The Sleeping Giant Awakens!

#KishornPort #DryDock #KPL #Decommissioning

[@robertspringer4019]

I'm impressed that is the cleanest ship scrapping outfit I have ever seen.

[@7natcho]

LOL nothing like over seas where they cut in sandals and tunic while allowing all the contaminates run into the Gulf Of Khambhat .

[@shippinginbox]

Shipping Inbox

[@AndreA-ke2id]

Ship's owners, "I think there's been slight misunderstanding, we only wanted you to remove the barnacles" !!

[@kenprevatt1267]

Lol

[@pinnen59]

😂😂😂 or paint the bottom.😂😂😂shit happens whith bad comuncation.

[@AndreA-ke2id]

@@pinnen59 👍 😂

[@kylemccourt663]

They did! 😂

[@AndreA-ke2id]

@@kylemccourt663 Lol 🤣

[@CLCIII]

Ironically goes from a ship to scrap to being shipped as scrap on a ship.

[@thetessellater9163]

Clever! Though being shipped on a ship? Maybe not.

[@ferdinandfrancis9673]

To be made into another ship.

[@28704joe]

Say that fast three times I dare you.

[@thumbsupboy2729]

Yo dawg

[@1decee]

Ironically it's not iron but steel

[@bret9741]

Probably the best dismantlement I’ve seen as far as cost effective / environmentally controlled. Looks like they could pull at least 3 ships of this size in at a time

[@wolfdogarrow050]

I was thinking the same along with a scrap barge to haul off the metal when they were done

[@lowcatalina6638]

I cannot believe the quality of work. Thorough cleaning, professional and overall care for the environment. Great job guys

[@southernpilot]

It really looks like they put the sleeping giant to sleep, permanently.

[@marsultra7032]

It looks bloody spotless there in all fairness. What a fantastic video

[@davidleung2432]

To see the death of a giant ship is always sad, but some how the way they did it here preserved some sense of dignity and respect for the environment, leaving you a glimmer of hope.

[@tickedoffsheikh8587]

True....not like they do in India or Bangladesh. I agree with you

[@thetessellater9163]

A ship being broken up cannot possibly make you feel sad, surely? It is a man made tool for a specific use with a definite life span, not something to be sad about?

[@gblim398]

@@thetessellater9163 Yes, it can and did elicit a twinge of sadness when I saw it being towed to its final destination. Over here in the human world, we have not yet managed to edit anthropomorphism from our code. And those of us who fritter away many hours consuming literature, poetry or cinema are prone to seeing metaphors in a myriad of objects. But it requires little if any such exposure to see the ship and imagine oneself being escorted into that good night at the end of our life's journey. Finally, as "tools" go, few have traveled the globe carrying not just cargo, but countless crew members who did a little living while on board -- missing home and family, sharing laughs, worrying, dreaming in their sleep or daydreaming while awake, wondering what the future holds -- and in doing so maybe the vessel became imbued with a little of their spirit, setting it quite apart from, say, a chainsaw.

[@gblim398]

Furthermore, the beautiful music and the stellar cinematography make it fairly impossible to not feel a twinge. Great production.

[@kylemccourt663]

​@@thetessellater9163 I bet you are not of nautical blood... It is sad. I own a 40 year boat with the original diesel engine. Her model is the smallest hull to cross the Atlantic at 26 feet. When I fire her up for the first time of the season, she awakens, and in the winter she sleeps. She has a soul. Sometimes she is happy and sometimes angry. She takes offense to rough seas and also loves skimming across mirrored skies. The ship is alive, unless the owner is not. Definite life span, I think not.

[@theflyingdutchman7127]

this is the neatest and nature-friendly scrapping of a ship I have ever seen, this should become the standard for scrapping end-of-life ships.

[@cobragaming7068]

Agree

[@cobragaming7068]

This should be the new standard of ship recycling. Far better for safety and the environment and it sets a great example. I hope one day that it becomes international maritime law and international land laws on ship recycling. Our governments should take notice and the cruise industry too as well as other ship owners and brokers.

[@johndododoe1411]

I fear that laws against unsafe beach breaking of ships may accidentally get worded to outlaw safe facilities that use any part of the natural landscape, like the drydock in this video.

