Worlds largest ship engine - 14 Cylinder - 14RT Flex96C Tier II

A tour around one of the worlds largest ship engines. This powers a 400 meter long container ship.
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[@cyrilsingh3465]

The engine room is as clean as an operation theatre. Whoever is / are doing it, deserve a gold medal. I can't keep my kitchen so clean!!!!!

[@venkatarao1658]

It has manpower on shift-duty exclusively to take care of it...at it's every inch.

[@TomokosEnterprize]

What a beast. In my youth I worked for Cooper Bessemer in Stratford Ontario Canada. The 20 or 16 cylinder KSV was the largest engine they made at that time. It had a 63 foot long crankshaft. That is coming from an 80 year old so likely I may be making mistakes. I was 18 when I started there. Right out of machinist school. They found that getting us fresh and new we weren't bothered by the size of the engines and pipe line compressors we were making .Trade machinists traditionally didn't stay there very long. Seeing this sure brings a lot og great memories back to me. Thank you.

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Diesel engines cruse ship

[@cyrilsingh3465]

Such a giant of an engine and engine room, and not a speck of dust or oil anywhere and not a pin out of place. the place is so clean that I wouldn't mind sleeping on the floor with the sound of these giant engines buzzing all around. people responsible for their upkeep deserve a medal for their hard work. I just love the whole technical area.

[@dudekfox7685]

True but the wooden pallet storage leaves a bit of room for improvement.

[@cyrilsingh3465]

@@dudekfox7685 with such sharp eyes, you should become a sniper and serve your country. I had to play the video 3 times to see where the wooden pallets were.

[@dudekfox7685]

@@cyrilsingh3465 Anything for you and my country.

[@cyrilsingh3465]

@@dudekfox7685That's very gracious of you. God bless you.

[@longinogiorda34]

After a while,that rithmic thundering is like a lullaby....been there done that👍

[@markmark2080]

The mechanical noise in a diesel engine room is off the chart, and the heat when in the tropics is hellish, time spent in ships engine rooms will cure one of complaining about minor discomforts...

[@dieterk9568]

did it for almost 30 years, enjoyed and survived 😂

[@markmark2080]

@@dieterk9568I only did 4 years back in the 1960s, in steam and diesel, memories I wouldn't trade for anything ... cheers

[@creme923]

I am absolutely fascinated by those humongous turbochargers

[@jlo13800]

Joe Bidens 6 rotor charge cooled wankel 2 stroke has 3300 hp

[@aran2com]

Im not sure what is more impressive, That something this size actually runs or how this engine is actually manufactured

[@Digmen1]

Or even designed And repaired

[@theodoruslnh]

I watch this video to feel manly again after watching cute animal videos.

[@Ty-17]

😂👍

[@kennethandersen5649]

Haha!!! 😂

[@adamc.sieracki4145]

I watch it for the relaxing sound, after watching auto accident, autopsy, and cartel killing videos.

[@deepakudipikar9344]

अजस्र!

[@kartikpandey1353]

Feel you

[@christchild211]

Pretty amazing. My Dad was a machinist. Mid 70's-early 80's He made the pistons and other main parts for the Navy ships built during those years. He would tell me how big the Pistons and rods were for the ships motors. Pretty Cool.

[@andresteinum]

Hi @Christchild211. Yes it is amazing to see these massive machines. Coming up is a new video of a ship with no less than six main engines... this thing is huge. Also in a couple of weeks I hope to have a new video of a container ship engineroom. Those are often extremely spacious. Stay tuned.

[@Zeckmon3]

Those auxiliary engines look like the main engines of a u-boat

[@trexmidnite]

Why you got to be all giant steel balls and all that.. atleast pretend to be normal

[@Zeckmon3]

What?

[@karandev01]

Those are generators

[@subliutenant]

@@Zeckmon3 Ignore him! He Fukky E-literate!!!

[@justinkayz8995]

I started as a wiper in 1988 and retired 1A/E. Thanks for the videos!

[@owermars3334]

which country's fleet were you working at sir?

