Hong Kong, and it’s monumentally big. From far away the containers look tiny on the ship and they carry thousands of them!!

[@92NIAZ]

Has Hammond been exploring the world while the rest of the world is in quarantine, he seems to be investigating a new thing every week

[@TheBlueScreenYT]

*”it’s just wall-e robot stacking box on other wall-e robot”* -Michael Reeves, minutes away from building an electric chair

[@santi8034]

4:01 even on this show he makes fun of the yellow vests that they wear lmfao

[@nuggetbunny5551]

“What ever you click and buy will be in one of these” because we have no production or industry. Its a sad fact

[@bigfishguy1142]

Took me some tries to read this

[@coreytaylor447]

if it helps although it maybe small pros compared to the cons, with less industry you get less pollution and less fatalities related to the workplace as well as less environmental damage form the footprint alone

[@nextprogram5945]

I just clicked because of the title 😂

[@irishgamer3022]

Man I love the Dutch they do everything right

[@bzdtemp]

The Danes have a big hand in this also. Maersk is a Danish company and APM Terminals is part of that company group, they operate 74 port and terminal facilities in 40 countries on five continents. In 2017 they handled close to 40 million TEU.

[@gabor1991]

"The global economy just keeps growing" 2020: Let me introduce myself.

[@edelwei3576]

Speed and power

[@Emkav1]

I know for a fact that cans per hour, per gantry crane is slower with automated equipment then with people. They automated the port to cut jobs. That is the only reason

[@jbsetta]

Was hoping someone was going to point this out. Pretty much all automation has made things slower yet they just want to keep taking peoples jobs away

[@markknoop6283]

The gantry crane is manual operated. Diagonal is the human faster the rest is automated. kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3WcnKZ9mM9nitE

[@smartrubberchicken]

"Give me a box of power. I'm ready for this" Me: He is going to flip it over

[@mlee6050]

At least he not in it this time

[@jacob240]

Cool how this huge hunk of metal can float

[@destroythehuman3380]

Luckily Richard has never crashed a vehicle. So the robots are in safe hands bringing them to the repair workshop.

[@arthurmorgan7642]

Reminds me of that one mission with trevor and floyd

[@olbradley]

How did I not know that the largest Port in Europe and one of the largest in the world was near completely automated?

[@ricoberro2530]

Because it isn't actually. Only a very few terminals are ( semi ) automated. So that makes like 10% of the whole port ( semi ) automated.

[@aliaster9742]

this guy can travel all over the world even if coronavirus cant stop him

[@m11os]

Where can I watch the whole episode? Or is this all?

[@jamesdean0885]

How long does the transponder last or is it an RFID kinda thing? No batt needed.

[@GLA741]

Wow, I only clicked on this cuz I saw "80k lipstick keeps a port running" title. Lol but I do love Documentaries especially on shipping and engineering marvels. Who knew there was a fully automated port? Guess I should have explained tho from the Dutch. Their advancement in water control and land reclaiming to taking leaps in technological advances like this port.

[@sjoerdstougie]

This makes me proud to be dutch

[@itsexpla]

Netherland gang where ya at ??

[@maartenvanderpoel5804]

right here buddy

[@goldiekoi935]

What do you think this is minecraft? Screw the nether.

[@maartenvanderpoel5804]

G & K just stop man. Not funny

[@itsexpla]

G & K is this supposed to be a joke or... ??

[@GeneralIkeEisenhower]

Erwin Rommel Didn’t we fight in Africa?

[@Superson1c5]

The transponder system is similar to Amazon's barcode system they use in their distribution centers to guide their little carrier robots.

[@theajayy2258]

Imagine him taking the ship around the track

[@godfreywalter3599]

That is the most important Lipstick.

[@RUFU58]

For Hammond - that’s what driving a normal sized radio controlled car is like.

[@FraggleRagaraga]

I was entirely mistaken thinking this would be about a city of male dogs.

[@mlee6050]

Lmao, I not sure what lipstick they on about as well

[@thederp6505]

i was talking about putting something like this into the US highway infrastructure except a rail but this is way better, to help create another measure to ensure safety for automated vehicles for the future so it doesn't solely rely on satellite connection or in case of maybe a glitch and so on and so forth

[@bryanonaharis8888]

Trump probably watching.

[@300spartan2222]

@@bryanonaharis8888 It would take billions of transponders and imgine if they start breaking? who would change them ? Automated vehicles are useless in the future ... Not all countries will go for automated cars just because they are poor compared to the USA/China and other superpowers I prefer to drive and would never want a machine to drive knowing there are other people that dont have automated cars near me!

[@therealdutchidiot]

Your highway infrastructure won't get fixed by adding more tech to it. In fact, the way US law is set up it'll probably never get fixed unless it's rebuilt, and especially redesigned from scratch.

[@sofa0king]

0:37 Port of Los Angeles!

[@gigillingpot]

Dang i have learnt something new :D

[@darkscorpion6534]

Discovery channel is even better with Richard Hammond...

