TIME IS MONEY: The Kiel Canal - Expressway to the Baltic Sea | WELT Documentary

The Kiel Canal is one of the busiest artificial waterways in the world. Up to 30,000 ships pass through the almost 100-kilometer-long canal every year. For canal pilots and pilots, every crossing is a race against time; steering requires the utmost precision. The locks, which are now over a century old, often cause technical problems that result in long waiting times. That is why the canal is now to be renewed for the shipping traffic of the future.
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[@kent_calvin]

I can't miss any documentary from welt. Personally I enjoy the voice of the narrator 🎉

[@pjmbuleau_images.]

Same here🎉

[@DarkSession6208]

WELT is like a History Channel but a more modern approach and more precise 😀

[@reneabbott2008]

So proud to hear my National Anthem playing Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇬 🙌 😍 ❤️

[@frandallx]

Awesome topic and very well done. I have watched both locks on the canal for a few years now on live WebCams. I picked up a lot of additional information watching your presentation. Thank you! (NC, USA)

[@mohdfahmi8841]

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[@heinseemann7070]

The narrator does an outstanding job.

[@henryrambeau2460]

I love this this is interesting as all hell especially since I’ve been in Germany before I love Germany. It’s a very nice country. I love your old canals. I’ve never seen this before. I love the way you got guys have this operated you’re so precise. God bless.

[@eveningstar3230]

Been through Kiel canal! Great documentary!!!

[@ernestoschmid2544]

Fantastische Video. Danke

[@Eagle1ZX]

Another fascinating documentary.

[@leoncoetzer1477]

Congratulations guy's. Man my nerves were shot. Hope you have a awesome chapter on this boat and thank you for taking us along. Can't wait for your next video.

[@TheRapidGamer]

The battery on the "zero emissions ferry" is charged by an on-board diesel generator... Total greenwashing LMAO

[@germanCrowbar]

You don't understand the advantages.

[@charonstyxferryman]

A *lot* of fuel is saved: Easily 40%, because there're no longer a mismatch between torque og RPMs of engine, and shaft. The savings come from optimizing for electricity production, i.e. removing losses, and thus increase overall efficiency.

[@129jaystreet]

​@@charonstyxferryman that is still not 0% emissions! So it a lie.

[@stanleyh.griffin9903]

Surprised to hear the national anthem of Antigua and Barbuda at 36:29. Very interesting documentary!

[@navvet4518]

I find it kind of ironic and a little hypocritical that a zero admissions ferry has to charge its batteries with a diesel onboard generator….

[@johnberry1107]

Very nice! Good content & production. Thank you.

[@hakindayod1193]

Watching From Nigeria

[@skajuoker23]

Great documentary of very interesting project - greetings from Poland

[@JP-hb4mv]

Watching from Mars sir

[@christianwitness]

Excellent! Thank you.

[@cinqbuns]

After watching this documentary you will probably have to google the map to see where exactly it is. Just something basic the editor should have added.

[@afromia5223]

You should have tell us

[@jorishnathanael1812]

​@@afromia5223From Brunsbüttel to Kiel

[@bas6983]

It is mentioned. And as it is a german documentary and the elbe is a german river germany is a decent option.

[@maythebassbewithyou]

Keil, near the Baltic sea. It's in the title 🎉

[@Ryderfrfr]

Its a german documentary translated to english since evers german knows this canal i guess thats why thed didnt added that information

[@khalidalali186]

The Hanseatic League was awesome!! People should look them up.

[@bojens865]

I grew up by the canal, in Burg-in-Dithmarschen, 70 years ago. We swam in the canal, and rode the ferry back and forth. The occasional ship was to a window to the world for our lttle town; black and asian sailors waved to us and we waved back, in wonder.

