What the Ship? (Ep105) | Red Sea & Houthi | Containerships | Cruise Ships | Shipbuilding | Big U

[@indylovelace]

Crossing over that 300,000 subscribers. You’ve come along way, Sal!

[@wgowshipping]

Still 50 to go, but thanks for all your support and advice.

[@takunveritas]

damn! congrats!

[@deemushroomguy]

Heck yeah, Sal! Good job, dude! Way to hang in there! Thank you for providing great content so consistently!

[@bc-guy852]

I think it's the shirts!

[@freedommike4862]

You made it!

[@JohnnyG2573]

I don’t give two ships about shipping but Sal is one of the most effective communicators on KZbin and I’m locked in on every upload!

[@widescreennavel]

We need a bigger ship! We call Sal, you see him everywhere. He's a shipping star!

[@bradley-eblesisor]

Congratulations, Sal, for the meteoric success of your channel! Your credibility and passion are the keys to your success. Thank you, Sir.

[@glass8289]

The recognized government of yemen is not even in yemen. the president is currently living in Saudi Arabia. That tells something. This is one good youtube channel on shipping.

[@joshuaerickson2458]

Good thing we cant be at war with a non state.

[@xorebro]

+1

[@skutchBlobaum]

Sounds like Ukraine.

[@lukenodag5784]

Glad someone mentioned it. They're in a hotel in Riyadh. Google Hadi ballot. That was the election Hilary Clinton praised in Yemen but there was only one name on the ballot.

[@ThatOpalGuy]

it tells me he wants to remain living.

[@user-bt8vn3dj6o]

Thanks for the follow up. Problem, frequently, with the mainstream media is there is no follow up to a story.

[@NavyDocHM3]

Sal- I’m a former US Navy Hospital Corpsman and medically retired Paramedic due to responding to the Pentagon on 9/11; working with the Marines during my Navy time, I never had the opportunity to serve on a ship. I’ve learned so much from you about shipping since watching your show that I wish I would have had that opportunity I mentioned above. 😄 Thank you and please keep up the great work! Doc Lykins, VA

[@wgowshipping]

Thanks for your service!

[@NavyDocHM3]

@@wgowshippingyou are quite welcome, Sir!!

[@humbug175]

Highly qualified Boeing 757 pilots took 16 attempts in flight simulators before being capable of recreating the flight paths used to hit WTC towers 1 & 2. None were capable of recreating the flight path used to hit the Pentagon. The Truth is unthinkable….if you don’t think.

[@mickeybailey5147]

As a wee lad I saw both the SS United States and the SS France sailing out from NYC. Coming from a land locked state they burned deep into my memory. I’ll turn 70 this week, but the vision is as clear as the photos my dad snapped.

[@kevinthomas895]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYq1oJmZfN-caNksi=cyIrPmUL4qoVMuEj

[@LASauber]

I started watching your channel with Dali incident, I have enjoyed watching your channel since. I am a ED nurse in Jacksonville, FL which has nothing to do with shipping but I enjoy learning about shipping. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@johngillespie9459]

The hull plating is often thicker on lakers, because they deal with ice in the early and later parts of the shipping season. This lends itself to a long life, as do shorter swells on the lakes. Thanks for keeping us up to date on shipping, Sal!

[@jimcarlson2252]

Learned this key fact listening to Sal, that 95% of all commercial ships built worldwide are built by 3 Asian nations, China, South Korea and Japan. America builds only 0.05% of the world’s ships and a good portion are ferries for the Puget Sound near Seattle. South Korea didn’t even have a significant steel industry until the 1980’s but today they produce 25 to 30% of all commercial ships worldwide. Sal is a great communicator for all things commerce concerning maritime matters, he has a real gift for making “What’s Going on with Shipping”, a must watch even for this landlubber. All the best to you Sal and congratulations on topping 300,000 subscribers.

[@BobHannent]

I worked for a Korean company, someone there told me that one reason the Koreans adopted metal chopsticks so universally was to support the local steel industry.

