How to operate a STS Gantry Crane? Joystick CAM!! Loading a BIG vessel in the Port of Antwerp
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- This cabinview video shows how to control a STS crane, there will follow a video were I show you all the buttons and joystick controls. Lot of people request these video's. This shows how to operate en ship to shore crane with a joystick camera! (DUAL CAM)
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This job sure does have it's ups and downs
Ba dumm tsss
There's a fair bit of back and forth too...
No god please no 🤣
I don't like crane operators. They always look down on other people
Booooo 😂
Cool video. Love how you recorded it and splice the video and placed the joystick frames on the side like that. Super cool
Finally someone noticing! It is a 2 camera setup and not that easy to make! But I wanted to show the viewers what I see from my position! I have a few more videos like this in other type of cranes!
I was noticing that too
Watching your video from Jamaica, love it 🇯🇲👍🏼
@@footalee2I am from Trinidad🇹🇹,also working on the Port here🙋🏾♂️I hear Jamaicans have the highest crane operator salary in the Caribbean.Is that true?? Operator pay here is also good but Ja is better,I heard
Love how its got actual channels for the containers to drop into. Always wondered how they locked together.
I dont know about this ship but others will load containers into the hull which has these channels. Then when the hull is full, they stack on the deck and use locking pins to keep them together.
@@nolancorrado2317 Yeah I was gonna say how the fuck do they fall overboard then... But yeah I've seen ships that just stack them. Like our trucks, or the nobhead who didn't use the twistlocks and set off and the container slid off the skeleton 🤣
The crane operator is loading the containers in the hatch where there are cell guides to hold the containers in place. Once the hatch is full, the hatch covers are placed and containers continue to stack on deck. Usually the first 2 to 3 tiers of containers on deck will be secured with twist locks and lashes. Higher containers are secured with twist locks only.
@nolancorrado2317 all container ships are like that pretty much.
As someone who used to watch this from the deck (officer in maersk), I quickly got an eye for the good gantry crane operators. You're up there man, nice hourly rate. Very smooth 👍
Great video.
brings back memories of 20 years ago and the shaking,rattling you in your seat when hooking and unhooking LOL
The high pitch whine of the hoist motor over your head. Great editing sir.
Thanks, I appreciate your great Comments! Yeah I also like the sound of the hoist motors!
What causes the shake when hooking on? And when lowering how do you know when you’re near the bottom?
I love my job and the challenge. I have been a crane operator at Port Newark for 15 years. Excellent video!!!! It puts you right in the seat
Thanks! I love reading comments like this! 15 years is a lot! Did you switch job or?
Newark port? Like to connect with you ...
Seems like an interesting career. Can you point me in the right direction to land a crane operator position at a port?
Hello, I'm working as a crane operator in Korea. I'm watching a good video. Gantry crane is a difficult and difficult job, but you are calmly good.
This guy is a smooth operator! The efficiency and accuracy are amazing
Thanks! I loved this job, it was very challenging for me! I'm not working in the cranes anymore..
@@Container_Worldwhy not?
Super interesting video! Are you planning to film more of these?
Thanks! Yes I'm will make more Dual Cam video's! check my other video's, I have a few more Dual Cams like this one!
Finnish Rail
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This guy must win all the prizes at the claw machine.
You are a great crane operator 👍 you definitely have spent a lot of time in that seat 😎
For this kinda job, you will need good Tetris skills! xD
I would like to make a living off of stacking containers.
+Jak343 hahahahaa, Yes. It is all about Tetris! Maybe I should add Tetris music to my videos?
well it's not the driver to decide where to stack containers :-)
That is insanely accurate hand-eye coordination.
Nice video! I used to haul containers, beeing loaded by these cranes at the docks and train stations. Always wanted to see it from this perspective! Good job!
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I’ve always wondered how this was done thanks for the video I know you don’t learn to do this overnight👍
Glad you know it now thanks to my video! These Cranes work day and night.
I love how things work in industries, this is so cool to watch!
Left joystick controls forward and backward movement and right joystick left to right controls some sort of locking mechanism so you can lift the container, pulling back lifts and pushing forward lowers, shifting JS right unlatches?
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed watching this video! You are 100% correct. Right joystick left-right is for unlock-locking the container. Left joystick left-right is for moving the entire crane left-right.
I have more joystick videos in other type Cranes!
@@Container_World it's very satisfying watching that! I subbed and will check out more, be safe out there bro!