[@lilytea3]

0:09: 💡 The construction of a new lock chamber in Brunswick is underway to accommodate the increasing number of ships using the Keel Canal. 6:48: ⛵ A cargo ship navigates the Keel Canal with the help of a hydraulic engineer, canal helmsman, and pilot. 13:41: 🚢 The Keel Canal, also known as the KaiserWilhelm Canal, is an engineering masterpiece that allows ships to transit the canal at a maximum speed of 15 kilometers per hour. 20:38: 🚢 The passage of ships through the Keel Canal requires skill and coordination to navigate narrow corridors and aging locks. 27:40: 🚢 The ELP Sailor and other ships navigate the Kiel Canal, waiting in passing places and switching pilots. 34:09: 🚢 A captain discusses the challenges and importance of piloting ships through the Keel Canal. 41:37: 🚢 The challenges and operations of the Kiel Canal, including the transportation of cargo, maintenance of infrastructure, and navigation through narrow sections. 47:14: 🚢 The journey through the Keel Canal, the busiest artificial waterway in the world, is completed successfully in 8 hours. Recap by Tammy AI

[@Rimrock300]

In an offical document it is stated that the fees paid by the ships using the canal as of 2009 only covered 20-30% of the cost of operating and upgrading the canal, the rest covered by the German state. I was surpriced to learn. Maybe as of 2023 the fees cover more of the operating costs

[@haydenriggsnz]

The quicker goods can be brought to market, have many benefits for an economy.

[@manatee2500]

It is normal that the users (shipowners) pay tolls that are sufficient to cover the operating and capital costs over the canal’s useful life. This is the case for other canals and the concept of ‘user pays’ also applies for other improvements made to ports, rivers, and channels open to commercial navigation.

[@SudaNIm103]

I like his book bag

[@vjrp8059]

coolest captain of all time :- )

[@m4rtenlundkvist]

Awesome video👌

[@sjamescharlton]

Watching from your attic

[@CrustyRestorations]

Very interesting, as long as they dont get stuck😜

[@BuddhaAfterDark]

eco friendly farie charged by a diesel generator pretty much sums up all environmental engine4ring perfectly :D

[@rudolfmonau3974]

nice shots

[@mhick3333]

Great presentation

[@1balky]

Make an electric ferry that uses diesel generators for electricity. That's just genius.

[@charlesburgoyne-probyn6044]

Green washing

[@charonstyxferryman]

@@charlesburgoyne-probyn6044 No, not. Do some effort to understand efficiency in electricity production using ICEs.

[@velotill]

​@@charonstyxferryman much easier to add shore charging once a viable solution for this type is available. Diesel may stay as backup. Let's not be so negative

[@129jaystreet]

​@@velotillit not "pollution free." It's a lie, a fallacy.

[@oyekanstephen8767]

Watching form Nigeria

[@dalemorris8609]

Interesting 🤔 awesome

[@noddie-tm1un]

This was very interesting to see how such big ships can be pipetted through such small waterways I gess you could say technology has come along way scenes the days of sail ships then steel then Cole now fule and soon electrical powered what is next newclear powered ships I wonder if newclear and electrical powered ships will be for the future generations to come I gess time will tell us all again thankyou to all who made this ships how for us all to learn how things are done to save time and money most of all the environment plays the biggest part in it all

[@edward6902]

we navigated the kiel canal in march of 1978 to pick up a load of glossy magazine paper in kotka finland, coming back westward and bound for philadelphia the wes

[@Larsorlasen]

Ok dokumenter og udsendelse her. 🎉

[@kelinikolas2502]

Who be the narrator for welt documentaries?

[@patriotjon8535]

RE: ( The "Electric" ferry ) I guess the Germans cannot see the irony of using Diesel motors to "Charge" the Batteries 4 Times per day. There is no cure for a Stupidity of that magnitude.

[@129jaystreet]

Haha! I just commented on the very same thing! 💯 correct!

[@lsellclumanetsolarenergyll5071]

This is not called Kiel Canal.... its real name is Nord-Ostsee Canal translated in North- East sea Canal. It's call sign is NOK.