[@jimcarlson2252]

@@BobHannent I worked at a large bridge fabricator at Harris Structural Steel in South Plainfield NJ 1981 to 1987, left as head of Quality Control. The last major cantilever bridge we fabricated was and is the 5th largest cantilever bridge in the world over the Mississippi River in New Orleans. Harris Structural Bridge built the cantilever portion of the Crescent City Connection bridge for 50 million but the near 5 miles of connector bridges that also was bid out to be fabricated at 50 million that we won, we farmed out to South Korea. Our production staff went to South Korea to assist on how best to fabricate these bridge members. What they told me they found were South Korean military guards everywhere and the whole effort was state sponsored by the government of South Korea. I was told they didn’t have much steel production until this project. They completed their 50 million portion of the connector bridges for less than 25 million. Also the South Korean government paid FOB to ship all the miles of bridge members from South Korea, through the Panama Canal and then to New Orleans. Metal chopsticks in South Korea I bet were common after these New Orleans connector bridge members were fabricated and accompanying steel industry was created for this fabrication effort after 1988 in South Korea. I read Wikipedia on this bridge they do mention Harris Structural Steel fabricated the bridge but no mention the nation state of South Korea built a steel industry to build all the miles of connector bridge members and shipped it all to New Orleans for under 25 million of the 50 million we bid to do it. The owners son told me it was the most money Harris Structural Steel ever made fabricating a bridge and his PE Civil Engineering dad retired soon after.

[@miker891]

The Houthi saga is really benefiting your channel Sal. Glad to see your channel is growing. Wishing you more success!

[@yedidyah-jedshlomoh1533]

Houthi are terrorist pirates. lol o ho, yo ho, a pirate’s life for me. We kindle and char and enflame and ignite. Drink up me ‘earties, yo ho. We burn up the city, we’re really a fright. Drink up me ‘earties, yo ho. Yo ho, you ho, a pirate’s life for me. We’re beggars and blighters and ne’er do-well cads, Drink up me ‘earties, yo ho. Aye, but we’re loved by our mommies and dads, Drink up me ‘earties, yo ho.

[@fuckfannyfiddlefart]

​@@yedidyah-jedshlomoh1533 Houthis are hero's standing against MURDEROUS YANKEE IMPERIALISM FREE PALESTINE

[@simonschneider5913]

that will backfire soon. gotta pick a side.. and live with the consequences.

[@frictionpeg]

Sal, it's not 'both sides'. Israel is the west's colonial garrison occupying Palestine. For a hundred years the Palestinians have been dispossessed, brutalised, massacred and now genocided by the west and it's proxy, Israel. Ansar Allah (the Houthis) are blockading in support of the Palestinian struggle of liberation from genocidal zionist terror and it's western backers.

[@lordbyron8927]

Not a ship guy (unless you call a canoe a ship), but I love this channel. Great content.

[@mplsmike4023]

As always, interesting info even for someone not super-focused on merchant shipping. Also, you do a wonderful job of navigating how political considerations affect shipping without allowing the politics to overwhelm the discussion.

[@timoliver8940]

SS United States was a sad,neglected, corroding hulk when I spent 6 weeks on a small containership laid up on the Intercontinental Grain Terminal in Norfolk Va opposite her in the 1980’s. She had lumps of structure falling off her then so I dread to think what sort of state she is in now 40 years later - almost dangerous to go aboard I would imagine.

[@kevinthomas895]

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[@PatriciaTennery]

Best shirt ever; and I have loved them all. ❤

[@eugenio1542]

Chapeaux Captain Sal. Reportage par excellence. Surprising reasonable, rational, open minded and hearted ❤. Fair winds and following seas ☝️♥️✌️🌍🙏🇭🇲🇿🇦

[@bc-guy852]

What an interesting comment Sal... "I'd launch a life raft before I got into a life boat with the others" (paraphrased). I'll bet the logic behind that - could make an entire episode... Do Tell!

[@MiBones]

Second that. Inquiring minds want to know.

[@Jimmyfisher121]

Thank you once again Sal for important information from a trusted and very experienced professional.

[@lb7325]

Thanks to your channel, Sal, I'm beginning to wrap my head around the magnitude of shipping providing 8 billion consumers with their "stuff". TY

[@yupnotgonnasay9864]

Keep up the fantastic work informing us about the world of shipping Thanks!

[@idkjames]

Was the infrastructure damage in Charleston due to wake or crappy dilapidated infrastructure.

[@malcolm20091000]

Really. $23.5 million seems like an already made up total for a bunch of deferred maintenance.

[@JHe-f9t]

yes

[@tomriley5790]

Congratulations Sal! 300K is impressive and well deserved.

[@PatriciaTennery]

Always a great update. Necessary for those of us interested. Definitely a great instructor!!❤

[@harrissocal]

Good Episode, Sal! Congrats on passing the 300k mark! It's a shame the Pentagon didn't have the foresight to pick up the SS United States, remove the asbestos, install bunk tiers, and put it in the ready reserve. Fire up the powerplant monthly, use it as a training vessel and maintain it. The cost would probably have been about what they spend on paperclips, copy paper and toner yearly.