[@mohamedsayeed3165]

Hats of to the person who has shot this video, superbly maintained engine room

[@andresteinum]

Thank you Mohamed. Stay tuned, a new video is coming any day now. From a very special ship..

[@ironmantooltime]

How nice of you to say so sir 😎

[@C_Burke]

@@andresteinum hoping for a reply, but how did you aquire a job like this? Like how did you get into this field?

[@andresteinum]

@@C_Burke Hi Cody. I have been working as a service engineer since 2004. Started as electrician in a company that made maritime equipment like switchboards etc.

[@rosecroix77]

Me: watching locomotive engines Me: wow, big and powerful! KZbin: so, wanna see this monstrous 80.000 KW naval engine? Me: YES. YES I DO

[@jlo13800]

Yes the giant wartsilas, sulters or man b@w 2 strokes,

[@jlo13800]

Cat 2 stroke with laseer ports cut into it, could be done on any CNC laser! hehe

[@johnclayton1026]

that puts new meaning to the term big block

[@masteryoda498]

Amazing, you have to take your hat off to the very clever engineers who design and build these incredible ship engines. This ship is 400 metres long?, wow that’s almost half a kilometre.

[@subliutenant]

I had a look on board a ship called Dewdale in 1974. She was on charter to the MoD. She had a 9 cylinder Burmeister-Wain diesel engine producing 19,500 horse power. That was big, but not as big as this one. Truly an amazing feat of engineering!!

[@longinogiorda34]

Burmeister and Wain,for me the best ones.

[@longinogiorda34]

B&W,the best engines I have worked with.

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Diesel generator room Disney cruise ship

[@knutknutsen5610]

Been working for 5 years in such engine rooms. What a life that was.

[@NICOSTONES]

Great job...except for the sound how high was the dB? in the rooms?

[@janvisser2223]

@@NICOSTONES wearing ear protection makes is workable. However, In the tropics you have to press the sweat out of them on a regular basis. With your head in the silencer of the turbocharger to check the oil level at compressor side was lifting your ear protection a short screaming experience

[@skrame01]

Turbos are the loudest source of noise, just like big rigs.

[@MISTERLeSkid]

Everything is cleaner than I'm able to keep my kitchen.

[@victorramonulloque2704]

siiiiii igual mi cocina sis jjajjaj , saludos desde cordoba Argentina 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rooky55]

You should see it after a overhaul but it was cleaned up quickly after the job and you waxed and polished the floors in the engine room.

[@klaasvisser2485]

In the early 1,960s B&W produced marine diesel engines with a power output of 2,000 HP (1,500 kW) per cylinder. 60 years later these new engines produce four times as much power per cylinder than the engines I attended on board ships in the early 1,960s! If that is not progress I don't know what is!

[@meher9608]

I've been retired for ten years and this video Brought back old memories..

[@abdul-rafhereallifevideo2808]

We say to you god bless you sir its too much hard work ..tel me how feule in one day need..for big ship

[@aravindsridhar2915]

proud to say I have worked on this engine🤩🤩🤩

[@tinytonymaloney7832]

I envy you

[@perlitocabauatan9285]

how about its emissions when running on bunker oil?

[@hueyfreeman7810]

What was your position?

[@perlitocabauatan9285]

@@murkymrglbrgl4291 we have the technology to 'clean' the emissions from these ships. nuvinuvi.blogspot.com A 6 cylinder diesel engine is the same as a 20 cylinder engine in terms of reducing their emissions!

[@ryanblanchard5182]

"Nice Honda bro." "Thanks man. I'm thinking about doing the 14RT swap pretty soon."

[@xtremeownagedotcom]

/parks civic inside of crankcase. hah!

[@himap3842]

With 107 thousand bhp and 7.6 million Nm of torque, that engine is the definition of absolute power.

[@adrastix]

This is nothing less than a modern cathedral. Just as big, just as impressive. Awesome!

[@dario281]

Very proud to be in this engine room as 3rd Engineer. 5 months contract CMA CGM Marco Polo 396 meters long with 16 000 container capacity .Main Engine 108 000 HP original power , and 4 Himsen diesel generators 2 with 3500 kw 2 with 2800 kw with installed Scrubber system both on ME & DG

[@andresteinum]

Hi Dario. Marco Polo is probably the sistership from this one. This is from CMA CGM Alexander Von Humbolt. Yes it is very impressive. I was working on parts of the scrubber system onboard.