[@davinnicode]

Ostsee wird mit „Baltic Sea“ übersetzt…

[@Rimrock300]

Outside Germany it's possible most known as the Kiel Canal, not it's offical name, so they use it for an international audience. In the video desription also the official name is tagged

[@othernicksweretaken]

In international shipping it is known as Kiel Canal, whereas virtually every German, if they know this canal, calls it Nord-Ostsee-Kanal.

[@lsellclumanetsolarenergyll5071]

@@davinnicode sure thing is you translate only the East yes but this name is a North/East Channel so you can't translate it into Baltic Sea. You as a German should know that very well.

[@baniegajadhar6237]

engineering marvels

[@gouravmisra2317]

WATCHING FROM INDIA SIR

[@TommyThomas282]

Ok

[@aldencaldwell2653]

Anyone catch the electric ferry that is charged by a diesel generator?! 😂

[@jimjams8320]

I always thought it crazy that Captain has full responsibility even though pilot 100% in control for this canal and Suez Canal but I am a bystander. Any comments from others? Just curious.

[@manatee2500]

This is a concept that is enshrined into maritime law. The pilot is considered to be a servant to the master. The reason is that cargo interests have a contract with the owner to carry the goods. Also in the case of accident or other liability it would be practically impossible for either party to recover damages from a pilot. Shipowners are able to rely upon the ability to limit their liability in the instances of pilot or crew error. Because of this cargo owners are able to insure themselves against loss by buying marine insurance. The same concept applies to terminal operators (stevedores).

[@rdub48s]

Electric ferry with zero emissions... minus the 4 times a day, it's charged by a diesel generator... 😂 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@illumencouk]

Once the Iron Duke, now the lowly Iron Lady.

[@gunnarborg7829]

Electric ferry which is charging with diesel - why? Crarge it from shore instead

[@callsigndd9ls897]

You still save 40% fuel, because the losses caused by gears and trnsmission are eliminated to drive the Voith-Schneider propellers. The ferries have 2 Voith-Schneider propellers (front and rear), which in the new ferries are driven directly by electric motors. In addition, the diesel engine runs on LNG.

[@Ximuoi2020]

❤

[@kenurquhart2061]

Two locks are necessary did I miss why this is so. Which end of the canal has the Hugh water and by how many meters.

[@callsigndd9ls897]

The North Sea is subject to the tides, where the difference can be 5 meters (16 ft) or more. There are no tides in the Baltic Sea, but the water level can fluctuate by 1 to 2 meters (3 to 6 ft) due to the influence of the wind. If there were no locks, the canal would be a raging river that changes its flow direction every 6 hours.

[@incomitatus]

When it comes to engineering, no one outdoes the Germans.

[@richardkroll2269]

Seems the Leopards and PzH 2000 not so much in Ukraine

[@johnburns4017]

The Kiel Canal is no engineering master piece

[@callsigndd9ls897]

@@johnburns4017 When the canal was completed in just 5 years over 130 years ago, it was considered a world wonder.

[@johnburns4017]

@@callsigndd9ls897 Not really. Suez canal was built and the Manchester Ship Canal was near complete which engineering-wise beat the Kiel.

[@callsigndd9ls897]

@@johnburns4017 Of course, the Suez Canal is a great achievement. However, it was easier to connect the Red Sea to the Mediterranean via two large existing lakes simply by shoveling away enough loose sand. Flat desert land with no hills to cut through. No rivers to be diverted, no densely populated land to have to build new road and railway connections and no huge locks because there were no differences in height between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. I would rather cite the Panama Canal as an example of an even greater achievement. The construction of this canal was truly a super achievement compared to the Suez Canal. Well, the Manchester Ship Canal connects a city to the sea over a short distance, but not two seas to each other. That may be important for Manchester, but it hardly plays a role for international shipping. If you use the canal as an example, you would also have to mention all inland waterway canals, such as the Mittelland Canal or the Havel-Oder waterway, the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal. Not to mention the great French canals.

[@ralphwortley1206]

You could have started with a map to show what it was necessary.

