Thank you for being an early subscriber! I do hope this channel continues to grow and spreads more awareness into this industry that remains a mystery to many people. Spread the word! :)
Also happy to have discovered this channel! You should do a multi day time lapse like at the end of this video. Was very pleasant to watch. But it ended too early!
@@BryanBoyle I hope it'll grow too!!! I'm even considering switching careers and chase my childhood dream by joining the maritime industry myself. Thanks for the inspiration 😊🌊
Life onboard is soo amazing and tough at the same time. He who learns to find happiness in busy day survives in this industry. What an amazing video brother ❤️
Individuals not familiar with this industry (including myself) do not realize how massive these vessels really are and so much larger than when my dad was at sea from 1940s-1970s. Thank you for posting.
I will be joining maersk this month. It's gonna be my first time overseas. I happen to stumble upon this channel while watching videos to familiarize myself with a maersk ship. Thank you for giving us insights. Subscribed.
Love stuff like this! Always been fascinated by the sea and how all the different marine industries work and I love getting a glimpse into other people`s worlds like this. Like your casual and natural style. Keep them vlogs coming :D
I sailed a yacht not that long ago over night in the med and AIS was a damn life saver. Knowing when a vessel is on a collusion course when you can't even see it in the distance allows so much more time to take action and to observe. Generally 90% of the panic was small fishing vessels, who had no AIS and barely visible on radar return, some even had dim or no lights at all! And that is in a relatively small sailing boat doing 1/4 speed of what these container ships do, with easy 360 (depending on sails) view as well.
I'm really enjoying this channel, didn't manage to get an apprenticeship I applied for but I think I'm going to apply with Clyde marine training to join the merchant navy
A lot of vessels that I‘m taking care of are stuck in the Suez Canal at the moment. You have probably heard about the accident. I also spotted one of your sister vessels while checking out vesselfinder (Maersk Ohio). Really crazy what happened there... let‘s hope they will manage to fix it soon. Meanwhile I am sitting at my office desk and watch the different vessels passing Kiel Canal on their way to the Baltic or North Sea. One vessel crashed into the lock about 2 years ago. Got stuck there and they had to cut it out... BUT anyway... :) Greetings from Germany... Obsessed with your vids btw!!!
Going down that 3 or 4 story shaft was exactly like the one we had on our ship, except...It was all 4 floors straight down. No getting off point. That was great. Thanks. 😁
Hello Bryan just found your channel and subscribed, thanks for sharing your work day aboard ship , it’s very fascinating learning and seeing what goes on such a massive cargo ship! Keep the videos coming and keep up the great work!👍 🚢
super cool video and good content! Freaked me out when you went fast motion going down the ladder, you should put a warning on there! I thought you had fallen at first . . . whew! The time laps was amazing. Great work and thank you! 73
Really interesting to see how hard it is to see a little pleasure boat or fishing boat from the bridge - and that was when it was flat calm. I sail in the English Channel and have just installed Class B AIS. Do you guys default to viewing all A and B type AIS? I have called ships in the past on Ch16 to make sure they’ve seen me if the CPA looks a little close - most times someone answers and is very nice, occasionally it’s radio silence...
Very good video, was not aware of refrigerated cargo being transported. What type of refrigerated products are being transported? Bryan, your videos keep getting better and better, stay safe out there!
Thanks again. We carry anything from frozen fish and chocolate to pharmaceuticals. We even carry blood plasma which is one of our most valuable cargos since it’s responsible for saving so many lives.
Awesome Channel thanks for putting the time into it and Sharing you duties. I’m sure it will continue to grow. I know I’m hooked. What Rank are you buy the way?
Very interesting channel ... I have just subscribed. With your lifeboats, I assume they're diesel powered, do you renew the fuel every so often and if so how often? Thanks.
Hey Bryan, Loving the videos! A few questions: With the Reefer's you carry are they all 100% Electric units, or are some / all of them equipped with their own Engine like most truck based units are? In the case of units with their own engines, if they lost Ship provided AC power for some time, will they automatically switch to their engines to maintain a safe temperature? And finally, is there any way of monitoring the Reefer's remotely? eg some kind of standardised monitoring network for them? Cheers!