[@QALibrary]

A few days ago Sal - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - updated its data/advice on El Niño affecting the world - they downgraded it from severe to neutral - this should greatly help out the Panama Canal and low water problem becuse they end up getting more rain and balanced weather

[@phyllisalderson6247]

Thanks Sal for this information ,, never knew this was happening before the Dali . 💁‍♀️

[@nrm224]

Canadian ship lucky it’s not November!

[@almirria6753]

I am using my Marine Corps chowhall grade coffee to drink when you speak of that area around the Red Sea

[@artysanmobile]

That does not sound like the pale brown water popular in much of USA.

[@-oysterthief4444]

Be careful! I used to fuel the trucks with that stuff!

[@evanmurphy2473]

Dunkin?

[@monicamolloy5105]

I appreciate your coverage. Thanx Minica

[@bryancherry9253]

On a much smaller, and more local scale, there is also an effort to restrict cruise ships into Juneau. It doesn't seem to be so much infrastructure but the tolerance of the local people.

[@williamlloyd3769]

Professor Sal, thanks for an interesting recap on the maritime sector!

[@mattc.310]

I agree on the raft comment. No thanks on being in an enclosed space with a couple hundred of my closest friends. Can you imagine the restocking of that new monster for three and four day cruises with 5,600+ passengers? Wow. 2,500 is wild enough. the Big U needs to be a reef with funnels and plaques removed and taken where you mentioned. It's sad to keep her around just decaying.

[@mcribprime6594]

Hello Sal, greetings from the UK, loving your channel.

[@mstallion98]

I remember the SS United States being docked in Norfolk for many years. I also remember they auctioned off many of her items in the early 80’s. I remember passing her on the dinner cruise boat there and it seemed like it was a ghost ship with no lights on it.

[@rexfaucher9773]

I loved the section on the SS United States. Her story shows how rapidly the 20th century past itself. What a great liner. She should have been in service 35 years prior. Gibbs story is one that should be known by anyone who loves transportation. I too would hate to see the ship scrapped. Please scuttle her in an appropriate place so people will remember that one time she lived. Thanks for a great video. Regards, RF

[@JackHawkinswrites]

Fiji’s navy is sinking …. The Red Sea remains closed to most shipping and the world adjusts ….

[@americanrambler4972]

Lots of content in todays episode. A whole lot. The event that sticks with me is the pending eviction of the SS United States from its berth. I suspect we are witnessing the approaching final disposition of the ship. Will it be towed of to South Asia or will it head to Texas. I don’t think it will be used for a target or reef ship simply because of what she represents and her size. She is a big ship. A really big ship. If she is dismantled, I would like to see her front section along with her funnels saved and incorporated in some architectural structure. The long sweeping bow of the ship is the signature feature of the ship along with her funnels.

[@MarcosElMalo2]

What are the structural issues if any? Is it seaworthy? Part of the problem with the Queen Mary floating hotel/tourist attraction is that it’s located in Long Beach, California. Long Beach isn’t a tourist destination. (The City of Long Beach purchased the ship in an attempt to change itself into a destination city, but it hasn’t worked.) The Queen Mary is also expensive to maintain and operate. I’m just guessing but I doubt it’s making any great profits even in a good year. She’s also permanently moored. She’s not going anywhere. I think for the SS United States to be profitable, it would need to operate as a floating casino. It would need to operate out of a port in a popular destination city, and head out to international waters for gambling.

[@garycountryman5412]

Sal, congratulations on reaching 300k subscribers.

[@pbourd]

SS America, sister ship to SS UNITED STATES, wrecked on Fuertaventura, Canary Islands. My father Pierre Bourdelle created many murals for Dining rooms, etc. Salvaged by the residents of Fuertaventura, before she ultimately succumbed to the ocean.

[@wgowshipping]

SS America was hull #1 in the Maritime Commission program in 1939 and United States was the second to last.

[@shanerr7252]

Cheers Sal!