@@Container_World What cabin is fitted. The port I work at has Merford ones on our 3 cranes including 2 Liebherrs
Job Is Another Level Of Real Life Games
You got it😁👍
Someday I want this job cuz it looks pretty cool and I like the way the crane works
Love this video! I'm a truck driver now and want to persue a career in this!! Heard it's hard to get into
Yup, not so easy... but nothing is impossible!!! I did help one Guy in Sri Lanka on a crane operator job! All thanks to me!! 6 months I've been teaching him every detail!! They were stunned in the port where he did a interview for job.
How much do these operators get paid ? I’m operating a Peiner right now but I’ve always been interested
Lovely vessel, I know this design is taking maybe more steel than an ordinary container vessel, with lashing bars and twist locks, and to not forget about wind resistance, but this design is much safer for cargo securing, maybe for extra safety to use some lashing system on the last tier but I think this tall cell guides will solve problems that more and more ships are having lately - loosing containers in adverse weather.
True that! And no more wasting time on malfunction twistlocks
And the number of jobs that are lost in the process of making a ship of this kind? Many repercussions because of this design.
I bet you have to have really really good vision. All the videos I've seen I haven't seen a crane operator wearing glasses??????? So that probably would have left me out even though I wanted to get into it. 😕😕😕.and mad respect for these guys. I know it's not easy job. It's looks Awesome but really really hard on your neck and shoulders. I would have loved to do this. Thank you for keeping our country moving 🇱🇷🇱🇷
Lol, I didn't notice the "Antwerp" in the title and was wondering why the voices over the radio sounded so familiar.
Honestly, I'd love it if the VRT bought this as our entry into the slow tv genre made popular in the Nordic countries.
Damn. That is fast.
☝️😁
and easy , I could in reality , givig those jog to 12 yo , and would do it fine .
A 12 Yo could never concentrate the amount of information a entire work shift
@john jones -_- , no one sit 500h , there are shifts , and no one work more that 2 h at the time , they pull 8 h day but theu have 20min break every 2 h.
It depends on what country you work. I'm operating in Belgium and we do 4hour breaks in 8hour shifts! We work 4hours, we pause 30min and we work another 3,5hours.
Very cool to watch! I know it's a lot of repetition but it looks like a considerable amount of skill is needed to be this smooth and fast. Impressive!
the best container port channel on youtube right now
+NBSCrew thanks, I appreciate it!
What kind of degrees/certifications do you need to do this? How long did it take you to become an operator?
Nizze, crane op. Safe driving skills and making 35 boxes x hour.
EXCELLENT JOB..!!
I have no idea why watching this is so cool and satisfying but its dope!
There's a game called quay crane commander I believe it's called for android and iOS.
1 min 15 seconds per container with each container arriving in sequence. That's efficiency!
The best moves I can get are 55seconds! On these ships with these cranes
Very cool video, love those ACL CON-RO vessels as well as the cell guides topside!
How easily it moves them just blows my mind. It's like a kid picking up legos...
Enjoy your job while you can, it'll be automated before long. That's a very simple task to automate.
True! There is a lot of power in that engine room! (All electric!) They tried automation but the hardest part is that the ship moves because it floats on water....
Yeah the crane is very cool but I’ve read that each container has to go to a specific slot due to weight and destination among many things. I like to think about the coordination to have the right truck pull up to the crane at the right moment to load in a specific slot. I’d think that if one truck got out of order, had a breakdown, whatever it could cause delays up and down the whole time critical operation. But I suppose they have computer programs that can make adjustments. Just amazing to watch.
I believe I got the controls figured out! Right stick inward is Lock, right stick out is Unlock, right stick forward is Down, right stick back is Up.
Left stick back is Backwards, left stick forwards is Forward. Also noticed there's about a 2 second delay in the response of the controls.
How am I doing so far?
I'm ready to come to work brother!
I oddly love when the seat shakes
You wouldn’t think in a big crane like that that it would shake. But after a while you get used to how they shake and you can tell when the can doesn’t sit down right.
This is amazing engineering and is pivotal I imagine to daily commerce
He's speedrunning the loading process
great! but you edited out the container size shrinking at 9:20 I was waiting for that!
Probably made by our sister factory in Ireland...we've done some parts for these cranes before in Sunderland
Cool! What sistor factory do you work?
Once you get your head around the huge sums of money you're moving around, in all honesty, operating one of these looks decidedly simple...
Back and forward, up and down, and into guided slots which you'd have be an absolute clown to get wrong...