Is there a specific time of the day when you change the clocks on the ship for the time zones? How is your shift affected if the clocks are moved forward or back while you are on duty?
We advance clock usually one hour at a time when we enter a new time zone. The three watches split up the clock change so will each stand 20 minutes more or 20 minutes less of watch
Watching this I was thinking how crazy difficult it would be to offload containers from that Evergreen vessel without all the port infrastructure. I cant imagine how they would even do that!
I first caught your channel 6 weeks ago from a "You Tube" suggestion., and have been back-tracking all your vlogs since. I may find the answers eventually in older vlogs; but my questions (perhaps for future vlogs, if not already addressed) are: I know the "ships crew" does not load or secure the cargo containers; but how are the e containers secured above the main deck level, as I do not see any side lashings. When cargo is loaded is it sorted and placed according to Destination, is Weight of container considered, or is the ship balanced / stabilized by by shifting water in ballast tanks. Are all "Reefers'" stacked together so as to connect to ships power source. All are excellent & informative vlogs. Thanks for sharing ⛴ ⛴ ⛴ ⛴ ⛴
thank you for this video. Do you know about the two way radios you carry and how they work? I assume there is some repeater or something since they may not work too well in metal.
I know they are UHF radios and programmed to operate on our own unique frequencies. We do have repeaters located around the ship to help communicate with others through all the steel of the ship. Even with repeaters though we will occasionally have to help relay messages from one crew member to another.
Silly question, are those safety shoes with metal cap?! Don't worry I've seen ppl going on deck in flipflops. But they got a bollocking after that. Still great clip. Keep up the good work.
Hello sir can you do a vlog about Container Stowage in depth discussion about BAYS, TIER and ROWS for loading operation on container vessels/ much thanks sir and good sailing!
Are you referring to the semi auto base twistlocks that hold the containers to the deck and to each other? That’s cool you work the gantry crane. I’ve always wanted to tour one of those and see things from that point of view
@@BryanBoyle yeah so the ships that come into our port aren't as big as yours it's more of the feeder ships so the likes of the conships artic/polar, MSC Malin,BG Ireland them type of ships so they normally use manual twislocks on the deck and from tier 84 upwards the normally use semi auto twist locks, but obviously as a crane driver we are relying on crew to make sure they've unlocked all twist locks for discharging but most the time there's an odd couple they leave locked on and if we aren't careful as a crane driver it can snag load the crane. And it's a good view up there but not when you are loading blind boxes lol, that ain't fun 🤣!!
Oh interesting. So you guys don’t have longshoremen come onboard to unlock the containers and the crew is responsible for that. Yea it’s crazy when those twist locks are left locked. I’ve seen cranes lift entire hatch covers with just one corner still locked
@@BryanBoyle the crew do it at our port they unlock the containers and lash them back on when finished, and yeah they don't half lift some weight the twist locks!! I think most ports have longshoreman I'm not sure why we don't use them on container vessels, I think it's something we are looking at doing but then covid happined so they stopped crew coming ashore and radio men using the man basket on the ships.
I went to the merchant marine academy and earned my license there. You can choose to enter this industry as a licensed officer or unlicensed sailor. I highly recommend you check out the forums on www.gcaptain.com which can help guide you in which direction you’d like to go. I always recommend going the officer route, but that requires much more training, time, and money, but will get you better pay, benefits, and more responsibility onboard.
Hi Jerry, welcome to the channel. I have an older video called welcome to my channel that touches on some of this. I will plan on talking more about this in the future though, thanks!
Good day to you, sir. Could you please clarify about salaries in different ranks at company like yours. I know that wages for US citizens and legal residents are differ from ITF salaries, so very curious about it. If you have already mentioned about this topic in some vid, would you please refer to it? Best regards, and thx in advance!