[@dario281]

@@andresteinum Hi Andre yes Scrubber system still needs some time to adjust. I was onboard when Yara and Baltik engineers where working on it. Thanx for reply !

[@C_Burke]

Hey if you all dont mind me asking, how did you end up doing this type of work? How did you get this job? Did you go to engineering school? Any college degrees? Please reply! Thanks 😇

[@dario281]

@@C_Burke Hi after i finished maritime high school i went as engine cadet for 12 months. after that i finished course for Engineering officer. i went as 4th engineer and later after 2 years promoted to 3rd engineer. Now im finishing college at the moment so i can become 2nd engineer in the future.

[@C_Burke]

@@dario281 that is absolutely awesome! Good luck on all your travels! Cheers!

[@RickyJr46]

That's a great tour of the engine and auxiliaries rooms! Thanks.

[@mr.commander3947]

this monster engine------belongs to the register factory---wartsila, a finland industrial factory, but, most of the engine's components are built in germany, then those components parts will transport to assembly plant in japan for construction into an entire/complete engine, and then, the whole unit will be shipped several hundreds miles away to daewoo ship yard for installation on board of any huge commercial ships , daewoo ship yard is a huge ship manufacturing site in south korea, currently is the largest commercial cargo ship, tanker ship and container ship manufacturing site in the whole world.

[@Likadees]

very interesting and thank you for the breakdown!

[@BjorgenEatinger]

I thought the Doosan Engine company is S. Korean.

[@larrymullins4198]

After just graduating from college a week ago, our son’s 1st temporary gig as a 3rd is onboard Maersk Iowa helping maintain a beast like this.

[@andresteinum]

He is very lucky to go straight to the big one. These giants really need some planning to maintain.

[@larrymullins4198]

Andre Steinum thanks for the prompt reply. It’s a temp gig for a few days then hopefully he can find another position for a good stretch before he goes active duty late summer/early fall. He prefers the larger vessels. 2 summers ago he spent 3 months in the GOM on the smaller Overseas Cascade. He liked working for OSG.

[@chrisubias7135]

I have worked on the M. Iowa’s Alarm and Control System in the engine room a few times.

[@sang9479]

I was 1st engineer at 10rt flex 96-c That was hard time but now i miss that.

[@extra2ab]

The engine room is very clean.

[@TomokosEnterprize]

I love big ! I worked for Cooper Bessemer in the mid 70's and into the early 80's. We made a number of 16 and 20 cylinder ships and nuclear back up cooling engines. I loved every single days I was there operating many vertical boring machines. Tables from 6 to 24 feet. Ah to be young again, LOL.

[@mfowelectro]

Hats off to the wiper(s), That is one clean machine!

[@hueyfreeman7810]

Lol. It's a foreign flag vessel, they probably have six wipers.

[@janvisser2223]

@@hueyfreeman7810 probably only two

[@vanwahlgren8451]

Thank you Korea One of the most efficient engines ever!

[@AgriIdea]

Full watch. Nice sharing good Content. Really it's beautiful and wonderful

[@sylviaisgod6947]

All that machinery to bring a $6 toaster from China to Walmart.

[@jayindy4068]

And consume tons of fuel per hour. However, impressiv . Greetings from Germany

[@adamjankowski7679]

@@jayindy4068 still the most efficient way to do it even if it does use a ton of fuel.

[@nukkinfuts6550]

The machinery to bring a few millions of toasters at a time...

[@hardrays]

@@nukkinfuts6550 just one

[@Tannerlegasse]

​​@@nukkinfuts6550 came here to say exactly this! And they shuttle more than finished goods, they can move oil or other bulk cargo.

[@goliathprojects7354]

This whole thing is so massive, I can hardly process the fact that this is a moving object swimming on water

[@nightlightabcd]

Wonderful! Scotty would love it!

[@andresteinum]

I am afraid Scotty has been beamed up...

