'JO-EL III' ✅, Do You Also Think 'ARKLOW ABBEY' Will Never Fit Through? -

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

Wow, more than 250k+ views, this is huge for us, thank you for watching and supporting our channel! 👍

[@Hugh-Glass]

attribute such to a unique and visually striking thumbnail photo and video content. since you live in Holland why not a busy canal? :) well done.

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

@@Hugh-Glass nice to read you like it! :)

[@Hugh-Glass]

@@ShipSpottingNederland thank you. I do like it

[@jamesalexander5588]

1.1 million now 😀

[@tonybazley5733]

Slightly more surprising than the excellent steering... is the bow thruster above the waterline. I know a cargo will take the line down... but it still makes no sense... currently

[@Mr91495osh]

These tug boat captains really know what their doing. Maneuvering a ship in a tight shallow canal requires serious experience!

[@bebajoro77]

My word, that took a delicate touch, seeing as she's cold ship and so high out of the water! Good job there was no appreciable wind . . . .

[@rickb9238]

Now that was pretty impressive maneuvering through a very confined space, well done all.👍👍

[@Ken_Dalton]

Iam actually from Arklow in Ireland, where these ships are named after.. So I love seeing your videos for these ships! 👍🏼🍀..

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

That's nice, i would like to see Arklow in Ireland, i mean the city ;)

[@PillSharks]

We get Arklows in our port and they used to have Irish crews which were always ok, now they have crews from all over the place and aren’t so good!

[@pollekeshooter]

the sound is probably from the propeller of the gruno with its stear pointing to a board. and it is in the canal next to patjes (shipyard) on the southside of groningen still have to manage a lot of other bridges to get to delfzijl. it is brandnew and the width is just because of the bridges.

[@gajatoro]

Mooie documentaires. Een genot om naar te kijken en zonder storende achtergrond muziek ! Zo doorgaan 👍🏼!

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

Bedankt, doen we! 😉

[@christiangreene1196]

Hi, I’m from Arklow town, Ireland. Am I right in saying that the ship was built here?

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

The ship was build in The Netherlands for Arklow Shipping in Ireland indeed..

[@christiangreene1196]

Thanks... that makes sense. The shipyard is still here👍🏼

[@martinnorris9379]

An Irish ship that's actually Irish flagged .There aren't many of them now .

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

Same spot, different coaster 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6Kpna2QqNKrgLc

[@AYY116]

Her first voyage with her first scraps, many more to come over her years i'm sure..

[@williammains3640]

That was cool. I can appreciate videos like this!!

[@petersteiner872]

Specialists at their best! Chapeau!

[@mikebrancato7619]

That was cool even on a cold winter day in Wisconsin....

[@bestamerica]

' wow very good take care of the safety job... very careful ship go through the bridge

[@larou14]

Ces petits remorqueurs m'ont toujours impressionné ?!?! Je les adore: de si petits bateaux mais ils sont d'une force incomparable !

[@jandejong6498]

Zie je die eendjes voorlangs de "'ARKLOW ABBEY"'zwemmen? Moeder eend:"vooruit opschieten, kinderen!!"' Haha!

[@jed954]

Wat is dat voor een akelig (schrapend) geluid bij de passage van de brug? herrie van de scheepswerven? What is the horrible scratching sound, noise of the shipyards on the background?

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

Goeie vraag, ik weet het niet precies.. good question, i don't know exactly Jedilz)..

[@zubirsaid8491]

Woowww...nice guys. Went a professional doing their job, it's will be done nicely.

[@hughvane]

The black/grey bollard visible mid-screen @ 5:05 - is it a rubber buffer/roller of some sort? Seems logical to me to have a sprung arrangement that would give-and-push-back if/when touched by the ship’s sides. Second question relates to the grinding sounds audible @ 5:20 and 5:30 - ship’s hull grating against something?

[@wilfredprins9718]

The sounds i think if cavitation of the tugs propeller

[@paulkirkpatrick6371]

Brilliant seaman ship by tug boat crew in getting arklow through lock gates on a narrow stretch of river from belfast northern ireland

[@GIguy]

Is there any paint left on the haul after that? Better yet is there any metal on the haul after that? Yikes! Someone wasn’t planning ahead!

[@weerwolfproductions]

if you think passing a couple of bridges with centimeters to spare (there's several more on the route to the sea locks at Delfzijl) is hairy, watch her launch: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6OaY6WrjMasY9E

[@aqsdfg25]

brand new ship! so the largest ship this Ferus Smit shipyard can built is limited by the size of this lock, which is 15;87m in width

[@rockandroll1296]

Wat een staaltje stuurmanskunst zeg! Ongelooflijk hoe ze dat gevaarte door zo'n smal brugje weten te manoeuvreren zonder een krasje te maken.