You’d be surprised by how many small boats like to come really close to us. Sometimes they even try to cross our bow so close we can’t see them from the bridge anymore.
I have a random question, you see in movies and I have actually heard about cargo ships giving very cheap accommodation to people going the same direction sometimes. That doesn't seem true to me (due to lawyers and liability), but is it?
@@BryanBoyle Thanks. I've seen a few vids since on this. Perhaps I'll manage to complete my Merchant Navy career...... th-cam.com/video/rPifPqzf8AM/w-d-xo.html
we do radar plotting on the ECDIS. It has a feature that lets you plug in ranges and bearing to confirm your ship position. Maersk has gone paperless though so we no longer do this on paper charts
No we only know what’s inside hazardous cargo containers (to be able to fight fires from them properly) and a brief overview of what’s inside the refrigerated containers such as frozen fish or blood plasma.
Give way vessel ? Fishing boat ? If there is a collision, you will be sure that the fishing boat will argue that he was fishing. I'm chief officer on a car ferry, and you can trust me, don't mess with fishing boats.
I've seen the lifeboat scene before. You get smacked in the head with a fire extinguisher. Then you rack up like a trillion credits, get infected with some disease and escape a water planet.
Yes all ships have gyms that usually include dumbbells. I will make a video about the gym on my next ship. Some ships have a really nice gyms, others are fairly bare bones.
Second mate, but I was working as a coastwise mate in this video (additional third mate they bring on the coast to stand in for the Chief mate so he can focus on cargo ops)
Just happy I discovered this channel before it's gonna blow up!!
Thank you for being an early subscriber! I do hope this channel continues to grow and spreads more awareness into this industry that remains a mystery to many people. Spread the word! :)
Also happy to have discovered this channel!
You should do a multi day time lapse like at the end of this video. Was very pleasant to watch. But it ended too early!
@@BryanBoyle I hope it'll grow too!!!
I'm even considering switching careers and chase my childhood dream by joining the maritime industry myself. Thanks for the inspiration 😊🌊
Life onboard is soo amazing and tough at the same time. He who learns to find happiness in busy day survives in this industry. What an amazing video brother ❤️
Individuals not familiar with this industry (including myself) do not realize how massive these vessels really are and so much larger than when my dad was at sea from 1940s-1970s.
Thank you for posting.
I love the daily stuff like this. It gives you a real sense of what a day to day life on board is like.
I have absolutely no knowledge about ships and have barely been around them but this channel is super interesting 👍🏾
I will be joining maersk this month. It's gonna be my first time overseas. I happen to stumble upon this channel while watching videos to familiarize myself with a maersk ship. Thank you for giving us insights. Subscribed.
Love stuff like this! Always been fascinated by the sea and how all the different marine industries work and I love getting a glimpse into other people`s worlds like this. Like your casual and natural style. Keep them vlogs coming :D
Thank you for the kind words! I appreciate the support and hope you continue to enjoy my channel
I'm loving this series of videos you're doing showing shipboard life, I can only hope you'll continue with more!
I've been in love with ships for years now and this video just makes my internet to continue to go up.
Came across your day in the life of a deck officer video and now I'm hooked. 👍
Great Addition to your library thank you for sharing
Your videos are so informative! Keep up the great work.
Please don't stop making these videos this will be my job and I love the content
An excellent introduction. The music at the end is fascinated.
Found your channel by chance couple of days ago love watching them and will always look forward to seeing the next one
I sailed a yacht not that long ago over night in the med and AIS was a damn life saver. Knowing when a vessel is on a collusion course when you can't even see it in the distance allows so much more time to take action and to observe. Generally 90% of the panic was small fishing vessels, who had no AIS and barely visible on radar return, some even had dim or no lights at all! And that is in a relatively small sailing boat doing 1/4 speed of what these container ships do, with easy 360 (depending on sails) view as well.
very cool to have the variety of things in one video, thanks for sharing
I like your lessons Captain, I'm Bosun coastal, in this moment I am commander of the motorboat in Brasil.