[@davideabry2612]

What a brilliant video! Yes, it is respectful of the vessel. No ramming it onto a beach; just a clinical and efficient job - well done.

[@hitop2365]

There’s a sadness to ship breaking, this did feel respectful and ethical, also achieved with no risk to human life. I’m sure I read somewhere once that a ships hull can wear away from 25mm to 12mm over it’s working life, which is why it has a finite lifespan. I’m not in anyway religious but I’m now very curious about the steels next purpose.

[@DavidOfWhitehills]

@@hitop2365 Steel has always been recycled. In every object made with recycled steel will be a few molecules of the very earliest smelted iron, old swords, ploughs, horseshoes, chainmail, chastity belts, ships nails.

[@gowdsake7103]

@@hitop2365 Melted down and re used

[@gowdsake7103]

@@hitop2365 I was on a ship that was so thin ice was cutting through the sides every day

[@hitop2365]

@@DavidOfWhitehills legend has it that while drilling steel on the Queensferry crossing there were pieces of old twist drills, ball and roller bearings and other objects popping out.

[@1chish]

Lock Kishorn was where a lot of big oil rigs were built but out of concrete. I used to run preformed and assembled Copper nickel pipework up there. It was like a huge village built out of portakabins! As they poured the concrete the steel fixers were working like 20 feet above as they had to pour 24 / 7. If anyone fell in they stayed there. As they got bigger the were floated further and further out. When it was all over they restored the lock side to its former glory. Like they were never there. brilliant engineering. On this I am surprised they didn't work a way of positioning the ship so the tipper wagons didn't tip straight into the ship's hold. Maybe we can scrap Navy ships here now rather than sending them to Turkey.

[@Hrodn]

If you tipped straight into the hold all the weight would be on one side. You would still have ensure the ship remained stable and the hull wasn't stressed so a means of trimming the hold would still be needed.. The way it's done presently will be the most efficient for the location.

[@1chish]

@@Hrodn I guess so. But so much potential in this facility I think a better way is needed. they do after all load bulk grain, coal and other material straight in by belt....

[@seansean9675]

getting the loading wrong could sink the other ship or capsize it. very easy to do. i'm surprised that they are not cutting the pieces smaller and stock piling them up before on ward shipping them away

[@webbsb.4847]

Where is this actually?.. what's the name of the yard?

[@lowercherty]

@@seansean9675 cut it small enough to fit in an electric arc furnace. Any more doesn't pay.

[@pauldormont4470]

What a phenomenal dry dock! Just plain ingenious use of natural formations. Definitely going to put this on my bucket list of places to visit.

[@simonpotter7534]

if im not mistaken it looks like one the docks they used to build oil platforms in.

[@stephenhunter70]

@@simonpotter7534 Soooo, that is where they got the name from! Wow!

[@apollobouncer]

Its NOT natural. We dug that hole out of solid rock.

[@johnhynesproductionslimite7522]

Should be called “the Sleeping Giant is ripped apart”

[@MentallFloss]

looks a bit more organized ecological and safe than Alang.

[@NGC1433]

But so inefficiently executed. I mean, It's absolutely fantastic that they do it cleanly, that's super nice! But they could easily fit five more ships in there and only pump the dock once. Also those trucks could dump scrap directly into the ship, not make another unloading/reloading operation... This all unnecessarily drives the cost of scrapping so much higher.

[@davidjones332]

@@NGC1433 But what do you do if there aren't five more ships awaiting breaking? Once the scrapper has bought the ship it's dead money until they break it, so it has to be sensible to get on with it.

[@NGC1433]

@@davidjones332 You organize logistics around that. Grocery stores don't order a bag of chips when one is taken off the shelf. And car manufacturers don't call all the assembly line workers when a dealership orders a couple more cars. That one ship could be moored or anchored (or even beached ;) somewhere until more are collected.

[@scottbc31h22]

@@NGC1433 I'm sure the do more than one ship at a time. They probably did only one ship for filming purposes, so other ships would not get in the camera's way.

[@vikingthorno]

Slightly.... 🤣

[@robinoconnor1203]

I remember when they built oil rigs there, glad to see its being used again, its a great dry dock, with no impact on the local, narrow roads.

