Tugboat Dual Camera #3 - NightShift ! Voith Schneider Controls

[@BlackThanator]

Thank you for including the engine startup.

[@carloms5858]

Your skill is to be applauded. Much more than required to operate a hydrostatic snow grooming cat. Fixed RPM with line pressure controlling speed of track drives, while operating front and rear implements. Your skill of insight and anticipation, for complete control, can only be learned by what we call "mileage" (hours). The difference is also obvious that in your operation, mistakes have more dire consequences. I groomed snow for ten years at a west USA resort. Your vids are mesmerizing.

[@ShippingHarbors]

Hey, Thanks for the compliments. Yeah indeed,you need some mileage in order to get used to all the controls and movements of the tugs. Do you have some videos of the grooming? I would like to see that to be honest. I checked your profile, but haven't found any videos. Greetings

[@DavidC1]

Love the videos with controls!

[@afpwebworks]

Thank you for posting these. I have been fascinated with tugs for decades. This is the first time I've been able to get a close up look at what it's like to be aboard a tug during ship handling operations. Two questions ... [a] what is being controlled by the two rows of buttons (left side inset) that light up when pressed? [b] what's the button you press under the wheel doing? You reach through the wheel (which seems an odd place to put such a button - isnt that a safety issue?) you press this button that turns on something.

[@ShippingHarbors]

The buttons are to lower/raise the rpm of the engines. And that other button is the communication between pilot on the ship and tug.

[@helidan5536]

Excellent vid! Many thanks! The picture-in-picture is a nice touch. How about next time setting up a camera to look at your GPS/plotter screen? Just a thought! Oh and I can't get enough of the engine startup sound, brings back so many memories of my fathers tug (Niigata 6cyl diesels).

[@ShippingHarbors]

+Helidan The camera that films the steering also has the GPS covered, but it's difficult to read i think. But i can try to add the gps next time. The recordings are allready made, but i still need to produce it. It will be online within a few days normally. The ship in the next movie is the "Maersk Idaho"

[@ShippingHarbors]

+Helidan I just checked the recordings, and the gps is not readable (is that correct english? haha) due to reflecting sunlight :(

[@j.pierremalette4482]

Hi, First, love your video, highly educational, second: at 6:53 you position yourself waiting for a bagatelle to go by and I'm wondering is that a LOCK they are coming out of? and Third, why is it you seem to be at the stern of ships most of the time (curiosity on my part?) , ~Again, thanks for sharing your video, and your willingness in answering question, it is fantastique. Pierre, Calgary, Alberta Canada. We re in the snow........ and my friend is in TONGEREN where I was stationed for 2 years 1968=thru 1970. Bye for now.

[@ShippingHarbors]

Hello, yes this is a lock they are coming out from. We also connect to the bow of the ship from time to time, but that is not so interesting to watch as the stern I think.

[@j.pierremalette4482]

+ShippingHarbors Thank so much for answering. Would it be possible to see a video of the ship in the lock being raised, lock gate opening and onward from there? I use to go to lock in Maastricht at the Maas and Albert Canal near Eben-Emael fortress in 1970-1972 watching the bagatelle being raised and lowered and the long convoy of barge coming in on the Albert Canal going to a steel mill further on. I'm still fascinating by these boat.

[@ShippingHarbors]

J. Pierre Malette I will try to make a timelapse video of the ships in the lock.

[@mejfly]

Million thank you for thi video. from an old tugboat captain..... thank you

[@ShippingHarbors]

You're welcome !

[@borisbrcic4404]

Is that port side engine control limiting? Looks like that red light indicates overload...not quite familiar with Voith...

[@seawol3]

I'm asd tug master... Your video's about vsc controls are very interesting.. I'm learning.. Thanks

[@metar2]

Mooi gemaakt! Thanks for sharing.

[@sirlandsalot]

That is really cool. I like others have always loved tugs, fascinating, I recently moved onto a sailboat in British Columbia Canada with my family, what a different perspective we are seeing, my boys love the tugs.... I fly helicopters on forest fires fires a living...wanna trade for a few days?

[@Woodchuckboats]

Hello, Love the dual Camera view! very interesting to see in realtime what you are doing with the controls. i was wondering if you could explain what it is that they do exactly i understand basically what they do but i was hoping to have a better understanding of what they do. i am hoping to be a Tugboat captain some day. Again thank you for your videos hope to see more dual cam views

[@gromit3315]

Chuck Verbeck, the uploader isn’t very responsive...

[@timothycarey3991]

excellent maneuverability I work on a tug on the Mississippi and it does wonders w voith Schneider propulsion and controls

[@bigronshobbies8209]

Enjoyed thanks for the ride along ! I like the duel cameras :)

[@pedrosiaba2063]

Another great video, thanks! What function does the button you press in 14:04 and at other times under the wheel?

[@ShippingHarbors]

Well noticed! :-) This button is to communicate with the pilot. At that time marker you said i informed the pilot that our towingline was attached

[@MegaFPVFlyer]

I like the warning at 19:00. I take it that it's telling you you're pulling too much power from the engines?