Thanks, learning a lot with you
Love the channel, starting my deck cadetship in September and your videos have given me a great insight to life at sea.
I'm really enjoying this channel, didn't manage to get an apprenticeship I applied for but I think I'm going to apply with Clyde marine training to join the merchant navy
How’s that been going for you?
Thank you for sharing the knowledge
A lot of vessels that I‘m taking care of are stuck in the Suez Canal at the moment. You have probably heard about the accident. I also spotted one of your sister vessels while checking out vesselfinder (Maersk Ohio). Really crazy what happened there... let‘s hope they will manage to fix it soon. Meanwhile I am sitting at my office desk and watch the different vessels passing Kiel Canal on their way to the Baltic or North Sea. One vessel crashed into the lock about 2 years ago. Got stuck there and they had to cut it out... BUT anyway... :) Greetings from Germany... Obsessed with your vids btw!!!
Brain your videos are outstanding. Thanks for posting....
One of Your Best
Going down that 3 or 4 story shaft was exactly like the one we had on our ship, except...It was all 4 floors straight down. No getting off point. That was great. Thanks. 😁
Nice collage of mariner life!
Hello Bryan just found your channel and subscribed, thanks for sharing your work day aboard ship , it’s very fascinating learning and seeing what goes on such a massive cargo ship! Keep the videos coming and keep up the great work!👍 🚢
super cool video and good content! Freaked me out when you went fast motion going down the ladder, you should put a warning on there! I thought you had fallen at first . . . whew!
The time laps was amazing. Great work and thank you!
73
I thought he was falling too!
Sorry to scare you! I figured people wouldn’t want to watch me climb down the ladder for 3 minutes straight :)
I saw on ship finder that you’re stuck at the canal (along with probably another 500 vessels).
What a mess.
Excellent ... me to watch twice
Really interesting to see how hard it is to see a little pleasure boat or fishing boat from the bridge - and that was when it was flat calm. I sail in the English Channel and have just installed Class B AIS.
Do you guys default to viewing all A and B type AIS?
I have called ships in the past on Ch16 to make sure they’ve seen me if the CPA looks a little close - most times someone answers and is very nice, occasionally it’s radio silence...
Very good video, was not aware of refrigerated cargo being transported. What type of refrigerated products are being transported? Bryan, your videos keep getting better and better, stay safe out there!
Thanks again. We carry anything from frozen fish and chocolate to pharmaceuticals. We even carry blood plasma which is one of our most valuable cargos since it’s responsible for saving so many lives.
That down ladder thing freaked me out.
Very nice 👌👌👌
Awesome Channel thanks for putting the time into it and Sharing you duties. I’m sure it will continue to grow. I know I’m hooked. What Rank are you buy the way?
Thanks I appreciate it! I am a licensed second mate unlimited tonnage and master up to 1600 tonnage
Very interesting channel ... I have just subscribed.
With your lifeboats, I assume they're diesel powered, do you renew the fuel every so often and if so how often? Thanks.
Hey Bryan, Loving the videos!
A few questions:
With the Reefer's you carry are they all 100% Electric units, or are some / all of them equipped with their own Engine like most truck based units are?
In the case of units with their own engines, if they lost Ship provided AC power for some time, will they automatically switch to their engines to maintain a safe temperature?
And finally, is there any way of monitoring the Reefer's remotely? eg some kind of standardised monitoring network for them?
Cheers!
Is there a specific time of the day when you change the clocks on the ship for the time zones? How is your shift affected if the clocks are moved forward or back while you are on duty?
We advance clock usually one hour at a time when we enter a new time zone. The three watches split up the clock change so will each stand 20 minutes more or 20 minutes less of watch
nice video
is it safe to going down stair without safety harness? 2:21
Good post. What does the ship do, if you find a refer unit not working properly?
Make a note on it and report it to chief electrician
The electrician and chief mate are notified immediately. We carry a bunch of spare parts to be able to fix these containers onboard.