I'm ever so slightly OCD however, and the remarkable symmetry of this kind of work would be an absolute balm to my soul 😁😁
Are real time communications telling you which column to stack or do the containers come your way sorted for a specific load pattern?
I have always wonders how they know what containers to get from the boat, and how they know where they are
I just played the mission in GTA V where you do this and that's why I looked this up on youtube lol
Absolutely brilliant , a lot more fun than the reach stacker i operate👍👍👍
Yes, definetly! At first reach-stackers are a great challenge but after a few years you need to get up in the cranes!
@@Container_World , id love to, i only operated the small rail gantry cranes, not as high as those beasts, good luck mate and all the best👍👍
Rail gantry cranes are a good step up to the big STS cranes! Good luck with your career! What port do you work?
Hut ab vor deiner Arbeit , sehe ich zum ersten mal wie du arbeiten must .
Geweldig deze Kraandrijver, super snel... Topper... Groet uit Holland
Bedankt vriend! Eindelijk iemand die er iets kan kent😁👌 ben je ook een kraandrijver?
Finally! At least I'll know how container ships are loaded.
Have you seen my video how they unload brand new Cars from a ship?
@@Container_World No, please give me a link.
Starts from 00:18!
th-cam.com/video/Wf8XBuIpsyI/w-d-xo.html
His wrist game is strong with the force
Lol
I’m obsessed with technical things like airplanes, cranes, bulldozers, harbors, airports, ships and helicopters. This is perfect because I never get to see cranes and I wonder how to control a crane. Is there any chance to get a crane tour somewhere in a quarry or harbor?
Glad I gave you the crane ''experience'' to see how it is to work with harbour cranes. Visitors are not able to climb on the cranes to see the cabin view. Only bus tour around the terminal. Greetings from Belgium!
This is some serious patience
Is it? 😁
I am not sure if i would have the patient to do the same job every day, day after day after day after day. And i say that as a crane operator myself. I hope they pay you a lot of money for this, at least 100K a year or more. But thanks for the video, it was cool...
The challenge is the size of this machine/crane. It is so challenging to get the perfect control! And... Every ship is different. ;)
Nice dual camera setup!
Longshoremen 100 years ago: "That's IT???"
Intrested in this king if work, what would you say are the pros and cons?
e.g workhours, pay, things that can go wrong while loading/unloading.
Pro: very challenging, you see a progress of your work, proud to load the biggest ships in the world, good paid job ... Cons: not good for back and neck, early morning job or late evening..
I'm interested in becoming a longshoreman but I'm entirely sure how to get myself into the business. Being a crane operator would be ideal as I have a natural talent for lining things up. Of course I'm not underestimating the skill involved here.
+Mowgli ManCubs if you have good eyes, natural talent for lining things up and having good sence for machine precession you can do this! Good luck my friend!
I do too and always loved lining thing s up. an obession of mine.
YES MAPS HAS UPDATED!!! The newer version of IMT is on maps with 2 grey painted gantry cranes and a lhm 400, and AET has 2 lhm 550s and 2 liebherr gantry cranes mounted to the shoreline. cant say the same for earth, on golgle earth AET still rellies on gottowalds and there is an orange gantry crane at IMT
beautiful smooth operator
Looks super fun but yet terrifying. Also why have I not subbed before?
Thanks for subbing!! Any requests for new videos?
How do you know where to put every container?
I have radio contact with a container checker. He says what container has to be loaded in what cell guide.
I can see that you unlock the pins by a right movement of stick, but is it automatic locking the pins?
Some cranes lock automaticly yes, these cranes don't. All manual impuls to lock of unlock
Years later, if you see this. Can you explain the lights on the picker-upper-thingie?
Sure! I still read ALL COMMENTS on my videos! The picker-upper-thing is called a spreader. It works with hydraulics. Green light = unlocked white light = spreader landed correctly on the container Red light = container locked and ready for lifting!
Ask more if you want to!
Greetings from Belgium
@@Container_World Thank you so much! makes perfect sense!
More videos of these gantry container cranes! And longer. I can watch this for hours. Maybe slow tv version of the entire shift :)
+Jakub Dubovský Yeah sure, I can do that! In real Speed or in timelapse mode without the joystick camera?
Real speed with sticks!! I can watch that for hours. Can I operate that crane for a week as a summer activity? haha :)
+Jakub Dubovský I will make some more of these videos for you soon! Haha, yeah why not. A little summer job ;)
Where should I apply :)
+Jakub Dubovský Haha, my boss... Good luck ;)
How does he know where to put each container? I'm guessing such a ship should be proberly balanced, but the containers don't seem very evenly distributed...