[@mikemanning3025]

Hey SAL,GREAT episode as always. I really felt your passion of significance towards the SS UNITED STATES! Curiosity was piqued about the demand to move her from. PHILLY. What's your professional thoughts on something going to happen at the yards at PHILLY, i.e. expansion or maybe a 'secret' project in rhe works they need the room! Just thoughts; to me your insights ALWAYS get this old brain ramped up: your a very stimulating in all your presentations. Thanks again for GREAT work in videos! Mike from Delaware

[@marumiyuhime]

shit load references a load of organic fertilizer going to a field, luv the pun cheers. made my morning, never moved a small amount of poop on my mums farm: farming LOL

[@joestellwagon2122]

Great update

[@thedabblingwarlock]

Hey Sal, I remembered you asking why the USN wasn't doing more and why the US as a whole was allowing this. I've been pondering it and I think it has to do with how funding has been misallocated in the USN, how the USN has focused more on carrier groups than on smaller surface combatants, and how the US as a whole is leery of getting involved in another Middle Eastern conflict. Going in reverse order, I think that even in a perfect scenario where the USN has the surface combatants to defend convoys and can 100% get any merchantman through the gauntlet unscathed, you will still need boots on the ground. Over the decades since the end of the Cold War, the US has grown increasingly insular. We tend to focus more on internal issues than external ones, at least until they bite us in the butt, and that's only grown more pronounced in the past ten years. We don't want to put boots on the ground, and that means that our only option is to try attriting the Houthis ability to launch these strikes with air strikes and interceptions. That is expensive, and the more we do it, the more likely it is that we're going to have a situation where something happens to cause it to blow up in our faces. But the only other alternative is to go in and have troops physically clear the areas and make sure the Houthis aren't in a position to attack shipping through the Red Sea, which will almost certainly result in a long occupation and trying to build up a functional government while at the same time conducting operations against Houthi militants. Basically, this turns into Afghanistan 2.0, and after 20 years of what we saw in Afghanistan and Iraq, we don't have the appetite for it. Then there's the USN's focus on the carrier and the carrier strike group. For decades I think the USN has been focused on a conflict with China and for that we don't need a lot of cruisers and destroyers, we need a long-range punch that can hit PLA, PLAAF, and PLAN assets from beyond ranges at which they can reply. Blockading China is relatively simple, and even if they do manage to get various pipelines and overland routes up and running, they are still going to be heavily reliant on exports to fuel their economy and imports to support their population and war machine. We just don't need a huge number of surface ships to cut off China's sea trade. We do need a large number of carriers to carry out the air strikes and combat air patrols to suppress and destroy the PLAAF's and PLAN's assets. Which leads me to the the misallocated funding. The USN has a problem with trying to gold-plate everything. Just look at the Constellation Class and what's been going on there. On top of that, it also has a problem for picking solutions without also accepting the underlying assumptions that those solutions have been developed under. One of the problems with the LCS is that they didn't accept that in order for the concept to work, they needed full watch rotations for each of the modules. If memory serves, they also didn't listen to the shipbuilders and insisted that the ships didn't need an active sacrificial anode (or cathode, can't remember which it is.) That's not counting all of the issues that the LCS designs faced and that when the USN realized that they'd screwed up, Congress kept funding the program and forcing the USN to take the ships even though they wanted to cancel it and move onto something that they wanted/needed more. Basically, it's like the US Senate insisting that NASA continue the SLS program despite it having long ago turned into a pork-barrel project and having become increasingly obsolescent over the past decade as SpaceX has proven reusability is not only feasible but that the way NASA and its contractors do things makes progress glacial. So, what would I do if I were king for a day? First, I'd cancel the LCS program and see if we could convert the shipyards building them to building the Constellation Class. Second, I'd tell the navy that we're going with a solution that does 90-95% of what they want and need it to do for the Constellation Class. If the FREMM works out of the box, we build the FREMM. If we need to modify it to work, we do the absolute bare-minimum modification to the FREMM's design. Third, we take a look at the strategic situation and the USN's responsibilities. We prioritize the missions most critical to US security and figure out what we need to accomplish those missions. If we want to secure freedom of navigation, we'll need to build ships that can do the escort mission and can be rearmed underway. The FREMM is largely to buy time for the USN to develop its next generation of ships to meet its mission requirements. I know, I know, there's nothing more permanent than a temporary solution, but that's largely a product of the very human rationale of not messing with something that is working well enough. To be perfectly honest, I have a feeling that by the time the USN has the next-gen ships ready for serial production, we're going to be close to the time we'd have to retire the FREMMs anyway. Forth, when we do get to building the USN's new ships, we first build a test-bed for the technologies we're going to be introducing. We need to work out the teething issues first before we try mass-producing anything. Once we have things working on their own or with the new technologies they need to function properly, we build a prototype that integrates everything and work out the issues there before going into serial production of the new class(es.) Fifth, we look at reducing manning requirements as much as we can, especially for assets that we know will be taking losses in a conflict. This will also have the benefit of allowing the USN to field more ships without increasing manning requirements. I think that if we are going back to the days of convoys and merchantmen needing escorts, we'll need to make as many of those escorts as we can, and we will probably be looking at those ships being at increased risk of loss as well. Reducing their manning requirements makes it easier to field the numbers needed and to decrease the potential loss of life if one of these ships does sink. That's my two cents anyway. I'd also take it with a large grain of salt. I am no analyst and most of this is stuff I've picked up from experts and fitted with my own thoughts.