@@BryanBoyle I am sure the owners of the contents in those refers are extremely happy with that ability. Great reply
During the sunset to sunrise time lapse wasn't that the north star you guys were steaming towards?
Yes, we were of the Florida coastline and heading due north for awhile on our way to Norfolk.
Watching this I was thinking how crazy difficult it would be to offload containers from that Evergreen vessel without all the port infrastructure. I cant imagine how they would even do that!
You need to invest in a body mounted camera for certain scenes. Very dangerous to go down the ladders with one hand. Great content though!
Yea most of the time I carry various mounts such as a head attachment. I just didn’t have it on me at this time but I agree with your statement
ur lifeboat is so modern
Wow the stabiliser is a long way down!
I first caught your channel 6 weeks ago from a "You Tube" suggestion., and have been back-tracking all your vlogs since. I may find the answers eventually in older vlogs; but my questions (perhaps for future vlogs, if not already addressed) are: I know the "ships crew" does not load or secure the cargo containers; but how are the e containers secured above the main deck level, as I do not see any side lashings. When cargo is loaded is it sorted and placed according to Destination, is Weight of container considered, or is the ship balanced / stabilized by by shifting water in ballast tanks. Are all "Reefers'" stacked together so as to connect to ships power source. All are excellent & informative vlogs. Thanks for sharing ⛴ ⛴ ⛴ ⛴ ⛴
thank you for this video. Do you know about the two way radios you carry and how they work? I assume there is some repeater or something since they may not work too well in metal.
I know they are UHF radios and programmed to operate on our own unique frequencies. We do have repeaters located around the ship to help communicate with others through all the steel of the ship. Even with repeaters though we will occasionally have to help relay messages from one crew member to another.
@@BryanBoyle Thank you!!! All I know is today Im down a worn hole on your videos thanks
Silly question, are those safety shoes with metal cap?! Don't worry I've seen ppl going on deck in flipflops. But they got a bollocking after that. Still great clip. Keep up the good work.
Yes those are steel toe boats. We are required to wear close toed shoes everywhere, and safety toe boots on deck or in the engine room.
Hello sir can you do a vlog about Container Stowage in depth discussion about BAYS, TIER and ROWS for loading operation on container vessels/ much thanks sir and good sailing!
What if the refrigerated containers stop working?
What do you do about pirates?
how many knots during were traveled during the time lapse? Great channel!
I don’t remember exactly, but we were probably going around 18-20 knots and the video was sped up 20x
@@BryanBoyle Cheers, love the vids!
sir, what is the phrase to confirm that the test of the equipment was successfully?
What if someone is mistakenly left in 3:14
Them semi auto pins are a nightmare !! I work on a gantry crane and the crew most the time don't unlock them right and they snag the crane !!
Are you referring to the semi auto base twistlocks that hold the containers to the deck and to each other? That’s cool you work the gantry crane. I’ve always wanted to tour one of those and see things from that point of view
@@BryanBoyle yeah so the ships that come into our port aren't as big as yours it's more of the feeder ships so the likes of the conships artic/polar, MSC Malin,BG Ireland them type of ships so they normally use manual twislocks on the deck and from tier 84 upwards the normally use semi auto twist locks, but obviously as a crane driver we are relying on crew to make sure they've unlocked all twist locks for discharging but most the time there's an odd couple they leave locked on and if we aren't careful as a crane driver it can snag load the crane. And it's a good view up there but not when you are loading blind boxes lol, that ain't fun 🤣!!
Oh interesting. So you guys don’t have longshoremen come onboard to unlock the containers and the crew is responsible for that. Yea it’s crazy when those twist locks are left locked. I’ve seen cranes lift entire hatch covers with just one corner still locked
@@BryanBoyle the crew do it at our port they unlock the containers and lash them back on when finished, and yeah they don't half lift some weight the twist locks!! I think most ports have longshoreman I'm not sure why we don't use them on container vessels, I think it's something we are looking at doing but then covid happined so they stopped crew coming ashore and radio men using the man basket on the ships.