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

Zo kijk ik er ook altijd naar als ik aan het filmen/ monteren ben.. :)

[@misransiano6265]

wow, just managed to fit in, thank you for sharing, sir

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

You're welcome, thank you for watching Misran!

[@glyndavid2]

Love your videos but would like to see a description of the vessels shown.

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

Did you mean in the video? Because i always add the description under the videos on my KZbin-channel. If you are watching it on a television, you will not see it indeed...

[@palco22]

Amazing control !

[@jaymassengill3340]

Chief Martin Brody: "We're NOT gonna need a bigger boat..."

[@Mr91495osh]

Since the early 1800’s, some people wanted to dig a ship canal across Florida from Jacksonville to its west coast. They started it but luckily environmentalists stopped it. Most of it anyway. They ended up with a one mile long eye sore and a really nice Bass Lake!

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

Thank you for your nice story G Howard, i love it!

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

Bass Lake is 6000m2? :0

[@joegilly1523]

It did not sound like they made it unscathed ,several times it sounded like the side of the ship scrapped the side of the Canal my volume was on .🚢that new ship needed some more new paint

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

Sometimes they hit something i think..

[@fox2all404]

that is the sound of the bow thrusters

[@charlieb.4400]

Just a few gallons of KY and Abbey slides right in.😉😉

[@noelgeorgette3150]

My hair stood on end! But what was that, scrapping sound?

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

I don't know..

[@longday3607]

As Jim Carrey would say "like a glove"

[@judyhobday4760]

Good work all!

[@wilcojuffer5940]

very nice that give the dimension of the boot but what about the bridge, well done

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

Thank you for the tip Wilco!

[@daniellenaerts5750]

what was the end destination ?

[@weerwolfproductions]

the sea locks at the city of Delfzijl.

[@bulltank8584]

That was so freakin awesome... wonderful video... damn that was a BIG ASS boat... great video...

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

Thank you very much, it's nice to know you liked it too!

[@zeus-mt7wx]

Howly cap 1st boat is hauling ass and he’s empty. You see the size of 2 nd 🚢. Looks like only 2ft draft. Is this ship brand new?????? Amazing.

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

Brand new indeed zeus 5029!

[@henerymag]

Amazing seamanship. Well done and nice video. Thanks.

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

Thank you so much!

[@saseendranr763]

A big salute to the scientists,designers,and other technical officials of Arklov Abbey .

[@57629589]

How far away is the ocean from this shipyard?

[@chrisgrunnn]

by car its about 30 minutes drive to the ocean i dont know how long it will take by boat its build on the shipyard my dad works ad heres the vid of the ship going into the water kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqbOZquIhqyhgtk

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

At least 35 Miles Keith!

[@Zoggizzle]

Even the crew were "how in the fuck..?"

[@BoB10]

Hi greetings from Arklow town ,very nice video , The ship yard is still here , lots were built over many yrs,

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

Greetings to you too! :)

[@nanba25]

Arklow Abbey seems brand new from the shipyard… and totally empty, maybe a minimum in fuel tanks. Where is it exactly ?

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

Waterhuizen in The Netherlands!

[@nanba25]

@@ShipSpottingNederland Oh thanks, I didn't know there were this type of waterways in this part of the country. This waterway seems to be well connected to others, to the sea and to Germany too

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

@@nanba25 Indeed!

[@aleksandrnesterov8473]

I'm working on this ship now.

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

I think you are very lucky!

[@Insurgent-MockingBird]

Met hoeveel schade voer men erdoor?

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

Volgens mij geen schade hoor...

[@integritytransport8762]

Waar is dit? I just found it. I used to live in Garrelsweer by het Eemskanaal.

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

Dat is Waterhuizen!

[@savaskaya5851]

Benzinimi bitmiş yolda kalmış çekiyorlar :D şaka şaka gemi dar yerden geçirmek için mecburi yöntem

[@nigelterry9299]

Breathe in!

[@kenprevatt1267]

Wow that’s a tight fit

[@shiptherapy8883]

Great video SSN! She’s a fine looking ship. I think I saw its launch in one of your previous posts? Thanks for sharing, and greetings from Australia. Phil 👍👍🇦🇺

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

That's right and thank you for watching, greetings to you too and i love your videos! 👍 👋

[@dickhelling3529]

The stern tug is presumably responsible for keeping Arklow Abbey's stern in line to go through the gap (Arklow Abbey seems to have no prop wash and therefore presumably negligible steering of her own) yet the tug captain can presumably see nothing but a big green metal wall - how does he do that?