[@RaymondDoolan]

Two cents more like a $500 bill ha ha ha

[@solandri69]

It's a lot simpler than that. The USN is firing $2 million missiles to shoot down drones that only cost tens of thousands of dollars to make. That's not a sustainable long-term policy. Ukraine is running into the same problem, and likely would have fallen already if it weren't getting C-RAM missiles for free from the West. (Not exactly free; the West is getting data on how these systems perform in an actual war.) The only thing that comes to mind which could flip this is a laser weapon system; but those are still in the testing phase. At some point the world needs to realize that if a country refuses to reconize everyone's right to navigate through international waters (or if you're being generous, is incapable of preventing its citizens from firing upon traffic in international waters), there's no need for the international community to recognize that country's national borders. Everyone is just really reluctant to call for the UN to invade a country for having a corrupt/inept government, because that would establish that the UN can invade _any_ country which has a corrupt/inept government, Which probably describes most of the countries on the planet.

[@PaulBKal]

Way too many words. All you needed to say was weak US President. No way this’d be happening with a strong President

[@thedabblingwarlock]

@@solandri69 Regarding the first part, it depends. Of those cheap drones represent a large enough chunk of an adversary's GDP, then it is possible for it to be sustainable for long enough. It doesn't matter, except on a cost efficiency basis, if our shots cost 100 times more if our budget is a 1,000 or 10,000 times more than the other guy's. The other guy can't keep up the barrage long enough for the costs to really pinch. I know these guys don't operate in a vacuum, but even with Iranian backing, there's limits to how many missiles they can toss out. As for the second part, there is precedence for the UN to send peacekeeping forces into other countries, especially when they turn into failed states. I'd argue that Yemen is approaching that point, but the question is if anyone on the security council is going to veto any motions to do so in Yemen's case. Now, invading a country because they've become a rogue state is a more ticklish proposition. I don't see anyone who thinks about it going along with something like that, at least through the UN. Maybe as part of a coalition, but definitely not using the UN.

[@thedabblingwarlock]

@@PaulBKal I don't think Biden's going to be remembered fondly by history, but some of the issues we are seeing with the USN in the Red Sea are the results of decisions made years, if not decades, ago. Part of this is a long simmering conflict between Israel and the Palestinians since Israeli independence in 1948. Are there things that Biden could have or should have done that would have deterred the Houthis? Almost certainly, but that doesn't change the Middle East being a powder keg and the issues with the USN. There are also some cases where it doesn't matter how strong or skilled of a president we have, those things were going to happen anyway. I'm not convinced that the October 7th attack and the continuing attacks on shipping around the Arabian Peninsula would have been prevented by a more competent US President in the White House. Same with the invasion of Ukraine. The world doesn't revolve around the US President, and I think we Americans forget that far too often. Besides, I was trying to explain why I think the USN isn't convoying the US Merchant Marine through the Red Sea, and the TL;DR: version is the USN didn't build the right fleet for that.

[@artysanmobile]

Liens in anticipation of fines and damage costs in Charleston are exactly the right choice, guaranteeing a remedy will be swift and thorough

[@goldreserve]

Congrats on 300k. KZbin censorship prevents quoting the UN Relief Chief. It's along the lines of half the people in Gaza are near the end.

[@DUBSTEP_KUSH305]

4:31 does the bong count weeeee

[@nelsonbrandt7847]

Great episode

[@thoughtful_criticiser]

The US is following the UK when it comes to the Merchant Marine. People have quickly forgotten just how essential they are. During WW2 they kept the UK fed and the US forces, fed and fighting. Though my father and one of his brothers were in the army, seven of my uncles were Merchant Marine. They mostly operated convoys across the Atlantic and Artic Oceans to the USA and USSR but occasionally went east, far east. They all came home safely and would be deeply upset by the state of merchant shipping for western mariners and ship builders. My brother is a time served Pipe Marine, trained at Camel Laird Ship yard. They tried to get him to return when they re-opened the shipyard a few years. Considering that he was in the last cohort that spent seven years training and one of five who qualified, he said that his current job was more secure. He drives a bus for minimum wage. He told me that he prefers his warm bus to a freezing cold wet yard.