[@runpny]

Are the levers going in the direction of thrust? It seems to be the opposite of what you would think.

[@FreikeTanauma]

Thanks capt

[@brenomarcilio1549]

How the controls work? The wheel controls the direction? And the levers??

[@manfredlunsen6756]

Thank you for this nice video. How much Bollard Pull does this tugboat have? If am not totally wrong, you did no video with the 40 year old tug and the dual cam setup. Pls correct me if i am wrong. best wishes

[@labarone8910]

It won’t be too long before they figure out how to replace the deck crew, so it will simply be skipper + engineer only and the training via simulator. It wasn’t so long ago that there were 5-6 man crews and progress was straight forward for a youngster starting at the bottom. This is a different kind of ‘progression’. That starboard motor is kind of smokey!

[@roberthale8407]

What is the red light showing on the propeller quadrant?

[@ShippingHarbors]

That is the 'engine overload' pre-warning. It's not overloading yet, but if you keep pushing it harder it will go into overload and the rpm will drop.

[@williamstephens9945]

Epic video!

[@neiltheplayer]

what kind of engines does this unit have? you said 5500 HP but not manufacturer

[@jacobhemmen8357]

what do the levers do?

[@steveo-0505]

Wat voor een manouvre word er uitgevoerd bij 25:00?

[@levistandley1505]

Does the steering invert when you face backwards or do you just steer oposite.

[@elliotcapson3101]

I’d assume the controls can be inverted

[@levistandley1505]

@@elliotcapson3101 Yeah, really cool system, Id love to operate a voith tug one day!

[@dizneym1]

Do you like a pod propulsion system better?

[@LorenaVidal-y4b]

Oi poté deixa cinssá e fermelho bórto na parte soube Merssia _😊

[@angamoos]

Was that near enough flat out ahead roughly half way through the video?

[@ShippingHarbors]

At what timestamp do you mean?

[@angamoos]

+ShippingHarbors At 19.00

[@ShippingHarbors]

+Angus Hudson Yes that was flat out. The pilot asked for more power so we gave it to him :)

[@WhiteGangster400]

Is there any communication with the other tug?

[@ShippingHarbors]

+WhiteGangster400 Yep, the pilot and the tugs are on a dedicated channel to communicate with eachother.

[@dizneym1]

Do the throttle looking controls move the pitch of the props?

[@sjem618]

+Matthew db It is more complicated than that, this is Voith Schneider Propeller (or VSP short), look it up on the internet. ;) With normal propellers it would be impossible to manoeuver like this.

[@dizneym1]

+sjem618 I understand the system but the controls seem out of date and difficult to grasp where a joystick would be appropriate, seems like a lot of wasted energy too, a lot of the power goes to rotating mass, ? Cutting through the water. this job looks like it will be replaced by a drone tug in the future, go the way of the fighter pilot. Don't mean to be negative I actually would like this job in another life

[@ShippingHarbors]

+Matthew db these controls are also available in electronic controls, but the ones in the video are fully mechanical not depending on any electronics. This way they will always work, even with a blackout thruout the tug.

[@Sam-W]

+Matthew db You are right about the efficiency, it is lower compared to a regular propeller. But keep in mind that a propeller also is a lot of mass turning through water. In my mind VSP is the best system that a tug can be fitted with to do jobs like this. Manoeuverability is as or even more important than power for a tug like this.

[@capricort]

Prefer to work backwards Or, the design of those exhaust pipes seems like an engineer had some bad luck when he was thinking ;-)

[@Tjita1]

It never goes fast enough for it to matter. I had the same reaction when I bought my lawnmower with the exhaust pointing forward, until I realised the thing never goes faster than like 7 km/h..

[@carlodeclercq7745]

Mooi gedaan B. welke 30ger was het?

[@ShippingHarbors]

Oei dat weet ik niet meer :)

[@ufolev]

very good video thank you

[@Beni_777]

Nice vid! Thanks (:

[@LorenaVidal-y4b]

Oi não pressiza preúgubar com muito azúl Marrinho e brangu_😊

[@LorenaVidal-y4b]

Oi Boa noite ,pode liga para o brogezísta é istú _😊

[@LorenaVidal-y4b]

Oi Boa noite! petrerra minha _😊

[@kefsound]

Strange controls - looks uncomfortable

[@2klaas2]

is het niet misschien leuk om ook jullie communicatie op te nemen :P gr

[@ShippingHarbors]

+Klaas de vries Hallo Klaas, dit doe ik bewust niet omdat niet iedereen die te horen is er tevreden mee zou zijn dat dit online word gezet. Het is ook niet toegestaan om al deze communicatie online te publiceren wegens privacy-redenen, wat te begrijpen is uiteraard :)

[@2klaas2]

+ShippingHarbors dat is waar ook jah, niet echt aan gedacht sorry, Je moet zeker aardig wat papieren hebben om daar op te mogen varen (sleepboot) .wil zelf ook wel een beetje deze sector in. Zou je me misschien kunnen vertellen welke diploma's je daar ongeveer voor moet halen.

[@steflesneuck4866]

Aantwaareupeu

[@LorenaVidal-y4b]

Oi é _😊