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

Good question, but I don't how they do it, I just film the whole procedure.. :)

[@buggsy5]

Radio communications, either from the lead tug or from the ship's bridge.

[@dickhelling3529]

@@buggsy5 Thanks, buggsy. I thought about that, and felt it would be very challenging. My only experience is with 20 metre British narrowboats, but on British narrow canals you do a lot of the same kind of thing as the tug is doing, steering from the stern through gaps just centimetres wider than the boat, and I know how very difficult it is to instruct a novice steerer in how to 'hit the gap' - "left a bit, no not that much, go back to your right, further, no, not that far, a bit left - LEFT"... CRUNCH. British narrowboats are built to take that sort of collision without damage, but Arklow Abbey presumably isn't. I had therefore wondered if there was another way - if they do actually do it based only on oral guidance by radio, they deserve even more credit than appears from the vid. Oh, and I forgot the first time to say: Many thanks, ShipSpotting Nederland, great vid.

[@ramblingrob4693]

Looks brand new

[@TheDaf95xf]

Very good 👍🏻 it reminded me of the big ships on the Manchester ship canal in my home town in England back in the 70s when we lots of massive ships from all over the world 👍🏻 We still get some of the Arklow ones bringing corn for Cerastar in Trafford Park 😀 Cheers Stevie 😎🇬🇧

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

Thank you for your nice story Stevie Athers.! :)

[@gregbolitho9775]

she coulda been a smidge wider, an still made it. nice goin tuggies, the couldn'ta done it wid outya!!

[@rickr9936]

Tug drivers definitely worth their salt-

[@zeus-mt7wx]

Surprised they made big ship wait so long. Guess not much current to worry about.

[@weerwolfproductions]

it's on a canal system, not a river system. Water's moved more by wind than by flow.

[@sherrysetliff2502]

Good tug driver.

[@hntrains2]

They would not try if they did not know they would fit through. But it does look like it is too massive for this place!

[@neilfantacone7534]

Is the ship dragging bottom?

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

It looks like it indeed!

[@gerarteuben3333]

Neil Fantacone diepgang is minimaal 1,60 daar dus hij schraapt niet over de bodem en als het was dan hoor je het niet omdat het een sand bodem is. Het geluid herken ik als lucht in de schroefbuis van de duwer. Waarschijnlijk ligt hij wat hoog in het water en zuigt lucht aan in de buis.

[@foppo100]

Top job nice and steady well done.

[@cakeinspired1435]

Wow, that must have been amazing to see.

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

Absolutely!

[@57629589]

What was the grinding noise?

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

Good question Keith, i was wondering the same..

[@rickdejong5650]

Bow thruster 😉

[@shiptherapy8883]

Rick de Jong Sorry Rick but it wasn’t that. The bow thrusters were completely exposed above the water line. It sounded like the hull was in contact with the guides on the near side, but that’s just speculation on my part.

[@LeoStarrenburg]

@@shiptherapy8883 maybe the stern tugs' bow thruster ?

[@shiptherapy8883]

Leo Starrenburg You May have hit the nail on the head there Leo, I hadn’t thought of that! Cheers!

[@JJ-J]

Wat een vakmanschap!

[@johnmanthey2683]

Nice pretty clean new ship

[@tomirwin1850]

Good job

[@neilfantacone7534]

Nice camera work!

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

Thank you Neil!

[@T3897159]

Thank you for sharing ! 😳

[@eddierizalf6u265]

Good pilot👍👍👍

[@ShipsoftheOceans]

Great detailed video large ship well done.

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

Thank you very much, are you a shipspotter too?

[@ShipsoftheOceans]

@@ShipSpottingNederland I live near a harbour and interested in anything ships.

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

@@ShipsoftheOceans that's nice, have fun!

[@ShipsoftheOceans]

@@ShipSpottingNederland I am a ship welfare visitor at present with the Mission to Seafarers at Warrenpoint Harbour. I manage the seamans mission at Warrenpoint Harbour. When ships arrive in the port they have an area where they can come and relax for a while, have refreshments, watch television,, read some papers and use the internet and the computer.

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

@@ShipsoftheOceans that's very interesting and you also make videos?

[@ramblingrob4693]

I love how she is well out the water, must be shallow water otherwise she would be grounded

[@highrevs6110]

Pardon?