[@drewstead316]

The issues with bab al mendeb and rising shipping rates seems like a bigger deal than Saudi Arabia not continuing the petrodollar deal

[@raymondnoel6053]

As long as they continue acting as if the previous deal is still in effect and there is negotiation for the renewal there is no reason to alarm. We can assume that behind close doors the US want S.A. to recognize Israel and S.A. want security (nuke, F-35, protection from US army...)

[@SundogbuildersNet]

​@@raymondnoel6053 Maybe. Saudi recently joined BRICS and told the US to stuff it over price controls requests.

[@raymondnoel6053]

@@SundogbuildersNet Once the US became a liquid gas producer, they viewed S.A. as a competitor and Biden declared MBS as a pariah. This is not the first time that the US threaten S.A. ... so MBS has to chose between higher oil price with the threat of regime changes, frozen money and new western policies or lower oil price offered by the BRICS

[@SundogbuildersNet]

@@raymondnoel6053 Packaging Kashoggi in a suitcase was a message from MBS that foreign policy was changing. China's brokerage of the Iran/Saud negotiations was well timed and significant. Underlying this is the little fact that Saudi oil is at its peak. They need a new schick to remain relevant for the next 40 years, while their use in the world reserve currency wanes.

[@fluffypuppy1040]

Also Carnival is shutting down the P&O Cruises brand out of Australia (it has existed for 80 or so years). This is a big deal for the South Pacific islands where tourism is the main or a major part of their national economy.

[@bradridge5644]

You made me want some Landshark

[@krispypriest5116]

Almost 300k Sal! Hello from Canada and a plug for the Algorithm.

[@1MrAngel1]

If only the USS Liberty would get this much attention

[@wenfritsch4647]

A late friend of ours was director of children’s programs on the Sos United States during the 1950s

[@paddyohenry6428]

You should call out the ship owners for putting the crews at risk.

[@wgowshipping]

I do call them out as they are equally culpable.

[@ScotHarkins]

"Suffering from high profits" is right. Keeping pay and upkeep outlays low do not a successful business make. That's why the running "this one neat trick will improve your business" joke often follows announcements of pay increases to help retain good workers.

[@davidoldboy5425]

Man never learns, two things will happen in the next 20 years that will have everyone shocked, both predictable as you touch upon one of them Sal. There is no way these large Cruise ships can be evacuated quickly in an emergency, and we all know it, be prepared for Titanic 2 at some point. We have had an exemplary safety record from gas and chemical tankers, however with the obscure flags they are going under and their age, accompanied by possible poor crew training, we are now overdue a major catastrophe, this will occur at some point, that is a certainty. Sorry to be gloomy but accidents happen, even with the strictest safety regimes.

[@DanHolmes-o9b]

So important in all lines of work or commerce to prioritize safety standards and protocol. When we get complacent and start taking things for granted is when we let our guard down. The Key Bridge incident was 100 % preventable. Still waiting on conclusinary reports from all agencies (almost 3 months now) to find responsibility and factual answers. I'm certain I know why but will keep my mouth shut until official answers are released to many questions. Thank you for your service and dedication. 👍

[@jackdawg4579]

It has recently been announced that the P&O plague ships (Cruise ships) in Australia are going to be decommissioned or absorbed into the parent company fleet, apparently, the small cruise ships used here are no longer profitable.

[@villagaiac55]

thanks for the update

[@jaymacpherson8167]

Safe journey to and fromEuropa Sal!

[@Malachamavet]

The fact there's a single operating ocean liner today is a tragedy. Just drop a bunch of money to Ship of Theseus it back alive

[@benjaminbatema6963]

A lot of ships sank in the Great Lakes due to stress fractures, they're no joke.

[@christinelanger2791]

Michi is one of my favorite lakers! Anxious to see if they crop and renew and send her back out.

[@Shipspotting_Vietnam]

Great content as always!! Thanks for sharing!

[@tomriley5790]

Interesting you'd pick a liferaft - any reason why? Thinking about it one issue I see with a liferaft off a cruise ship - it's a long way down to the water, plus once you're in it likely people jumping onto you. Next one is a liferaft can deflate or sink. That said I know with only a little heel you can't launch lifeboats.

[@jeffree9015]

Have you ever heard of the product MoorMaster? I used to work for the company that produces them. They seem like a good idea, but would be interesting to know what someone in the know thinks of them. Basically huge suction cups on hydraulic arms for securing ships to births.