[@gerardvoughnfaust4167]

Thats an enormous engine but suddenly became tiny when you see the whole ship.

[@SarahAParis]

Now this is my bag!😍 Look at this thing.. it's so huge! I could look at this beauty all day long and not get tired of it. What ship is that? Must be a monster to be able to house this engine.. all of that that the camera is filming is the engine.. good lord.WOW. Geeking out here...

[@jiveturkey9993]

Pretty dang cool. thanks for posting this.

[@marlonnoquillo1955]

I've been on sulzer12rtac for quite sometime i love the sound of blowing/starting and cranking of the behemoth main engine and when the start of sea passage begin you have a very nice orchestra hit that last for weeks...

[@shaynewheeler9249]

RMS titanic nuclearship reactor

[@wolfrikvonschwarzblut3921]

"How much torque does it have?" "All of it"

[@dr.redstone7980]

5.2 million Ft. Lbs. (7 million Newton meters)

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Diesel engine Disney cruise ship

[@Nyck461]

I would love to get there and see it with my own eyes. Thanks for posting.

[@rolanddunk5054]

I joined a Bank Line ship with a 4 cyln.Doxford engine,the ship was almost 150 meters long and after sailing inside trawlers 50 meters long,it was not like being at sea ,but more like working in a factory.

[@RexcorCoIE]

Every engineer should have nervous reaction to this telephone ring while around main shaft! :0

[@justinbiggs1005]

I'd be nervous even being around a machine like that. Bigass engines like these are awesome yet terrifying. The forces behind driving the engine and main shaft are just incomprehensible. Lol

[@davem3789]

Yes, first thought...is something wrong? Low oil pressure?

[@andresteinum]

The guy that came up to me in the video, said the fire alarm had gone of... but I think the sound actually was the phone in the engine control room calling.

[@rogerpearson9081]

Main engine with a couple of "little" loco engines for generators. . Enjoyed your walk around. Second best to being there. Would love to do a trip to see how it all works closeup.

[@scott6bartley496]

It never ceases to amaze me what man has accomplished in the 21st century

[@juaquimgustavo4712]

threi s polsaka stupid "engineer" that is lost in the engine room. 02:44

[@Dave-id6sj]

What an awesome workspace, almost as clean as the galley.

[@captdennis70435]

Amazing technology. My last ship was a first generation Ro-Ro built by Wilhelmsen. 3 SEMT Pielstick engines looked tiny compared to this engine.

[@longinogiorda34]

Question,how they were those engines? I have heard a lot of negative notes....

[@Swedishchef11]

Do you have a clip of the v-tech kicking in?

[@KARUDYTV]

Good evening sending support you're vlogging

[@neilleach5249]

Outstanding! Thank you very much.

[@clavo3352]

Worked at a large iron fab shop in 1976. We often worked on grain ships docked in the port. Once I had to go do something in an engine room. It was so hot that within about 15 seconds all my clothes were soaked with my sweat! Would have been nice to see a thermometer on the wall in this engine room. On another occasion I had to deliver piston rings to a ship. They were bigger than the pickup truck bed and hung out over one side by about a foot!

[@rooky55]

I worked on engine overhauls in engine rooms with big reciprocating compressors running on both sides of me. You sweated out gallons in a workday.

[@clavo3352]

@@rooky55 Hey; it's one of the perks of the job; Free Sauna! LOL!

[@LAVutube]

Its like taking a tour of a mansion sized engine!

[@dennisboekema2065]

Everything is massive, even the entire engine room...awesome!

[@cliffmiller3860]

Fantastic!1 I really enjoyed the sights and sounds. Thank you for taking the time to show us.

[@andresteinum]

Thank you for your positive respons. I will post many more similar videos in the future. I travel to all kinds of ships all the time. Also if you want to have video of something else on ships, than let me know.

[@idiotsgame4484]

The propeller definetly has a huge torque ,fight against the water and also handling the entire ships

[@CarlosPestonit]

Awesome machine room of that ship .... perfect noises and sounds ... 🚢👍

[@eltonblackley313]

Lovely clean engine room. Certainly a lot different to when I was at sea.