[@andrewsmactips]

I'm sure if they were making a documentary about baking a cake they would say that a mistake and mixing ingredients would be disastrous. So much unnecessary drama.

[@MongeziRobertMbanjwa]

Except that with concrete there is no margin of error. It becomes disastrous. Google tofu concrete

[@SuperDirk1965]

It would be disastrous for the cake

[@user-bd3zy6wo7l]

Found that RIDICULOUS

[@Pasha8204]

No 1440p

[@richf6111]

Anyone know the deepest part of that canal?

[@FCOLAXCDG]

❤🇱🇨!!!

[@aleksanderkuncwicz7277]

Europe may need many canals if it might flood.

[@edbardoe2195]

Fossil fuel makes the electricity for the electric ferry

[@charonstyxferryman]

11:33 That sailboat just inside of the lock, crossing the big ship just in front it as it's leaving the lock is reckless, and *very bad* seamanship, IMHO.

[@paulgraystone4919]

diesel battery power ferries! so eco friendly lol

[@peggyt1243]

I disagree that the Keel Canal is one of the most difficult waterways for pilots. There is no current to contend with and there are only two locks with minor height differences. The Welland Canal has 8 locks and bypasses Niagara Falls. The Soo Locks and St Mary's River is quite challenging due to currents; Ditto the St Lawrence Seaway.

[@callsigndd9ls897]

The volume of traffic on the Kiel Canal is 30 times higher. 90% of freight traffic to the Baltic Sea ports of Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Poland and Germany goes through the Kiel Canal. It is the busiest man-made waterway in the world.

[@peggyt1243]

@@callsigndd9ls897 I assume the canal is wide enough for two ships to pass port to port. Nothing difficult about that.

[@callsigndd9ls897]

@@peggyt1243 Channel width 162 m (531 ft), depth 13 m (43 ft). The canal is permitted for vessels with a length of 235 m (774 ft) and a width of 32.5 m (195 ft) and a draft of 10 m (33 ft). The clearance height under bridges is 40 m (131 ft). Most ships can pass each other. Only heavily loaded ships with a very large draft or difficult-to-maneuver towing convoys etc. have right of way, smaller ships must therefore wait at waiting or passage points with a width of 200 m (980 ft) or pass them slowly.

[@Continentalmunkey88]

22:40 prodigal daughter returns without therapy, honestly though(t) European Union but African-American getting on my nerves but allowances for UN stresses are missing

[@MahbubAlam-jp6wg]

Pollution free ferry runs on electricity but charges by diesel engine😂😂😂😂.

[@bonidaexpress]

alot of key board engineers lamenting on the electric ferry,why don't you give credit where it belong or show us what you have engineered so far😢

[@xdte_]

one thousand and one meter wide viaducts with average length of one hundred thousand and one meters while the source of the water should be the ocean but the convergency paths ways of the streams are unknown cause of their connections with the reverse osmosis power plants communities

[@thisismissem]

What's the point of installing an electric ferry if it's powered up from on-board diesel generators? That's.. like soooo close to the point be completely missing the point. 😂😭

[@SuperDirk1965]

No it's not. It's a very efficient way of propelling ships as you don't need a gearbox anymore. A gearbox consumes a large part of the energy output of the diesel engine. Diesel-electric is more efficient. The use of batteries makes it even better because then the diesel engine always operates at optimum speed and load.

[@thisismissem]

@@SuperDirk1965 yeah, but like, what if we got rid of the diesel energy entirely and drew energy from clean sources? Then you could have entirely electric with no pollution!

[@SuperDirk1965]

@@thisismissem If we could transport ourselves like in Star Trek, we wouldn't even need the ferry. But in the world we live in today we still have to generate power with diesel sometimes and then it makes sense to do that in the most efficient way.

[@bftjoe]

You're missing the point. It is far more efficient this way, and many trains already do the same thing.