[@apollobouncer]

I helped dig that hole 🙂 Best summer job I ever had, Stupidest thing I ever did was go back to Uni for 2nd year, should have stayed at Kishorn and made some real money for a year or two then go back to Uni...

[@pablosuarez4592]

SAD and OUTSTANDING at the same time. FASCINATING!

[@vandelayofficial492]

hopefully this becomes a booming industry for the UK.

[@streetsafari0]

It won’t. There was already a yard near Newcastle doing this and they had enormous problems from the environmental lobby. No idea if they are still in operation. But it’s the environmentalists who take this no prisoner attitude that lands these ships on beaches five thousand miles away for breaking.

[@ANTHONYBOOTH]

@@streetsafari0 for that reason they are taking all the work to the third world now...

[@eweunkettles8207]

a fine SCOTTISH facility

[@99iwaena]

Wow!!...talk about cleanliness & good housekeeping! So much care for the environment, love it, Kishorn Port Ltd #1.

[@tomthompson7400]

spectacular , the location is so amazing.

[@nickviner1225]

Amazing footage, finishes up with a ship within a ship.

[@frankdeegan8974]

That would be a ship turned into a boat and a boat put in a ship.

[@alisardo1119]

Can't imagine how enjoyable, productive and smart some work places can be,and what some skilled people can achieve; nice working site😎

[@peterjohnston1224]

3rd-world ship-breakers are horrid example of how NOT to disassemble ships. I have never heard of Kishorn Port, and I'm fascinated by the whole process - especially the part where the deck of the drydock is swept and mopped for the next job.

[@gliderider7077]

Irony, she’s hauled away by another healthy ship, kinda sad

[@raymondo162]

NOT irony........................ more steely

[@m1t2a1]

To be recycled and turned into another ship.

[@guyforlogos]

And in twenty or thirty years that ship will probably meet the same fate.

[@thomasgargano8813]

Whoever came up with this dry dock system is a genius!!! This is the first time I have seen this kind of dry dock. If it’s a little bit larger it could even take care of aircraft carrier and such. He is a true genius and great engineer👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@davidbarnsley8486]

This is how all ships are recycled and not run up a beach with all the fluids leaking into the water

[@thetessellater9163]

As in Pakistan and many other highly polluting ship breakers. This is an international trade which needs internationally agreed environmental legislation.

[@andrewgeorgi7916]

Guessing you meant to say "should be recycled". Agreed.

[@johnpilesky2571]

Guys you’re missing the point, this country has the resources to do this way. There’s other countries a poor, so if you want to buy all this equipment for those other countries go right ahead.

[@RealHankShill]

@@johnpilesky2571 Who built the ship? They should have to pay for the cleanup. When a corporation builds a mine, they sign an agreement to return the land back to its original or better condition. They have to know goign in that they will make enough to pay for it and make a profit. This should be no different. Mega corporations making all the money and then shoving off the waste on some third world country that cant say no.

[@cobragaming7068]

@@thetessellater9163 totally agree Alang is unsafe and bad for the environment. It is not that hard to get better safe working practices and equipment and PPE.

[@richardthompson5436]

Best method for recycling a large vessel that I have seen,.

[@davidmarkersnr.1888]

Somehow sad, but at the same time rewarding.

[@jeynes14]

True.

[@cybershark3095]

If you watch it in reverse it is a story of a red ship bringing in a Lego ship kit and assembling it into another working ship.

[@chrlz904]

In which case the title would make sense........

[@wheels-n-tires1846]

😂🤣😂👍👍

[@1943L]

Nice, clean operation to dismantle and collect scrap. Also cleaning up afterwards. A credit to the people organising it and working there.

[@mickeysmiths]

That's actually one of the coolest videos I've seen. You take us through the whole sequence. Thanks for putting that together 👍

[@brianzahra1089]

So very impressed to see your ship scrapped in such an environmental and conscious way. Much better than the ship breaking in Pakistan!!!

[@keithnoneya]

Now that's a good way to do it environmentally friendly unlike the ship breakers in other parts of the world. Thanks for sharing. Best Wishes & Blessings. Keith Noneya

[@dewservices]

What an AMAZING system. Who ever came up with this brilliant.

[@stebnalang2824]

How did it awaken? It looks to me like just the opposite happened and it will never awaken again.

[@couttsw]

I think you will find that the sleeping giant is the long disused dry dock. It's just out of the box thinking and a canny use of the English language

[@fsj197811]

I totally agree, I was expecting them to bring the vessel back to life and instead it got dismantled. What a bummer! :-(

[@markroberts5203]

@@couttsw I WASTED TWO MINUTES OF MY TIME AND CHECKED THE DRY DOCKS WEB SITE. I FOUND NO MENTION OF IT EVER CLOSING AND THEN RE-OPENING?

[@roberthorwat6747]

Ahh! Another refurb video... a SHIP! GREAT!!! Bit of a tramp steamer though who would want... oh that's a bit rough ohh jesus they are hacking into the thing... there goes the funnel no WAY is that being rebuilt. MOTHER OF GOD NO!!! STOP IT!!! YOU ARE DEVOURING IT! Maggots on a corpse sped up til all that left is ... mangled rust... then ... nothing. No wait! This is a recycle deal. Ahhh.... no little kids with oxy acetylene torches among miles of sharp edged scrap strewn about haphazardly, always bothered me that. If you aren't bothered how it's taken apart why not use child slave labour to build them in the first place??? Even better not at all! Ahhh... I get it... it's a start up! Getting the home ship recycling business going agai.... THE SLEEPING GIANT AWAKENS!!!! YES!! YES I GET IT AT LAST!!!! Get those little kids sent to school and this will pay off big time. Winner winner!

[@arhalimi5883]

Clickbait 🤭

[@richardcole9558]

Quality recycling , it may not be as cheap as running them up a beach where they are cut up with scant regard to the environment and even less to the safety of the poorly equipped workforce , but quality seldom comes cheap ..an absolute credit to the people who built and run this operation ..

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

Extremely impressive and simply fantastic! 👍👌👏

[@BjEddy1]

what an awesome video, i know it took a lot to do this,, very much appreciated for sure,, thanks for posting

[@Googleaccount-sf7ir]

Wow. Wait till the ships Captain and crew get back from the movie and find out their ship is gone.

[@dillon5155]

I know, so rude.

[@shippinginbox]

Shipping Inbox

[@johnzmuzic]

Environmental and ethical way to scrap a ship .Also a safe way for the work force .

[@suzyqualcast6269]

OK, but ships today are so well kitted up yet they're being jacked before their first rust cycle.....

[@christianaubourg3895]

Ninian, Howard-Doris, Odin crane... I was here on 1977/78...Kishorn Kommando. I'm French, 73 years old today. Since 2010 I come back as soon as possible because Scotland is my second land. Kishorn is as a tattoo in my life.

[@rwksummit]

That was absolutely fascinating 👍

[@stavinaircaeruleum2275]

This is basically the same thing to when someone eats fish sticks in front of the fishtank.

[@JTA1961]

I sea what you did there.

[@Rasmajnoon]

🤣🤣🤣

[@jakecrib9971]

Wow, that was very impressive. Thank you !

[@chopperhehehe]

Cool video wee need more of those in UK so wee can start steel works again 😀 👍👍👍😜🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦕🙂🤞✌

[@ericknauss2080]

Merci pour cette leçon de démantèlement propre et certainement écologique vu les courts trajets d’évacuation des déchets et les moyens mis en œuvre simples et surtout le nettoyage de la zone de déconstruction en fin de chantier

[@johnhay5787]

Ship Captain, "I'm sure I parked my Ship around there somewhere"

[@georgeroberts442]

That's a really impressive operation! It looks as if they could scrap more than one ship at a time in that facility.

[@stepheneurosailor1623]

Bloody marvellous.

[@jackking5567]

Fantastic to see this dry dock used again.

[@haraldpettersen3649]

Great, just great. Very good video, and sound.

[@donaldparlettjr3295]

That's the way it should be one. At the cost of a concrete wall in a cove, ingenious.

[@laurentstock4567]

Absolutely fantastic super clean

[@5thman677]

Best video I've seen in awhile. Great work.