[@kaymish6178]

Here in NZ we have biosecurity rules that cruise ships fall afoul of. They get fouled by ocean organisms and are not allowed entry.

[@afterglow5285]

Can the patreon subscribers get to spend an afternoon with you, maybe a barbecue with beers talking about shipping or a simulcast of tom hanks movies with Sal commentary?

[@alucarder]

Great video

[@cestmoi1262]

Looks like the Houthis are having a ball, just like a carnival shooting gallery with no competition. And then there is the rest of the shipping countries doing NOTHING! Apparently: what have we got --- a cuisinart?

[@joefin5900]

The Edmund Fitzgerald passed between Michipicoten and Caribou islands on her last voyage. Maybe busted her bottom on Six Fathom Shoal....

[@nayBobb]

How is Egypt fairing with the decrease in traffic thru the Suez?

[@johngibson3837]

Hey up sal nice video and congratulations on your 300k subs

[@mlb4062]

Way cool! Be safe traveling!!

[@informationmimic9547]

SS United States had asbestos removed in Crimea, Ukraine by the way. There are a couple of stories telling that some of the inner fittings from the liner was taken as part of "dismantling" process, as not many shipyards in western world were accepting a job like that.

[@robertf3479]

There have been a number of tours of the ship, some fairly recently where you can see that nearly ALL of the interior has been stripped from her. There are no passenger amenities remaining including plumbing, the cabin walls have been removed turning those decks into simple open space.

[@informationmimic9547]

@@robertf3479 To clarify, some parts of inner furniture were auctioned off in 1970s, and some parts were stripped in process of removing asbestos in 1990s in Sevastopol. I believe Oceanliners Design has a video on the ship.

[@evelynwalker1998]

The only Crimea we know is the Black Sea peninsula in the South of mama Russia.

[@robertf3479]

@@informationmimic9547 Yeah, I am aware. I was transferred by the Navy to the Hampton Roads area in the early 1980s, the Lady was a fixture on the Norfolk and later Newport News waterfronts until she was towed from Newport News to Turkey for "asbestos removal" from her engineering spaces. It turned out that far more than just asbestos was removed from the ship, they didn't do her any favors. In the 1980s the lifeboats and other hardware was auctioned off to meet docking expenses. One of the lifeboats and other smaller bits and pieces ended up for sale at a now defunct "Nautical Antiques" store on Virginia Beach Blvd in Norfolk. He had a brass binnacle from the Pilot House (Bridge) as well as a number of much smaller pieces for sale in the store but I couldn't buy any as I was on sea duty with two young kids and a wife to support at the time.

[@medfadlakmedfadlak2288]

Good reporting. Bad political bias. Thank you.

[@wgowshipping]

I aim to keep all bias out but I do have a bias when mariners are being killed, both against the companies sending the ships through the region and the Houthi for the attacks.

[@TedForbes-j4i]

Nice information on ships, even better if neutral, without getting tangled up in the politics. Nothing can be said about either side that will change what's going on.

[@tsclly2377]

SS United States needs a re-plate plus. Should be a active floating embassy., but the State Department sticks money in the wrong programs. Where else are the going to get a ship that is faster.

[@burryhulbertjr1429]

Love you SAL!! YOU ROCK.!!

[@DM-mv4eq]

Wow, yeah. I am right with you on the looking to egress via non-life raft means. Jumping into the ocean has its own terror, but if fails in comparison to any mob of people.

[@k53847]

Today is the 6 month anniversary of Operation Prosperity Guardian. What an amazing accomplishment by the Biden Admin, exceeded only by their fabulous Afghanistan Adventure.

[@bertblankenstein3738]

I had my glass of milk ready right at the start of the video.

[@gilbertponder5307]

Belated happy Father's Day!

[@parthppopat]

Awesome, can you do a breakdown of how each of the 3 BRI, IMEC & INSTC will impact International Shipping?

[@1337flite]

Probably we (Australia) trained the officers conning the Fijian patrol boat. So it's all our fault. Probably. No good deed. ;-)

[@williamlloyd3769]

Perhaps you (Australia) can blame the loss on England as the charts were created by Captain Cook?

[@solandri69]

@@williamlloyd3769 They ran aground because of outdated charts? I remember the embarrassment when the Queen Elizabeth 2 ran aground off of Boston, because the charts it was using hadn't been updated by the U.S. since the 1800s. (The shallow spot had been noticed by a survey in the 1930s, but no follow-up work was done so it was never added to the official navigation charts.)

