I’m 66 years old 32 years driving a truck now retired I’ve always dreamed about those big boats ,you’ve turned my dreams into reality with your videos thanks Jo god bless stay safe 🙏🙏🤠

@KoDeMondo

4 ай бұрын

Hi Buddy i have been sailing for 12 years on different ships but mainly passenger now I became a class surveyor and sometimes I think to go back... But not sure? 🤔 Any thoughts?

Just popping up to say a quick thank you and add a prayer for all of you that work in shipping. The last few days have I’m sure been hard, may those workers lost be at peace. I know we all take for granted things going smoothly daily. I couldn’t help but think of this channel in the wake of the Key bridge tragedy. Not just Joe but all of the characters he has brought to us, and their daily work. May God watch over sailors, shippies, support crew and workers in ports across the world.❤

Very few videos do I enjoy with music, but MR Joe this was outstanding. The music was perfect. I swear for a minute I could smell the salt in the air. Hell of a job.

The music and production blow me away every time! Another good one Joe!

Always look forward to your next drop Joe, keep up the great work!

Merry christmas Joe! Im going back to sea after 3 years break while I tried to settle on land. It called me back though. Your videos help to get ready for it!

Cool footage! Thanks for filming this stuff. This is stuff I'd never see in my life otherwise. Cheers!

Nice one Joe, have a great Christmas. I have enjoyed your content this year & look forward to your videos in 2024.

Thank you for taking us along on your voyages. Mariners and Truckers are people we don't know, doing jobs we don't ever think about. But if it wasn't for them, civilized life for the rest of us wouldn't be possible. Fair winds and following seas

@michaelmcdonald6722

6 ай бұрын

I wish to associate myself with you perfect comment.

G'day Joe Just found your channel a few days ago and watched everything so far. I'm an AB integrated rating in Australia working on LNG ships between Western Australia and Japan. I noticed 2 LNG terminals in this time lapse video. Good jobs if you get the opportunity to work on one, I would recommend it. Love your videos mate.

@American_2

7 ай бұрын

I heard the U.S. has no LNG in its fleet, but not too sure.

@rs2352

7 ай бұрын

Yes indeed, Exporting LNG from West Texas (thanks to all the fracking going on over there). And No, no USA LNG tankers since the days of El Paso (late 1970's), when they built 4 of the Spherical Tank design (commercial failures they were...)

@Powerage717

7 ай бұрын

I'm on 1 of the 4 Australian crewed LNG carriers, all being Moss Rosenberg designed 4 spherical tanks. They've been on the run for 30 year's. Project ends in April.

Always good to get another video. Merry Christmas, Joe.

Wow, what a memory trigger! I was the 2nd Mate on the ST ARCO HERITAGE (I believe) sometime in the late summer 1978 as we docked and loaded in Lake Charles. Inbound we picked up one of the friendliest and professional harbor pilots I ever dealt with (I was the mate on watch heading in and few days later heading out. Sadly, the outbound pilot told us that the inbound pilot had fallen off the jacob's ladder of an incoming tanker and was missing. I remember the weather was pretty bad both incoming and outgoing. On the next trip, we were told his body washed up somewhere in Texas. Joe, thank you for your videos. All are wonderful. Boy how the bridge has changed since my sailing days. Happy New Year to you and all your subscribers and viewers.🎉

This is my new favorite channel. I have been binge watching all of your videos for the past few days. Thank you for sharing your adventures and keep up the great work!

Thanks for the video, always enjoy watching!

Got to admit these are some of the best videos. I sailed for 20 years, no finer smells than refineries and paper mills……I consider myself fortunate to have sailed when I did Keep em coming Brother

I always enjoy your videos, Joe. Wishing you and your family a blessed and Merry Christmas. May God bless you in the New Year.

Just came across your videos I'm so excited I've always wondered how things worked, my Dad worked on ship's just like your doing until he meet my Mom he retired his Sea legs, I'm looking at all your videos starting with the ships Chief great guy will i just finished Crains, Thank you so much for an exciting venture please stay safe Godspeed. 😂 👍

Im going to sea for the first time in October as an engine cadet on a cruise ship and your videos have been really good to watch to get some sort of an idea of being at sea so thanks

Great video and background music! Thanks Joe!!!

Cool Vid! Thanks for sharing this stuff Joe, Wishing you a very joyous Christmas and a healthy and prosperous 2024.

Couldn't get here fast enough...thank you Joe Franta

I was across the ship channel from your ship on a marsh buggy. We passed by your ship Saturday on a deck boat. Good videos enjoy watching

Joe... Thanks for the continued great content.

Im an OS on a Navy contracting ship! Thanks for the inspiration n insights, keep up the adventures

Great idea! Great video! Keep 'em comin'. We enjoy them all.

love your videos, super laid back style relaxes me

Well produced and a great tune.

Enjoyed this video again. Thank you Joe. Regards from the Netherlands.

Greetings from Lake Charles! Thanks for the video. It shows a different perspective than what I see docking on those docks most times. The Lone Star State is always in and out of the docks.

Incredible! Merry Christmas Joe! Love that tune! Went right in my “Road Work” library!!

Very cool. Thanks for posting Joe, hope your well, peace.

Great music...Great video !!

That channel wakes up some memories. In 85/86 I was a snot nosed 21 year AB on the Swedish bulk carrier Stena Arctica and spent many hours at the helm transiting the channel, unfortunately though I can’t remember what we loaded or offloaded there.

thank you Joe

Merry Christmas Joe! Thanks for letting the song finish. I really liked it. Great video.

@JoeFranta

7 ай бұрын

Thank you and Merry Christmas to you Dean!

Just found your channel, thank you for what you do! F'n Fantastic Content! You hooked me up with Them Dirty Roses too, got em on Spotify now....great choice of music Joe!

Outstanding! Merry Christmas sir!

I'm a retired Chemical Engineer - that scenery caused me chub up a bit. Awesome scenes of oil & gas and chemical plants, and one LNG plant. I hope you ate some mud bugs down there.

Been a while a while. Glad to see you back on deck. Been missing your perspective. