Weird Techniques the Panama Canal Uses to Move World’s Largest Ships

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[@deksea]

So where are these "weird" techniques referenced in the description?? Never saw them. This was more a basic tutorial about tugboats for the layman.

[@alangcrowder123]

Just enjoy the video…… jeez!

[@jaswindersekhon4949]

started as a video about panama canal , turned into a video about tug boats. magical !!!!!!1

[@ggravett]

Note for future: quay is pronounced key.

[@samijansamijan7052]

Sangat luarbiasa kapal kapal raksasa dengan teknologi canggih petir kemas bisa ribuan bisa di bawa

[@CharlieBrown0507]

Nice video but I think you were describing the new locks while showing the old ones. Agua Clara is the new one.

[@oldwobble916]

What is weird about tug boats?

[@alainpannetier2543]

If you come from the Pacific and reach Miraflores. They you go UP. Not DOWN.

[@johnwgarrett1]

Cool video about tugboats. Missed the details about engineering the Panama Canal. Was hoping for answers to quotations like these: Why are locks necessary? Why not just dig a big trench? How is the water pumped to raise the water level in the locks? What happens to the excess water? Does it get dumped into the ocean, or reused?

[@firestar7188]

Panama ( Colombia ) The Spanish saw first the small piece of land between the Carribean Sea and the Pacific Ocean and wanted to dig a Canal there. But the Spanish King Phillip 2 nd ( 1527 - 1598 ) did not want to dig a Canal ( This land was made by God King Phillip did not want to change that ) . Then years and years later the French ( Ferdinand de Lesseps ) he made the Suez Canal wanted to dig the Panama Canal in 1881 - 1899. De Lesseps wanted to make a seal level canal ( No locks just like the Suez canal ) But de Lesseps failed he got beaten by the unstabelle ground the rain the jungle the wild rivers ( Rio Charges )yellow fever and malaria. After de Lesseps attemps the USA stepped in ( 1904 -1914 ) . The Usa also got the same problems the unstable ground the yellow fever malaria etc and also failed. But then The Usa they atacked the fever and malaria. They also did not want to dig the Canal at sea level The Panama canal is now about 20 Meter above sea level . How does the Panama canal work.?? The Americans tamed the Rio Chagres River. This river now feeds the Gatun ( fresh water lake ) The Usa now also needed to built the Locks , Gatun Locks , Pedro Miguel locks and Miraflores Locks , Today there are also new and bigger locks Agua Clara locks and Cocoli Locks . But all of these locks are fed by river ( fresh ) water, If a ship uses the locks lots of fresh water gets to the oceans. The 2 new bigger locks have water saving basins. I advice you to G gle Panama Canal and read the article on Wiki... Btw No water is pumped it just flows from the lakes and the locks to the sea... ( Gatun Miraflores )

[@johnwgarrett1]

@@firestar7188 that's a lot of detail. Thanks for sharing that!

[@phil2268]

The French tried to dig a big trench but it was way too much to excavate. Like saying we can move Mount Everest. The water only moves with gravity. All the water goes out to sea which has become an issue during dry years.

[@eddiedegoede365]

Sea level canal is not possible due to different sea levels on the two sides

[@denali9449]

@@eddiedegoede365 Really? The actual difference in the Atlantic and Pacific entrances is about 20 cm and that varies with tides and wind. Hardly noticeable over the 50 mile length.

[@andysaunders3708]

Been through that on the SS Akaroa. Still recall my fascination, as I was 8 years old. So good, and one of the best memories of spending time with my Dad. He turns 92 this month.

[@GH-oi2jf]

The description is incorrect. From the Pacific, a ship is lifted in two locks to the level of Lake Miraflores, 52 feet or so above sea level. The ship at 3:00 ff is moving toward the Pacific.

[@BradHouser]

Someone involved in creating this video should have noticed that.

[@christhorne9012]

Had the same comment. Great video but poorly narrated. Also ‘quay’ is pronounced key or kaey, not ‘kway’

[@lafingas555]

Calm down.

[@ravindraranatunga]

This type of canal is used by Sri Lanka king parakramabahu 2000 years ago from Trincomalee to Anuradha pura.

[@Garth_T]

This is about tugboats, not the Panama Canal.

[@woodchuck306]

Fact check: A ship from the Pacific rises UP through the locks. Not down as shown at 3:03.