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How did you get into this career? Been looking into it myself, currently eyeing up the SIU for their unlicensed apprentice program.
I went to the merchant marine academy and earned my license there. You can choose to enter this industry as a licensed officer or unlicensed sailor. I highly recommend you check out the forums on www.gcaptain.com which can help guide you in which direction you’d like to go. I always recommend going the officer route, but that requires much more training, time, and money, but will get you better pay, benefits, and more responsibility onboard.
New subscriber. Can you do a video about your background, how you started this career, age, hometown, career plans, etc?
Hi Jerry, welcome to the channel. I have an older video called welcome to my channel that touches on some of this. I will plan on talking more about this in the future though, thanks!
Are you ever fully empty or is there always containers on board?
Yes we occasionally are almost completely empty after departing a discharge only port,
is this the same boat blocking the Suez Canal
It is not
Good day to you, sir. Could you please clarify about salaries in different ranks at company like yours. I know that wages for US citizens and legal residents are differ from ITF salaries, so very curious about it. If you have already mentioned about this topic in some vid, would you please refer to it?
Best regards, and thx in advance!
I’d like to do a video about this, but I need to talk to my union about how much detail I can divulge about this first.
cool vid, what operator of a small vessel gets near a ship lol.
i would steer clear myself.
You’d be surprised by how many small boats like to come really close to us. Sometimes they even try to cross our bow so close we can’t see them from the bridge anymore.
@@BryanBoyle thats crazy.
i try to be a polite driver.
I have a random question, you see in movies and I have actually heard about cargo ships giving very cheap accommodation to people going the same direction sometimes. That doesn't seem true to me (due to lawyers and liability), but is it?
You mean if cargo ships taking passengers?
Do any of your ships carry passengers today?
If not, are there any other shipping companies?
We no longer carry passengers in US flagged cargo ships, but other foreign flagged ships may still allow it.
@@BryanBoyle
Thanks.
I've seen a few vids since on this.
Perhaps I'll manage to complete my Merchant Navy career......
th-cam.com/video/rPifPqzf8AM/w-d-xo.html
What kind of safety boots do you wear on board ?
I usually wear Red Wings. They are incredibly comfortable once you break them in a bit
Do you guys still do radar plotting on charts?
we do radar plotting on the ECDIS. It has a feature that lets you plug in ranges and bearing to confirm your ship position. Maersk has gone paperless though so we no longer do this on paper charts
Sundown and sunup: you stand 400-800 watch?
Yes, 4 hours on, 8 hours off everyday plus any additional overtime for docking, undocking, maintenance and inspections etc
Does the captain know what is contained inside every container?
No we only know what’s inside hazardous cargo containers (to be able to fight fires from them properly) and a brief overview of what’s inside the refrigerated containers such as frozen fish or blood plasma.
@@BryanBoyle thanks for the reply!
Give way vessel ? Fishing boat ?
If there is a collision, you will be sure that the fishing boat will argue that he was fishing.
I'm chief officer on a car ferry, and you can trust me, don't mess with fishing boats.
What gear do you use to record?
iPhone 11 Pro on a DJI osmo mobile 3, GoPro hero 8, and DJI Mavic 2 pro drone
Cool, imma start my daily vlog on board.
I've seen the lifeboat scene before. You get smacked in the head with a fire extinguisher. Then you rack up like a trillion credits, get infected with some disease and escape a water planet.
Do you have a gym with dumbbells n all that in the ship
Yes all ships have gyms that usually include dumbbells. I will make a video about the gym on my next ship. Some ships have a really nice gyms, others are fairly bare bones.
Thanks for the reply!!! Really excited to see your upcoming videos!!!
Bro what is your rank onboard
Second mate, but I was working as a coastwise mate in this video (additional third mate they bring on the coast to stand in for the Chief mate so he can focus on cargo ops)
Thanks for the video....Learnt a lot.....Appreciate it Sir.....Love from INDIA
Thank you! Greetings from USA
Didn't get back an reply bro
Sorry what was your original question? I try to respond to as many people as I can!