I know each position through radio communication! There is one Guy under the crane with a portable computer ( hand model ) he does the checking and tells me what cell guide I have to load..
It looks not evenly distributed but it is very good planned for a perfect balance for the ship! The crane works on one bay and it happens that one bay had different destinations. Each destination/ port is perfecty balanced because it it isn't it can leave perfect balance but when it arrives in the next port. It still has to be balanced After dischargement! Looks easy but it is soms serious planning!
im definitely gonna be a gantry crane operator... how I would do it is have all drops to lane 5 and keep all flippers down but back ones, then lower on from the front to pick it up
+NICKTHEGAMER_ the flippers must be up to load under deck(hold). And the flippers loose grease preassure if you leave them down for more than 3min(hydraulic pump timeout)
yeah... they would be raised... im just describing for pickup off lane 5 chassis... for discharge above deck... side flippers(if it is a 40 or twins... depends if it is single 20s) and a clear side down... say if it is discharge inwards to the shore... the back flippers could be down.... if the other is open and the front isnt... the flipper pattern could reverse position for the front and back ones ;)
Looks like a job you won't have to tell anyone if you hit the the wrong button. I imagine there might be some commotion.
I’m surprised this isn’t fully automated by now. When you see what pick and place machines do in electronic manufacturing.
How do you line up the spreader with the containers from so high up? Couldnt quite figure this out from watching
The human eye is not capable to see this 100% perfect, but you get used to align and compare sizes... It gets easier after months and months. Around 2 yours it feels as easy as driving a car. ;)
Do you have spreader pin cameras Ours switches back-and-forth from approach to landing And has your clearance level next to it
My guess is it is highly dependent on the truck driver positioning the truck based on the lines on the ground. That's assuming there's even a human driving
The heights are Dizzyingly High, Do they have a Rest room incase the crane operator wants to relive himself? How many hours f work do they put in? Doing this type of work for a while will surely have back problems.
Such a Zen job!
The lock/unlock function on the hoist joystick make the job faster .
I would like to see 1 of these in operation in my hometown of Marystown NL, largest ice free harbour in North America. With ships getting bigger it would make sense to use that port as a transfer station to let smaller ships fit into many eastern seaboard ports.
what training class do I have to take to be certified in this crane?
+Robert Weston it depends on the country you work.
Hey this is so cool! Why aren't all ships using these rails to secure the containers? Are twist locks still used?
damn, you manage to time the unlock perfectly with the drop
lol
+NICKTHEGAMER_ I try ;)
Joris Cleiren hehehe
+NICKTHEGAMER_ That is the goal of every move, to swing, lower, hoist it perfect ;)
Joris Cleiren hehehe, perfect timing each move 👍👍👍
My neck hurting after watching this
It's ok, same position as a desk job. You need to look with your eyes down, not your head. 😉👍
Geweldig! Mooie opnames zo met die 2 camera's. Maar hoe weet je de diepte? Is dat een kwestie van ervaring?
So what do the yellow and white buttons do? The ones on the left stick.
Very cool. Does the yellow carriage ride along the vertical ribs of the ship so the alignment is perfect when setting in place? Thank.
For a shift would you just be doing this all day?
I die this job for 9 years yes
3:20 are you dutch, I am from belgium, I really like the video and the dual camera setup! Keep it going
Great video, thanks!
How do you judge height from directly above?
Do the containers have interlocks top & bottom?
Martin Thanks for watching Martin! I really appreciate it. It is very difficult to master the big distance between container and cabin. Maximum distance can go up to 52 meters! It takes time to work very percise like in this video. I make it look easy but even with 6 years experience it took 12 months to get perfect control of these new Liebherr cranes!!
These containers are getting loaded in very high cell guides so they don't need any twistlocks.
Feel free to ask more, I always read the Comments on all my videos!
Two questions please;
1. When to the twistlocks get attached to the containers?
2. When, how are the twistlocks returned to home port?
+Martin Thanks for asking! 1: when containers are getting loaded above deck/cell guides they need to be locked together with twistlocks. 2: twistlocks belong to the ship. Each ship has it's twistlock flat(or multiple flats) they get discharged first when a ship arrives to put twistlocks in and get loaded as last move on a ship when all containers are loaded with twistlocks.