[@sindbad8411]

@@thisismissem No, we can't. It's a pipe dream as we do not have the infrastructure and will not have it for quite some time. I'd suggest Sabine Hossenfelder's youtube canal or Peter Zeihan. Many green activists face one big challenge: math! Sabine's video is title Electric Vehicles: Will they save or destroy us? She 's a German physicist living in the US for many years. She is mostly scientificaly neutral. BUT she knows math! Main Problem is: to transfer major parts of the world "by going green" means we have to scale up mining and processing facilities of roughly a dozen minerals by factor of 3 -5 times. That has never been done before. Some predict it might be possible for "North America" as the Americans may use their military might "to speed things up". but, that doesn't include Europe and much less other regions of the world. Next major hurdle: to build the infrastructure requires investment and it really and truly means HUGE, not just some subsidies here and there.

[@mohdfahmi8841]

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[@cestmoi1262]

So it takes 11 hours (49:46) to go around Denmark and saves 320 nautical miles (49:43 ). What, suddenly these freighters can travel at 30 knots an hour???

[@callsigndd9ls897]

No, the passage through the Kiel Canal takes on average 11 hours. Circumnavigation of Denmark takes at least 3 days.

[@cestmoi1262]

@@callsigndd9ls897I think that is what I tried to point out: sense not make!!!

[@DMBall]

Although the basic facts are interesting, like so many other documentaries today, this one is weighed down with a lot of phony, make-believe drama. The same trite expressions get a workout: "race against time".."the utmost precision"..."a mistake would be disastrous"..."one wrong move can have fatal consequences"...etc., etc.

[@c4m3l23]

13 Million for a 200m cablecar (cabine) replacement - only in Germany.... XD wtf

[@ceejay4377]

The electric ferry that crosses the canal recharges the battery 4 times a day using an onboard diesel generator! Sorry but how can you claim it is a “pollution free ferry”?

[@ferripradana4265]

Electric Fery Is Charged with Diesel Generator ,

[@jafo766]

Pollution Free Ferry ? Like electricity magically appears

[@edbardoe2195]

Diesel magic

[@edwardwalsh4454]

Why no map showing the geographic location on a Euro-map? A little help English speakers outside Europe.

[@scotexscarrier8461]

the new lock been built at brunsbuttel is a joke by the time its finished will have taken over 12 years, the dutch built the the maasvlakte in 5 yrs 2000 hactares of new deepwater port

[@ph11p3540]

How are German canals and ports able to employ people who live in other countries. Doesn't Germany have their equivalent of a Jones Act? This would never be allowed in the US waterways without incurring massive fines.

[@lpd1snipe]

Southern United States

[@GreatNW]

If only other industries would take bote and reduce the experience requirements to start in them. Im not saying you immediately pay them top dollar, just be more willing to hire and train inexperienced people.

[@jboquiren1]

Western United States

[@dean19641000]

😅 yess I am from Australia 🇦🇺 I can only be good 👍 for Asia 🌏 worldwide 🌎 usa 🇺🇸 should keep out of Asia. I am sick of the US 🇺🇸 telling us how to run my country Australia 🇦🇺 😢

[@2Banarne2]

19:00 "our environmentally friendly diesel powered batteries". lol wtf just use a diesel engine if you gona do silly crap like that

[@34802jdog]

its pretty common for ships to use generators hooked up to electric engines

[@callsigndd9ls897]

They still save 40% fuel, because the losses caused by gears and trnsmission are eliminated to drive the Voith-Schneider propellers. The ferries have 2 Voith-Schneider propellers (front and rear), which in the new ferries are driven directly by electric motors. A full charge with electricity from the land does not work because the ferries moor for a maximum of 3 minutes and then start sailing again immediately. In addition, the diesel engine runs on LNG. Most huge cruise ships today are diesel-electric powered.

[@129jaystreet]

"....... the pollution-free ferry..". The ferry has two diesel generators to recharge the batteries.." 😂😂😂😂 all of this climate change jazz is a total joke!

[@EuroWarsOrg]

"Electric Ferry" - with onboard diesel generator! lol what a lie people live...