Life-Saving Safety Equipment On A Cargo Ship | Life At Sea

[@naserourai9034]

You've done a better job demonstrating all the necessary equipment compared to the officers I've sailed as a cadet. Wish you smooth seas mate!

[@aliceboyle3612]

Excellent tutorial Bryan!!!

[@BryanBoyle]

Thanks Mom!

[@Tuglife912]

I'm at RCM Maritime in North Charleston, South Carolina now getting my STCW course. I'm ready to start my Maritime career. They where showing slides of the SART and EPIRB today along with the lifeboats. I'm going to recommend them your video tomorrow to be used as a training aid. Thanks for the post! Looking forward to working at sea aboard a Container Ship too, hopefully a Maersk Line, CMA CGM, Hyundai Merchant Marine ( HMM ), or maybe even a TOTE Maritime Vessel to start with.

[@gearoidosuilleabhain5266]

Fascinating presentation. Interesting observation on the occasional injuries/fatalities during lifeboat drills and training. My memory from the 1970s is of fellow seamen being very reluctant to launch a lifeboat as part of a drill when the ship was at sea. Many seafarers, being a very superstitious lot, considered it 'bad luck' to launch a lifeboat if not absolutely necessary. One particular Captain used to get very angry if he heard someone whistling on deck. Superstitious Seamen's were afraid of 'Whistling up the Wind' and causing a Storm. Great to see the level of sophistication of modern rescue equipment compared to fifty years ago. Back then, the lifeboat would have to be used in the event of a man overboard rescue- There was no on-board rescue boat with a huge outboard engine like the one showed. Your videos are excellent. Safe voyaging.

[@BryanBoyle]

Thanks for the nice words! Superstitions still exist in our industry today, although probably not as prevalent now. Hope you continue to enjoy my videos!

[@rodrigues709]

Very nice this tutorial,

[@vinodbhosle2674]

Well explained n demonstrated thanks

[@chanhdo3929]

Thank you for the thorough knowledge.please keep up the good work

[@davidnicholas8876]

Very enlightening. Learnt a lot.

[@sune3000]

Great channel and fascinating video.

[@Robert-cg2bj]

Good series!

[@oneself_traveller22]

Very informative video..thanks so much

[@Jasona1976]

Amazing tech, thanks!

[@akramhajjouz182]

Excellent tutorial 👍👍👍

[@seanmcgee8184]

Awesome. I look forward to more videos

[@jacquispiros9575]

Excellent Video Bryan! Makes me feel safe for all the crew!!!

[@BryanBoyle]

Thanks Aunt Jacqui!

[@hansamsterdam2635]

Excellent tutorial

[@samisonitanalaba5039]

Great videos, been prepping for my OOW orals and your videos help nail in a couple of points .

[@seamaaan]

Nice work! I love watching your blogs!!

[@souravkumarchowdhury3250]

Very nice

[@gkmonopoly582]

thanks mate

[@JohnSmith-uy7sv]

39 people in that small boat = Sardine can. :-) Very informative. Thanks so much Bryan. I get sea sick... now what? :-)

[@BryanBoyle]

Thanks John. Fortunately our crew size is usually 22 so it wouldn’t be be too packed, but still not the most comfortable situation. Still beats going down with the ship though! As far as sea sickness, we carry plenty of Dramamine sea sickness pills for everyone onboard.

[@JohnSmith-uy7sv]

@@BryanBoyle Dramamine and Meclizine do not work for me. Never have. First hand experience when I was in the Navy in the late 70. I was always sick unless the ocean was like glass and then I was fine. Nice to know you won't be packed tight. My rating in the Navy was we had to put thermite bombs on all the generators and engines and destroy things if the ship was sinking. In other words... we were expected to stay on the ship as it was sinking. But, we never had to do that. Did you see the uss durham lka 114 being sunk with missles 2 months ago off the coast of hawaii. They didn't show it sinking but being hit with missiles and explosions. It spent years in mothballs in hawaii. Good to see it go into an artificial reef. Thanks.

