How Do You Dock a Ship Into a Port That's 200 Feet Short?

The Viking Sea is docking into the Scottish port of Lerwick. It's a major challenge considering the port is over 200 feet shorter than the ship. Can the staff captain in charge dock without causing damage?
From the show Mighty Cruise Ships: bit.ly/MightyViking

[@Acc0rd79]

The staff captain "yeah!" lol Thrilled.

[@carmelpule6954]

Perhaps, at seeing that floating prison on the other side of the quay? What is that ugly floating hull?

[@gsaldana22]

That was a "good thing you're the captain, or I'd bitch slap you right now," kind of yeah.

[@dvmcabanosjr]

Time to get prostitutes while at port.

[@jessicamturner4740]

Beautiful cruise ship. Wow lots of skills from the Captain and it’s crew. and the Pilot from the port. Job Well done! Very nice to watch! 🥰

[@richiecardozo294]

And the Quartermaster that steers the ship.

[@chriscoppersmith7762]

So, that's Lerwick? It's smaller than I thought it was going to be. I read that Lerwick has an art museum, a modern-art museum, a natural history museum, a planetarium, 2 universities, a 42 acre botanical garden, 7 nightclubs, 3 Michelin Guide restaurants, 22 pubs, and a 12,000 square foot roller disco with free admission to all cruise guests.

[@stressballer]

Not bad for a number two driver.

[@rohanfahad7220]

F1 fan?

[@jaycleoo]

Looks like Mark's post f1 career is being a ship captain

[@avenheavner108]

What the heck was that yea for at the end so weird!!

[@maurielknight7715]

Was on this ship this morning with the pilots in Basseterre..really nice ship...wasn't this captain nor staff captain though.

[@ianalexander2017]

Looks good

[@carmelpule6954]

Those rubber fenders shown at 2:52 are not meant for that sized vessel. When I was a student at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in UK , about 60 years ago, I was asked to develop a velocity metre which would measure a maximum speed of 0.25 metres every minute and an accelerometer to find the acceleration of a ship that size, so that one day, a fully automatic berthing system would be achieved. When you see the engineering in a modern ship coupled to the navigation accuracy that exists these days, one can thank God for Engineers and the Deck boys who operate the equipment provided for them. I am sure that they prefer to operate our engineering potentiometers to control those electric motors which can act as thrusters in any direction , rather than the ropes sail spars of the tea clipper Cutty Sark which was built in Scotland incidentally. Knowing the ropes with out engineering equipment take a different meaning and less effort of knowing the ropes on a tall sailing ship. I am sure that both the captains and the pilot in this video would agree on that.

[@costazurra]

So serious it seams like rocket science

[@groupcaptainbonzo]

Well done! You don’t often hear “Lerwick” pronounced correctly ...

[@miguelpaneda1607]

is there any side propeller on these giant ships doing side parking?

[@key379]

k thx ima go dock my ship now

[@inportcup217]

i wonder how good these captains are at parallel parking

[@iMatti00]

🛳 *@**1:53** ~ Why do both those guys have four stripes on their shoulders, both the captain and 1st officer / staff captain? I see that one of the captain’s stripes are thicker than the others, but I always thought the first officer/staff captain only had three stripes.*

[@liam3292]

Types of epaulettes depends on the cruise line. bigger ships needs more officers and smaller ones needs less. But as you can see in the video the captain has 4 lines with one thicker line at the base. The staff captain (not 1st officer) has 4 lines. Same as chief engineer and hotel director. The chief officer has 3 lines, the 1st officer has 2 lines and one thinner between the two lines. The 2nd officer has 2 line and the 3rd officer has 1 line and one thinner line above. As I said in the beginning the epaulettes depends on the cruise line and the size of the ship.

[@rickslife]

The real question.... How to you ship a dock?

[@nb3627]

Yeah

[@MrAlexsa2]

good very good

[@eganplaysMC]

I am da Captain now.