Feel free to ask more!
Greetings
Greetings to you too! I guess container layout is all computer controlled, do you have a cab display that tells you container name/number, weight and exactly where on the ship it is to placed? If you mix some up (similar boxes) does it matter? Are checks made as ship are lowered on board, ie. does the ship have a 'load master'? Good to speak to someone that knows!
+Martin Yes we have a computer system, every Container has it's Position on the yard. And has to be loaded in the correct position on the ship to balance the ship for weight distribution. It happens sometimes they switch 2 containers but they always have to be for the same destination and same weight. No problem! You should watch my ''NEW KALMAR K-MOTION'' video on this channel to get An other Angle on the terminal operations. Or my ''reach stacker compilation'' is also a great video where you can see the computer system in our machinery
is this a fun job? i would like to work on that too.
It is an outstanding challenging job!
@@Container_World do you need a bachelor degree to become operator of container crane ?
@@carlotheatheist in our country (Tanzania)..... The requirements to be a operator are secondary school certificate and driving license
Where can I study this crane operation?and I want becoming a shareside crane operator.Finally thanks
"So what experience do you have that qualifies you to be a container crane operator?" "I saw a how to video on TH-cam."
Is there training online to know how to run a ship to shore crane… I’m gonna be getting in one soon
How is the order of containers determined? Like what goes all the way down and what stays above. Or is everything unloaded at every stop?
So, do you have a camera display to help you determine when you are close to the container, or is it all by eye?
I'm just puzzled by how do the operator know that it is locked and ready to lift? Especially if it's all aligned and hooked correctly? Look to me all the operator sees -- is just that -- "sit on top" "press to lock" "ready to lift"....But just what if the truck driver isn't aligning the truck correctly and the crane operator just went forth having the crane "sitting" on the top -- just how the heck did it "lock" it all correctly at all four points? (or even more points?) So many question.
Have you every dropped a container?
Yes, out of the spreader.. aproxx 10feet drop.. Mercedes Parts inside.. no one was hurt!
@@Container_World Oof
What?? With that speed, u can make at least 50 mph. Its so cool. Oh my...
Correct! Well calculated! Do you work in the port?
Yes i do
What country and port?
@@Container_World i worked 5 years at CMIT in Viet Nam(VNCMT). I just moved to a very fresh port, will operate in next year.
What do the trucks use as a guide to align with so you don’t have to correct
There is a laser system that detects the reflector on the trailers and lights up a red light! It has 2cm accuracy!
@@Container_World thank you for the reply
No problem! Do you work in the port?
@@Container_World No. I’m a Ag equipment mechanic but am always curious about anything mechanical and want to know how things work
Cool! What equipment do you work on?
Great filming and edit ....thankyou
Nice video. Always wondered how you know where to unload the container on the ship and which one to pick up when unloading from the ship. I don't see any marking of the bays on the ship.... BR Adam / Denmark
I am a new STS operator what should i know and learn to do more containers in one hour
How does he know when to lock the to the container from that high.
great crane operator
+Agostino LANGELLOTTI Thanks!
what's your best prize?
I could maybe do this for one eight-hour shift, I couldn't do it every day.
Question; is the software telling the operator what slot to use, or is the software remembering what slot and how high from the bottom the operator put the container?
Most likely no software nearby. At the port I work at there is a hatchman with a list of boxes and positions and he will tell the driver where they need to be placed and will help guide some of the more tricky boxes. This is all pre-planned generally back in the operations building.
@@johnschroeder3072 Thanks
The challenging thing about this job is not moving boxes but working with a giant machine controlling the sticks like no one other can!
There is no software/automation while loading because there are to much changing situations. Wind, moving ship, unbalanced containers
@@Container_World I didn’t intend to mean software operated the crane. Somewhere a computer knows where that container is and where it’s going. Does that computer tell the operator where to place the container or does the computer remember where the operator placed the container?
That software has been developed in our port but not on our ''small'' terminal. It is available on the biggest container terminal MSC home terminal. With camera's in the cranes reading the container numbers
So I'm guessing that those red, green and single black paddles are for aligning the posts into the container?
yes, it is to grab the containers faster.
How did you roll into this job. Where did you start at the begin?
That is the biggest game of Tetris in the world
these cranes are very handy as they have 6 flap, elbow rests, smaller joystic with better answers... Minimum effort, maximum efficiency
+cruzegiatrus yes, true story! But these cabines are Italian, there are better cabins than this one!
great video