[@ramblingrob4693]

@@highrevs6110 The Arklow ship is well out water.. if shallow water for a ship of this size, if full of cargo then maybe be grounded. Maybe you don't know the term

[@weerwolfproductions]

She was just launched, it's not a canal used for coasters like the Arklow class. The barge you see first is the biggest freight-moving type of boats on that canal. The Arklow Abbey is just getting towed towards the sea locks at the city of Delfzijl, about 35 km (and several more bridges she'd barely fit through) away. You can trace the route by putting 'Waterhuizen' in google earth and then follow 'Winschoterdiep (the canal) north to the city of Groningen, and then the 'Eemskanaal' east to Delfzijl. Shortly before Delfzijl she'll take the east arm of the canal, out the sea locks to the harbour of Delfzijl. History put Groningen's coaster shipyards on the Winschoterdiep canal, and as coasters got bigger after WWII, they were build to max size to fit through the bridges.

[@framfull]

Well, dutch sailors been around for a while.

[@darklord1134]

Nice video, Arklow Abbey 8500 dwt.

[@sammysouth8372]

is that a brand new ship?

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

Arklow Abbey is a brand new coaster indeed Sammy!

[@fredrickaveenstra3790]

Amazing job!.

[@sergeytolstov956]

Good job!

[@jimcrawford5039]

Well done indeed!

[@ericfehres4103]

Knap stukje vakwerk. Goede samenwerking.

[@philconnor9147]

This ship is a frequent visitor to the river mersey.

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

Cool!

[@57629589]

Is the small boat a pilot boat?

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

Yes!

[@weerwolfproductions]

No :-) it's an inspection ship owned (at the time, it's retired now) by the Province of Groningen, for inspecting the waterways and to serve as a guide boat to water-related events. it's basically performing escort duties here, like warning bridge operators and captains of ships and boats coming the other way so the Arklow Abbey is not forced into any sudden maneuvres. It's basically performing the same duties of what you would expect of the leading escort car of a convoi exceptionel road truck hauling outsized freight: clearing the way to make a smooth passage for the unwieldly large dead weight the tows are maneuvering through tiny spaces.

[@JanneVoorburg]

Wow!

[@mrpaulgrimm6129]

Great job

[@morrisschwarts4826]

It looked like it fit but it didn't SOUND like it fit.

[@sohailnomani]

Send some Pilots to Suez Canal to train Egyptian Pilots

[@lastmanstanding2622]

Pfff....I could have done that without the aid a tug boats...and a lot faster too. Of course there would have been A LOT of damage to the bridge and the ship.

[@paulkench4812]

Mind blowing wow, thanks 👍

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

Thank you for watching Paul!

[@野良犬撮影隊二大隊四]

very nice job!

[@AdrianGaratuxa]

Wow, amazing...

[@willfriar8054]

these ships are like american culture today."NO TOUCHING ALLOWED"

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

Absolutely..

[@sammysouth8372]

hey bro I thought this was the Welland canal in Canada

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

Does it look like the Welland canal Sammy? I'm just curious...

[@dirkvettigeran4628]

dat zullen ze toch wel hebben gemeten denk ik dus niet zo spannend

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

Het blijft altijd spannend, ook voor de professionals

[@shanegalvin3971]

I see her sister ships in Limerick quite a bit

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

More of these ships are coming your way, because they are building right now :)

[@shanegalvin3971]

@@ShipSpottingNederland I look forward to seeing them

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

@@shanegalvin3971 me too!

[@donalfinn4205]

And Cork Shane!

[@PillSharks]

We get a lot in our port, they used to have Irish crews which were always ok but now they tend to have crews from all over the place who aren’t so good!

[@edwinedwin9433]

Beverwijck .. ?

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

Wat is daar mee?

[@edwinedwin9433]

@@ShipSpottingNederland Ik bedoel , wat is de locatie op Beverwijk ?

[@ShipSpottingNederland]

@@edwinedwin9433 dit was niet in Beverwijk..

[@edwinedwin9433]

@@ShipSpottingNederland ok

[@weerwolfproductions]

Winschoterdiep ten zuiden van de stad Groningen.

[@mdzubayeral-mamun323]

বিদেশের খালে জাহাজ চলে আর বাংলাদেশের সাগরে জাহাজ আটকে যায়!!

[@AdiBarito]

Mantap salam dr indonesia

[@sonhoang-vs4oc]

Very good😊😊😊

[@brustar5152]

made even tougher by the ship being empty and higher in the water so it's thrusters are almost useless.

[@Админ-ю8ш]

Яка там глубина?

[@crashentertainmenttv3883]

Wow