[@BryanBoyle]

I always tell people who get sea sick to look outside and keep their eye on the horizon. A lot of times the sickness comes from the movement of the ship without seeing any type of outside reference which plays tricks on the brain. That’s very interesting your job in the Navy...I assume that’s because of classified engineering technology that we didn’t want stolen? I didn’t see the Durham but I will look it up. Glad to see they are making them into artificial reefs. I wish they would do the same with all the oil rigs everywhere that have been abandoned!

[@JohnSmith-uy7sv]

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[@JohnSmith-uy7sv]

@@BryanBoyle found out later I have a hyperactive equilibrium that is very sensitive to motion. That is why nothing worked. :-)

[@d.k.sailor.1292]

I think the ship is very old and it has too much rust! thanks for videos.

[@peteregan3862]

Rust is managed over the life of the ship. Don't want to waste effort and paint keeping it perfectly painted in an aggressive environment.

[@jefferyb.3406]

It was built is 2006

[@lindastephen8913]

Does nobody do any cleaning/Painting on board there?

[@billwareagle7047]

Very informative video, have you ever been on a ship where any of these devices were used? It is very good to know just how many safety devices are on a ship. On a typical container ship how what is the size of the crew? Seems there are plenty of life boats available should the need arise. Thank you !

[@BryanBoyle]

Thanks again for your support of the channel! The only time I’ve used this equipment is during our weekly drills which often involves lowering the life boats to the boarding area and discussing launching techniques for the life rafts as well as the other equipment I featured in the video. Our crew size is minimum manned and typically only around 22 people, so the idea is that everyone can be in one life boat should the other be unable to launch. Same goes for the life rafts. We also test the lifeboats every 3 months by actually lowering them into the water and releasing the falls as well as driving them around for a few moments before re-hooking them up. The unfortunate truth though is these lifeboats have had many casualties and significant damage caused during routine training. I’ve even heard that lifeboats have lost more lives than actually saved, but that could be a sea story too...

[@billwareagle7047]

Bryan Boyle thanks for your reply, kind of scary to think those devices designed to save lives can actually be a risk to those being saved. Hopefully they will never be needed and will only be used for safety drills. Thank you again for your channel and explanation. Be safe.

[@kyawswartun507]

Most important things they just miss . Before installing the life raft on the Cradle ,it has to be cut out of the lashing strap. it was mentioned on the life raft.

[@mgv00]

The old rocket powered line throwing device was super dangerous. We activated an out of date one and almost took out some crew when it did a 180. BTW, the orange smoke can be seen for miles.

[@bartscholten476]

there is a reason they have dates and activating one beyond that dade is just stupidly dangerous

[@mgv00]

@@bartscholten476 Actually it worked perfectly, but when it got to the end of the too short line that was attached to it it made a u-turn and returned to sender.

[@filippocallara1686]

Shouldn’t lifekavkets also have a cord to attach to others’??

[@HankMeyer]

I'm curious about the sick bay. Is there a dedicated ship medic? If so, what are their minimum qualification requirements? Do they have any other responsibilities on the ship unrelated to medical?

[@BryanBoyle]

The Chief Mate is also the medical officer onboard with this company. They are required to complete additional medical training onshore to respond to medical problems onboard. They also have shoreside medical doctors that provide advice and assistance to the medical officer onboard. The infirmary has a lot of pharmaceuticals and other medical emergency equipment, but any type of major injury will require a medical evacuation by helicopter or launch boat.

[@lindanwfirefighter4973]

Do you do firefighting training on board?

[@BryanBoyle]

We do weekly drills that often include some type of firefighting training. We are also required to do much more in depth recertification training every 5 years on shore.

[@lindanwfirefighter4973]

@Bryan Boyle cool thanks. I think your job on he cargo ship is just awesome. I have always had a deep dream of doing what your doing. I just never acted on it.

[@BryanBoyle]

Are you a firefighter? The funny thing is I’ve thought of becoming a firefighter instead of shipping out. As much as I love working on ships, being away from family for so long is really challenging

[@iMatti00]

Questions: (1) Why do some life rings have smoke canisters and others don’t? (2) And what happens with the food after it’s rotated out every three months? (3) You said there’s a rope attaching to the ship that has to be cut with a hatchet. I completely understand why that rope is there, but what happens if the ship sinks so quickly and nobody is able to cut the rope… Will it eventually break off and leave the life boat floaty free or will it drag the lifeboats under as well?