[@terrymoore1830]

Yes. I've noticed a lot of mistakes from Flactus videos when talking about ships and shipping. He's not very familiar with this subject.

[@oneshotme]

This is something the USA should have never given away!!!

[@redwood2811]

Very stupid thing to do

[@denali9449]

To begin with, we never owned the land, we leased the Canal Zone from Panama. Can not give away what you do not own. Next, US law would not permit us to increase the size of the canal or to do anything besides maintenance. And lastly, we have full use of the canal without having to defend it or maintain it.

[@eltoro6064]

4:52 Quay-side is pronounced 'key-side', not Kuay-side. 😀😃😄😁🤣🤣🤣

[@robminch8592]

I was half expecting the Ever Dynamic to get stuck.

[@lxlx3458]

Thank you for sharing with us...

[@1019ha]

船を牽引している。電車は日本製ですね。

[@jimmattes6297]

JESUS CHRIST LOVES YOU AND HE DIED FOR OUR SINS.

[@darktoadone5068]

That last bit of video showing the carrier, is the USS Yorktown in Charleston SC. Lovely ship, been on it many times.

[@williehill7909]

Hi . Can anybody tell me the length of the canal and how long it take for a ship to get through the canal. . . .awesome first time for me. From South Africa

[@abdul-qf2fe]

One can only be amazed and stunned by the dynamics interaction and the work done by Panama 🇵🇦 canal's personnel particularly the tugboats that are marvelous machines doing crucial job and making huge impact serving/securing the passage of 9000 ships a year and enabling 96.8% of world huge 🛳 to sail through canal,without the Panama 🇵🇦 canal world economy/trade will experience a serious handicap, which avoiding it is essential to world economy and its durable development 😎

[@mulatadhadacho9350]

World Must stopped Ethiopia Raper Bixiginaa Exprid government USA must

[@marvindebot3264]

@@mulatadhadacho9350 WTF? The USA must do nothing, none of their business. The USA needs to stay the helll out of other countries concerns.

[@vicentedelig25]

This was already use long time before by using dolly car both side towing a large Panamanian size ship inside Panama canal chamber to chamber-Miraflores passage.

[@Jeff-0621]

I've always wanted to learn more about the Panama Canal, but forgot about it. Thank you.

[@wisuthcnx6968]

วีดีโอยอดเยี่ยม 👍

[@henrygomez5972]

Is a information very , very important.

[@Schorsch180]

Nice

[@Mk99987]

5 minutes on the Panama Canal. The rest a very mixed up discussion of tug boats. It should be renamed.

[@antm64]

This is one of the most interesting and informative videos I've ever seen!! Amazing feats of engineering and skill!! Thank you for posting this video...much appreciated!

[@jimmattes6297]

JESUS CHRIST LOVES YOU AND HE DIED FOR OUR SINS.

[@RagtimeBillyPeaches]

Gatun is pronounced "Gah-toon"

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

The locks are magical. Ship enters as a Maersk Ship and comes out of the locks an Evergreen.

[@BubbaVision948]

Yah Buddy!

[@jimmattes6297]

JESUS CHRIST LOVES YOU AND HE DIED FOR OUR SINS.

[@vienduongxinchao]

Nice video

[@carlosurbina6246]

Most informative. Deserves award and recognition. Congratulations 👍

[@user-qr7ex4rt1b]

MORNING CLARA!!! такого названия на автовозе не ожидал, это как ,,я купила мерседес только не джип а кабриолет, не ссы гелик как просил,, :,)

[@jamesbizs]

So ugh. What were the weird techniques? Am I missing something?

[@redwood2811]

Nothing weird here.

[@osmangoni348]

Nice video sair

[@phillwainewright4221]

4:51 - What he hell is 'The Kway-Side'?? Quay - pronounced 'Key'.

[@andysaunders3708]

Seriously - are you saying they shut the vessel's main engine down? Sounds like asking for trouble to me.

[@arunnibuadok6240]

👏👏👏👏

[@techtexgl8934]

운하보다 현재 인간의 기술로 만들수 있는 가장큰배는 얼마인가? 궁금해진다

[@jimmattes6297]

JESUS CHRIST LOVES YOU AND HE DIED FOR OUR SINS.

[@mrfester42]

The plural of water craft is water craft NOT water crafts!!!

[@solapowsj25]

It'd take 200 of 100 kton blasts to get this canal 100 m deep and 400 m wide. USA has tested more than a thousand, so 200 controlled blasts isn't too much. 😊

[@tomhuffinton5193]

"quayside"?