[@Krasimir_Mitev8686]

How they operated in wind?

[@MaYbYl8eR]

2:05 i wonder what the purpose of the spiral fins here are

[@raffyv8460]

that’s how my job looks a bunch of robots driving around pulling loads lol

[@soggybottomboys2792]

Who makes the automation system?

[@leditsz143]

''we are the only 2 people in this bit of land'' ( 3:04 ) cameraman: am i a joke to you?

[@MHzappy]

just that XD

[@Bartjuhhh103]

1:23 Rotterdam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mohamadsyafiqrohazat]

Ok.. but who attached the twist lock? Tighten Turnbuckle and lashing?

[@BillSawyerPlus]

What happens in snow or ice storm?

[@2ry1n]

Nov 2021 and I'm watching this while waiting for my package ordered 4 weeks ago.😒

[@slickstretch6391]

I wonder what kind of safeties are in place? Do the robots have any kind of collision avoidance if something gets in front of them? Or is the safety just "Don't go where you're not supposed to?" ...which I think would be perfectly reasonable in this facility.

[@ricoberro2530]

Your simply not allowed to enter this area.

[@JohnDoe-tq3ye]

Isn't this the place that Frank Sobotka called a "horror show"?

[@MrTenad]

There's a mistake - that Marie Maersk ship can only fit 2 500 containers. Not 23 000 containers as stated in the video at 0:40

[@ricomiko2405]

Why is the thumbnail a pic of port in Verdansk?🤣

[@DJHLX3]

How do they maintain all those transponders?

[@manikrn007]

They are solid state transponders. Not much maintenance to be done. They can replaced by simply drilling them out.

[@bytemegga]

Expecting Tuas Megaport to be similar to this. 20 years from now!

[@v.bakker5076]

I live in Rotterdam

[@TheAmbientUniverse]

How are these lipsticks powered?

[@kennyplop]

One reason Michael Reeves made his electric gaming chair, pretty noice

[@Ronosf]

Are we just not gonna talk about the fact that I keep listening to the opening lines over and over and only hear Hammond saying : "The global ecCOMony" instead of eCONomy

[@Ronosf]

correction: every time he says economy I hear eCOMony

[@justicewarrior9187]

Holly shit!!! Did he said freaking 40km long??? That's impossible!

[@Osirus1156]

What happens if a transponder breaks? Do all the robots stop until someone runs out to fix it or does it just stop the one robot?

[@therealdutchidiot]

Reduced navigation resolution. But it doesn't happen in any real terms, given they're passive devices buried deep enough to never have anything touch them.

[@Yamifira]

when they do break they just drill em out slap a new one in and fill it up

[@sharktails6468]

emma, ebba are also big

[@qureius494]

Good contents = low views Cringe contents = high views

[@chrisdondoyano5092]

dj 005 its new thats why it has low views

[@matth23e2]

his other vids get a lot of views this one is less than hour old

[@qureius494]

Though it can't cross a million in a year. Since people (including me ) mostly use for entertainment purpose only.

[@Oldschool_Gamer_]

I wouldn't have been surprised if it was actual lipstick... i fix 3d printers for a living, and i recently had to purchase some nail polish... yes... to fix 3d printers... Quiet a few surprised faces, from the shops, to even my boss ^^ we also use a lot of hairspray :D

[@DenzCasuela]

my dumb brain thought it was actually lipsticks

[@markowens6285]

Who does the lashing/delashing?

[@ancormane524]

New ships don’t need lashing

[@matt-kp5pb]

Who else just wacheses theses because of Richard hamand and no other reson

[@jamesholt7340]

that ship can carry more than 7 million tvs,more like a trillion!!

[@smoketinytom]

10 Seconds in, looking at you, China.

[@BargSlarg]

all we need now are automated semi's

[@Cypher791]

Well when the robots start buying things on eBay then we are really In trouble 🤦‍♂️

[@debabratabanerjee7461]

Future container terminals can be many times more efficient if they adopt to the stacking system as proposed in the following link: navnautik.com/index.php/futuristic-container-terminal-storage-and-distribution-system-by-reverse-stacking-of-container-2017. The only equipment a container terminal will need are Autonomous Container Transporters, Quay Cranes , Reverse Cell Guides For Container Staking & Remote Control System. THAT'S ALL. The total Treminal area would be about ONE THIRD today's terminal area.

[@mikecowan5786]

Now let's see how fast it goes around the eboladrone

[@Kj_Gamer2614]

Gekoloniseerd!

[@shanebrown8726]

Someone try tell me that ain’t the docks from gta v

[@SirMsuni]

And to think that if it wasn't fully automated, hundreds if not thousands of people would work there.

[@shaafalikhan3704]

And have the efficiency of a boiled potato when compared to this.

[@trimley]

Living in Felixstowe this would devastate the economy #nojobs

[@alanoh3069]

It's not possible because of the ship. It is possible because of the invention of the shipping container 😉