[@peanut71968]

Awesome! The platinum standard for ship dismantling! Impressive. . .

[@michaelmolloy365]

Now that's the way you break a ship. Full marks to those who came up with the idea. Well done!

[@NinjaOrchids]

This is so cool, but I always struggle seeing a ship being reduced to scrap. But a great video 👏🏻👏🏻

[@notrut]

So Mr Cameron PM, why did you send 6 RN ships for scrapping on Turkish beaches? When Scotland has this facility ... What was Scotland's Son thinking of ....?

[@cplcabs]

He was thinking like the SNP....how much he can get for himself.

[@alexandervanwyk7669]

Congratulations. a 5 star recycling exercise. Mind blowing.

[@shortribslongbow5312]

Thats the way to do it! Excellent job.

[@bobcannell7603]

Good to see Kishorn back in use. And in a green way this time.

[@briquetaverne]

I would have loved to see the metal parts go off to a smelting foundry then seen sheets of metal created then shipped off to a ship yard for the assembly of another vessel.

[@Boatdog_Traveller]

A fantastic set up.

[@bradwelch7425]

It is about time this is done the correct way, Thumbs up to this company and 3rd world countries need to take note on the procedures needed to complete a delicate task correctly. Well done

[@mrfox5315]

Looks amazing. Could do a couple more ships at once as well. Will be interesting to see of this company makes it. I really hope they do.

[@kenprevatt1267]

Clean efficient productive . I am impressed so what’s the time frame from start to finish?

[@johnneedy3164]

Now that is recycling ♻️👌

[@cormackjames]

This is amazing, incredible engineering!

[@nicky331]

A great respect to the environment, this is how this industry should be working, safe, clean and tidy

[@next0845]

That is impressive and so clean 😎 It’s a shame another boat takes the scrap away, it’s cannibalism 😂

[@PatrickECleary]

"Congratulations - you're now a ship shipping ship!"

[@a..513]

Хорошо смонтированное видео. Респект, показали последний путь судна. Лайк

[@kaykiekid]

Man! That's one giant massive dry dock.

[@gilbertfranklin1537]

WOW!! I can't believe they scrapped that ship in four minutes and two seconds!

[@TheSoloAsylum]

and here I thought this ship was being refitted and rebuilt. I kept thinking they are going way to far....This sleeping giant never wakes up again.

[@ThePorridgeGobbler]

Wow did that really happen, an environmentally friendly way to scrap ships and it's in Lochcarron I didn't even know it existed having been in Plockton fairly recently, a great economy boost for the area.

[@oceanmariner]

Huge amount of water to pump out for one small ship. You'd think several ships would be moved in at the same time.

[@jstoli996c4s]

Ships like this aren’t necessarily dismantled every day.

[@oceanmariner]

@@jstoli996c4s Just sayin' That's a lot of water to pump out, more than any drydock I've seen (and I've seen drydocks for super carriers). IT must take very large pumps several days to empty that area. Probably thousands of gallons of diesel. I don't see how 1 small ship can pay to drain, when you consider the scrap cost of the ship, scrapping equipment, and labor to break it up.

[@stephengrimmer35]

Actually the dock is virtually self draining at low tide. Bring the ship in at high tide, float in and sink the gate. Open the sluices to drain then close them on the low tide. So it only takes 6 hours. The pumps are just to drain the last bit and manage seepage and rainfall. Simple.

[@damienhill6383]

This ship had grounded on the coast and was only floating with the help of salvage pumps. A long tow to shipbreakers was not practical ..

[@stephengrimmer35]

@ Damien Hill. I know, but it doesn't alter the fact that less pumping is required by design. I was merely informing Ocean Mariner. Kishorn was intended to service, amongst other things, oil rigs, hence its size and shape. It's the largest graving dock in Europe I believe? I worked nearby 1982, and it is supposedly (one of) the inspiration(s) for 'Local Hero'.

[@raygale4198]

It looks like the ship has already been cleaned out of fittings and machinery prior arrival, so this is the final step in breaking down the hull? What a controlled clean environment, it can be done properly as shown here.

[@chasrmartel4777]

This is the seed of the British Empire. In its best traits the world owes it a great debt of gratitude.