[@evelynwalker1998]

Out of all the crews Australians trained, only the Fiji crew screwed up, on the boat's maiden voyage too. LOL!

[@evelynwalker1998]

​@williamlloyd3769 The Fijians should have instead docked and made this free state of the art patrol boat into something useful, like a chicken coop.

[@SlavaT]

If the USA and Europe do not comply with any rules and laws, not state or human, how can you demand this from someone? if you choose a game without rules, be prepared for the consequences.

[@JandiFebie]

Sal, Rain has returned, with a vengeance, to Panama, how do you see normalization of operations in the P.C. affecting the red sea debacle

[@miguelnieves9915]

Sal mentions that people are upset with what Israel is doing in Gaza while Israel is upset with what was done to Israelis on Oct 7th. Imagine how upset Palestinians must be after what Israel has done to them for more than 75 years. It's mentioned that the Houthi are violating maritime and international law by their actions. Imagine how this violation compares with the crime of crimes (genocide), which Israel is committing. We never hear that Israel has been violating the law of the sea when it blockaded Gaza since 2006. Btw, If the US did what the Houthi are doing, it'll be called in this channel Humanitarian Intervention.

[@firefox5926]

1:04 cop arrives on scene .. uh dispatch uh we're gonna need some bigger hand cuffs... cut to a week later and for some reason the ship has a bruise on its for head and a black eye because it ... fell down the stairs on the way to the cells

[@RobsNeighbor]

Good morning Sal!

[@whya2ndaccount]

Well done on crossing the "300K barrier". 02:50: That's disappointing.

[@jackdawg4579]

considering it costs me about $50 US per kilo, to get a package delivered to Australia from the US, I'm thinking those "high" container rates you are worried about are a pittance, someone is making an obscene profit...

[@slowb4lls1]

I don’t think I need to tell you this Sal since this is your wheelhouse. But I feel as a fellow tar heel just up the Road from me I would do you a solid and let you know the proper term in a situation like this with the Shipping companies making the call to go all the way around, the proper term for this situation is they go “ROUNDTHEOUTSIDE” just like the two trailer park girls go……..ROUNDTHEOUTSIDE. 😂 let’s see if you kno this reference

[@BurchellAtTheWharf]

0:29 yea man, its definitely a BoatLoad of things to say tue least

[@tsclly2377]

From Wikipedia: The Bab-el-Mandeb (Arabic: باب المندب, lit. 'Gate of Lamentation',[1] Tigrinya: ባብ ኣል ማንዳብ), the Gate of Grief or the Gate of Tears,[2] is a strait between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula and Djibouti and Eritrea in the Horn of Africa. It connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and by extension the Indian Ocean. v Geography Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb with Perim Island in the distance The distance across is about 26 kilometres (14 nmi) from Ras Menheli in Yemen to Ras Siyyan in Djibouti. The island of Perim divides the strait into two channels, of which the eastern, known as the Bab Iskender (Alexander's Strait), is 5.37 kilometres (2.90 nmi) wide and 29 metres; 96 feet (16 fathoms) deep, while the western, or Dact-el-Mayun, has a width of 20.3 kilometres (11.0 nmi) and a depth of 310 metres; 1,020 feet (170 fathoms). Near the coast of Djibouti lies a group of smaller islands known as the "Seven Brothers". There is a surface current inwards in the eastern channel, but a strong undercurrent outwards in the western channel.[3] Significance in the maritime trade route The Bab-el-Mandeb acts as a strategic link between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea via the Red Sea and the Suez Canal. Most exports of petroleum and natural gas from the Persian Gulf that transit the Suez Canal or the SUMED Pipeline pass through both the Bab el-Mandeb and the Strait of Hormuz.[4] While the narrow width of the strait requires vessels to travel through the territorial sea of adjacent states, under the purview of Article 37 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the legal concept of transit passage applies to Bab el-Mandeb, although Eritrea (unlike the rest of coastal countries) is not a party to the convention.[5] Chokepoints are narrow channels along widely used global sea routes that are critical to global energy security. The Bab el-Mandeb Strait is 26 kilometres (14 nautical miles) wide at its narrowest point, limiting tanker traffic to two 2-mile-wide channels for inbound and outbound shipments.[4][3]

[@paulname5483]

105 episode?! More puns. Thanks.

[@MrShanegoldman]

Another great video.

[@ningaloo]

Sal have a look at what Australia NSW is charging cruise ships. P&O is leaving Australia in 2025.

[@adrianbanks2089]

Very Well Done ! ( EX B.P ) From a Windy U,K ! 😊