[@DjDenKot]

cool

[@kampreeetbangke2183]

staff captain in this on board Im sure he was A captain the other ship verry good manuvering

[@samoniqueparkinson3767]

How ?

[@2Pish]

If it fits, it ships....for a low flat rate

[@flightsimfantasy9798]

what is a staff captain vs a captain

[@mr.historical8211]

The staff captain is second in command and in most ships heads the deck department. Captain is head of ship and besides the ships owners has last say

[@flightsimfantasy9798]

Mr. Historical thx man i thought the first officer was second in command

[@martijnheil8825]

It's a cruise ship thing. Not all ships have a staff captain. Technically the first mate is in charge of the deck department, and on merchant vessels he's the one who assumes command of the vessel in absence of the captain/master

[@nz_planespotter4013]

The only reason the staff captain got to dock the ship was because the captain did not want to be liable for destroying a 300 million dollar vessel

[@fliaquat]

Levi The Farmer Ik right. That’s why at the end his sarcastic tone when he said “yeah”. Bc in his head he was Prob saying to the captain like u fucking bitch u just pussied out pretended to give me a shot at it. But in reality u just wanted to escape from the blame lol

[@bernimoulang5408]

Levi The Farmer The captain of a ship is responsible for the safety of everyone on board as well as the integrity of the vessel; regardless of whether he or the second in command is controlling the ship

[@Denis-cm1yy]

nz_planespotter cap is still responsible for whatever happens on the ship, no matter who’s steering it

[@richiecardozo294]

The Master decides as to who does the berthing.there is a certain share of berthing that have to be done among them.the St.Capt. then gets to demonstrate his proficiency in dealing with Maneuvers in diffrent sea and wind conditions.

[@costazurra]

Staff Captain when he is talking about blablabla short pier it seams scared I can say because he seams very distressed about that

[@ayedonp9484]

uhhh you don't?

[@speerrituall1]

👏🏾

[@LasVegasFlicks]

LOOK AT ME !!!

[@eganplaysMC]

Hoover Dam LOW WATER LEVEL MR. MEESEEKS

[@audaneydiedericks9787]

We call them a pilot

[@audaneydiedericks9787]

Docking a ship

[@Bruce-1956]

Title is of course WRONG. The port is not 200 feet short, it;s the pier. Smithsonian, I would have thought you would get that right !!!!!

[@9786oof]

It's pronounced Veekeeng

[@kingstonnine2393]

It’s spelled ‘pronounced’ smartpants 😊

[@9786oof]

@@kingstonnine2393 it’s spelled smarty pants lol

[@Gorantaylis]

Horrible. As if the ferries that go there weren't big enough. Ships that size shouldn't be allowed anywhere near the harbour.

[@ridgedog2317]

That's a really small cruise ship.

[@brianhackert8513]

BURN!

[@gsaldana22]

The industry needs more Americans in the bridges of cruise ships. All the jobs are going to the Europeans (Italian, German, Swedish), and Filipinos. Some of us like cruse ships too!

[@delta3sigma]

Dear Liberal-LOONatics, Quick. Build and extend the dock by 200 feet.

[@denrimi]

Here's how: You make the port LONGER.

[@Jake-wz7wy]

Scytomacii Shetoki no need for that not many big ship will come inti Lerwick every day multiple times a day so there isn't any value in it.

[@denrimi]

it t'was a sarcastic joke...

[@ememmeme8722]

Women clearly not capable of this job.

[@airwipe1639]

reeglyson escabal Woah this is 2017 you know? They can do just what men can do. Stop living in your old fantasy world of all men and learn that it's not like that anymore.

[@Jaqen-HGhar]

Tell that to Kate McCue.

[@denrimi]

Airwipe I hope are joking...

[@fahimullah8490]

I agree. women are not capable of this

[@truebluekit]

I was about to counter you, then I realized this is actually parallel parking, so... yeah... go in peace, friend.