[@danielperdikis5598]

Nice clean engine room :-)

[@thaicongcong1547]

Made in Korea. Very good. Number one.

[@nukkinfuts6550]

Engine = Wärtsilä = from Finland.. The ship is built by Doosan = South Korean

[@wimgrapendaal4904]

I'm a marine engineer, This is impressive. In the 50's we had produced a nuclear ship's propulsion system. Why did we abandon that??

[@sylviaisgod6947]

Because those can explode like atom bomb.

[@jlo13800]

@@sylviaisgod6947 A nuclear 2 stroke that's what we need.

[@scottspilis1940]

Several issues. Cost related ( capital cost of nuke plant, cost of specialized nuclear training, cost of extra crew to run nuke plant). Also political items in that many nations did not want visits from nuclear powered ships.

[@nukkinfuts6550]

I think we should be VERY VERY grateful we dont have 1000´s of nuclear powered commercial ships flagged in Monrovia travelling around on the world sea´s is less then poor condition just waiting for the next maritime meltdown, if it is something you want to keep away from a melting reactor it is salt...

[@EETechs]

Because of human stupidity of being scared of something that is not well understood and not enough people willing to learn hard subjects to be competent at working on nuclear powered equipment. But had we gone with nuclear, than we could have had million horsepower cargo ships that move MUCH MORE shipping containers than this diesel engine AND we would not have to worry about air pollution and killing each other over oil in Middle eastern countries.

[@kiwiguy4706]

Those little blue motors are so cute! 😅

[@tomt6040]

That is absolutely beautiful!!!

[@mikep.5517]

107,000HP at 102RPM is about 5.5 million ft-lbs of torque. I'll be very interested to see the battery and electric motor technology that will replace this...

[@devoncantrell3311]

Well the navy did just create one that could be powered by a reactor that is 50% as strong as this one. Two of those and a reactor would probably still be smaller than this. The future is here buddy

[@idiotsgame4484]

@@devoncantrell3311 just checked i completely agree with you but old diesel engines still bangs tho.

[@devoncantrell3311]

@@idiotsgame4484 sorry for the snarky bit at the end. But yeah no the power of electric motors vs their size is insane.

[@superliegebeest544]

Doesn't need to just Convert it to hydrogen.

[@rearspeaker6364]

@@devoncantrell3311 somalin dirty bomb.

[@daleolson3506]

So smooth you wouldn’t think thousands of tons of metal is wiping around.

[@boomer9341]

That’s awesome! Would love to see it in person.

[@johnneedy3164]

Being a mechanic of 44 years retired now ,would love to see one of these ,✌by the way the small diesels were they gen sets

[@erikjohansson1814]

MaK M32. The best medium speed money can buy, and sure auxiliaries no doubts.

[@frankpineda1832]

Why is it that people always write such stupid comments, just enjoy the video and shut up about it, I liked the video, good job 👍🏼

[@andresteinum]

Ha ha. Thank you Frank. I totally agree. Actually I am investing in better audio recording equipment, so you can hear more details in the engine noise in future video's. And make sure you really turn up the volume so high that you need to wear ear protection, just to feel the situation. 😉

[@krakenwoodfloorservicemcma5975]

Oh come on? What is stupid about - “CAN I PUT ONE IN CHEVY”... or “IS IT A HEMI?”.. these are highly intelligent questions.

[@andresteinum]

@@krakenwoodfloorservicemcma5975 Sure they are highly intelligent questions ;-). Let me ansver them quickly now: 1. If you name your massive container ship "Chevy", you can "put one in it. Your Chevy pickup would not even have the capacity to lift even one of the turbo's. 2. No it is not a HEMI. It is a two stroke engine that has pistons with nearly flat tops. Also these engines would be able to burn mostly anything you put into them. Take your asfalt in your street, heat it up enough to be liquified, filter it, and keep it warm. The engine would run on it... Beat that.

[@JeffOnboard]

GREAT video....so nice to see a 14

[@MrCrabbing]

I was passed by the Mearsk Iowa and The One Tribute the other day whilst at sea, amazing machines

[@user-uq8xv8mg6z]

像似一座超級工廠、技術創新實在厲害！很敬拜這些工程師展現實力、讚賞！

[@Thunderbolt1996Productions]

Love the scream of those turbochargers.