[@Scrat335]

Nifty as sliced bread. Looks like you might get 2 or 3 vessels in there too.

[@juzloopz24]

Kudos for this impressive work..

[@onderdinc7906]

Very good video.Thank you

[@belomolnar2128]

Very Good work. 🗽🗽🗽

[@ScottishNSRailFan]

Even though shown before, good to see it again

[@russhaper1705]

Better than the butchers in India and Pakistan. Respectful and environmentally conscious.

[@jamescampbell7780]

Up to date safe working conditions and wages!

[@petersharp90]

Exactly what I thought. Refreshing to see this compared to that disaster of a place in India.

[@russhaper1705]

@@petersharp90 I’m no tree hugger by far but I can realize dangers when I see them. Ship breaking is a necessary evil in world. But it hurts a little to see all those beaches, waters and coast line lifeless or covered in oil contaminated ground.

[@rossjohnson1301]

They honestly could've fit a couple more ships in that space and done them at the se time, but it is one of the best scrapping techniques I've seen

[@frglee]

Impressive re-use of an old oil platform and bridge construction site, providing an environmentally friendly site for scrapping and dismantling ships, whilst providing new employment opportunities for the North West of Scotland. Hopefully, this is the beginning of something that will grow.

[@banjominer9682]

thanks for the great video

[@ThePaulv12]

How is anything awakening? More like the 'giant' goes to hell lol.

[@Corkwing-DougK]

The awakening in the title refers to the dock not the ship. It's not explained in the video, but the dock is an old oil rig construction yard in Loch Kishorn that's been mothballed for years. It's now been put back into use - hence the giant awakens. I think the idea is that it will now decommission the oil rigs it once built decades ago.

[@sufiyan63]

@@Corkwing-DougK 👍💯

[@eagle1de227]

The sleeping giant is not the ship!. It's the dry dock full of water. And it awakens by having to work on an end-of-life vessel

[@robertgrimmett6840]

I thought the title was strange but after reading about the drydock it makes sense.

[@barryrudge1576]

No doubt the same fate awaits the ship that carries that one away as pieces of scrap metal. Endless recycling of metal

[@brianvittachi6869]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@louielouiepks]

Job security

[@edfrawley4356]

If you look at the side of the ship before its cut up you can see its buckled possibly from storm/wave damage. It must have been an older ship in order to be scrapped rather than repaired.

[@jimmyneql]

Recycling: Soylent Green for a future ship

[@macgto]

Does anyone know the elapsed time this took?

[@albertbatfinder5240]

Wait, was that just the tide? And if it wasn’t, are there tidal dry docks? Moon could do some useful work now and then.

[@garryr2589]

All that technology to build a safe environment to dismantle the ship but no conveyor system to load it on another ship. Still a great video 👍

[@rapidthrash1964]

A couple of question: -what was the dismantling area originally? It looked like a crater or a mining pit even? -was this the first ship to be dismantled there? If so, maybe they'll develop ways to do multiples ships at once? -Maybe have a large gantry crane over the entire area instead of relying on mobile cranes?

[@mddduthie]

Can only aswer your first question, it was originally used for the construction of oil rigs back in the 70's/80's, the site was practical as the size of the natural cove was large enough for constructing oil rigs & it's almost uncovered at low tide so once the lock gate was built the installed pumps dont have to operate for long to completely drain the water. The completed rigs also wouldnt have to travel far to reach the north sea where they would operate as the site is in scotland

[@russhfan]

Wonder if that ship they loaded feels like it's days are numbered?

[@JTA1961]

No Ship

[@ANIME_EDITZ509]

Amazing to watch, a proper way to scrap a ship. Any idea on time scale, because it looks like they were so organised it was difficult to judge.

[@RT-mm8rq]

Remindes me of army ants dismantling a giant beetle.

[@slowbutfunny]

The old ship shipping ship Loaded on to a ship shipping ship that is used to ship old ship shipping ships to be made in to new ship shipping ships to take away ship shipping ships 😁

[@rkay0516]

Great video.

[@jamesdash1906]

Now that's how you do it !!!!!!!

[@lordfarringdon]

Toppling the funnel was like removing her head. That was like the coup de grace for that hard working old ship.