[@geraldriveraloubriel4412]

SI PONES UN TÍTULO DE VIDEOS EN ESPAÑA LAS PERSONAS ESPERAN QUE EL DIÁLOGO SEA EN ESPAÑA....

[@muhamadistamar3796]

Terjemah indonesia

[@nathanmoore101]

4.55. Quay is pronounced "key" haha what is a kwayside?

[@KS-cp6bj]

This would has been a good video without the annoying music.

[@billsmith7254]

Kway (quay) side? HAHA.

[@kailashkumrawat93]

Plz Broadcast in Hindi ur channal

[@CaribbeanShipspotting]

What you mean level with the Atlantic like the Caribbean Sea doesn't exist?😂

[@gunnarfolke5430]

Ever a lot is not the biggest Ever ace is the boat you actually showed

[@markgoddard2560]

Qway side??!!!

[@kriseriksen4737]

"Quay" is pronounced "key" so Quayside is keyside. English, it's not for Americans.

[@ddh3098]

They should make a ship so big it uses both canals

[@jimmattes6297]

JESUS CHRIST LOVES YOU AND HE DIED FOR OUR SINS.

[@user-co4je5wk6p]

กูยังไม่ได้เที่ยว อิสระแห่งการเที่ยว สำคัญใหม

[@mileswilson8130]

Why does the video make the east bound ship Maersk Wellington lower to meet the Flores portion instead of rising as it does in real life? The ship will not actually descend until the Gatun section next to the Atlantic. Need a continuity director?

[@werffjvander]

Hahahahaha The ALP Striker is much stronger (24500 hp)

[@genenelson3633]

So, what happened to the weird techniques?

[@donquijote7463]

NOAH : HOLD MY BEER.

[@williammajor6768]

Quayside pronounced key side not quayside!!

[@jmiche3639]

le mot "étrange" n'a rien à faire dans ce titre. c'est ; on ne peut plus commun et ce depuis longtemps. (chemin de halage.)

[@normp1621]

et cetera is pronounced ET-Cetera not EK-Cetera

[@johnt7665]

Pity they couldn't dig it deep enough to do away with all the locks.

[@solapowsj25]

200 nuclear blasts would do.

[@bryceherring946]

So the United States designed and built/managed the initial project but who paid for all that upfront? It sounds like the US was playing the role of what would today be done by one of the larger private contracting companies like a Bechtel, before we turned it back over to Panama? It would be interesting to better understand how that relationship between the two nations played out, I'm sure we as well as all the countries around the world and global shipping giants that would then go on to ultimately pay and use the canal.

[@denali9449]

And who would have paid Bechtel to build it? The US government? Bechtel does not work for free. It had to be a government project. Panama (the country) did not even exist before Roosevelt backed out of a deal with Columbia and sided with the locals in the Panama Province who were threatening a revolt. He then sent in a naval blockade to keep the Colombians out of Panama.. (Gunboat diplomacy) There was so much financial juggling that went on during our 70 some year involvement with the construction, the infrastructure, the military presence, et al; that it is difficult to ascertain if the US recouped the total costs. Panama did make about $3 billion in 2021 so I doubt if we actually lost money. The boost to US commerce, moving oil from California to the east coast and the military use during WWII were all plusses for the US.

[@chrisswallow3734]

Sorry but this is a badly put together video full of wrong facts and going off subject all the time.

[@henryblankson2345]

Most welcome information.Very super excited.

[@oldbluedog]

Metric please 🙏

[@petersipp5247]

Metrik is for Europe,

[@GH-oi2jf]

Container ships all use the TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit) as a measure of capacity.

[@marvindebot3264]

@@petersipp5247 Metric is the entire world mines two two backwards countries, the USA and Myanmar. Why should the rest of the world suffer for two countries?

[@marvindebot3264]

@@GH-oi2jf Yeah, in that particualr usage it is correct.

[@oldbluedog]

@@GH-oi2jf I was referring the the ship’s lengths in feet 🤨

[@harryoconnor5530]

Shame about the bad English in the commentary.

[@michaelguthrie2344]

Would it be possible to cater for non Americans with metric at least overlays when you appear to be arrogantly displaying your ... The reason I ask is your content is great but you make good with imperial talk.

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[@jimmattes6297]

JESUS CHRIST LOVES YOU AND HE DIED FOR OUR SINS.