[@mattpowell409]

Sea speed baby!

[@1903A3shooter]

A very good looking engine room.

[@richardteale8203]

Awesome! It would have been even better if you'd climbed onto the gantry right beside the cylinder heads, as the combustion cracking would have sounded even more impressive, as from the mezenine, it still sounded like shotguns going off! The noise from the turbos throughout was also impressive, especially so when you walked close going past the air inlets, as also it goes to show the quantity it consumed, as the mic picked up the terrific turbulence from each! Thanks!😉 I love seeing huge engines & big machinery working hard & well!👌

[@fritz-karlfunkenberg194]

imagine losing your 10mm in that engine bay

[@tjpeters2386]

I used to have a miata with 2 of these bad boys dropped in it

[@ironmantooltime]

Did you turbo that bad boy? 🤔

[@Kinghauler2012]

Beautiful engine room. The chief runs a professional crew no doubt.

[@trainsmachineryldegmtrains3509]

Amazing engine! Mega LIKE

[@sheene71]

Respects to the marine merchant navy engineers in the engine room my father was one for 9 years in the 1960's respects respects hundred times over

[@andyhill242]

Am I right in thinking that the high pitched sound is from the turbochargers?

[@Metalmania1984]

Absolutely 🙂

[@rhanie3470]

Yes

[@marjanglavan9841]

You are correct!

[@freekingawwsome]

Nice video what an excellent tour thank you and am following

[@tinytonymaloney7832]

Awesome piece of gear, incredible engineering, somebody designed this thing, would love an engineering job on this ship

[@AbdulHafeez-cq6oo]

wow very clean and well mainteined

[@DamianDeEu]

That's a one big flywheel lol!

[@balachdr5]

Excellant Video, great job!

[@rameshdisha6638]

It's a big engineering 👍😊....wow realy excited.....

[@josephkorfhage3679]

Sounds very sweet I like it

[@Dinara1up]

Is it the Emma Maersk? 400m!

[@johnmorrison3555]

Great video.

[@Dirtbug473]

My Takeuchi 135 has a 3 cyclinder Yanmar. It is 14 or 16 inches long. Amazing..man and machine

[@vacuumboy6.0]

Sooooo much freaking tourqe!

[@justinbiggs1005]

Exactly. Over 109,000 horsepower and well over a million pounds of torque. Even though it's a low speed engine the amount of centrifugal force produced is horrifying. Imagine what you could pull if you made a truck that could fit this monster diesel engine in it. Lmao

[@catkeys6911]

The boiler plate said the output was 80000 KW. If I did it right, that's about 107,000 hp. That's a lot of horsepower.

[@mandyu3919]

2 stroke engine? I absolutely love it

[@robertumboh9584]

Luar biasa Engine room,main engine,auxiliary engine yg sangat besar... Selamat bekerja sobat👍

[@papabits5721]

What a beast!

[@JurgenStrauss-ow2ge]

I think it is about 12 t per hour ! But it is also more than 100 000 hp !

[@andresteinum]

Yes originally 13,3 ton an hour. This one had been modified to reduce the oil consumption. Don't know how much it now use. 108 000 hp.

[@screwsnutsandbolts]

Now that's impressive ! 👍👍

[@ombey88ombey70]

Amazing..Nice Video... Thank you Brother Salam from Indonesia

[@keithwelton]

They need electricity to power the electric heaters for heating the fuel, centrifuging the fuel and pumping it, to drive air compressors, operate pumps to keep fire main pressurised and all the ships water systems operating, the refrigeration for the ships food and all the refrigerated containers. Then there are all the lighting and instruments and navigation aids and radios. The engine probably need electricity for fuel injection also.

[@andresteinum]

The fuel is heated with steam, and the steam is made by burning fuel. The big generators is mostly for powering refrigerated containers among the cargo. The rest of the ship need peanuts in compare.

[@hueyfreeman7810]

@@andresteinum . I'll like to see that sizes of the boilers. Please.

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Diesel generator room Disney cruise ship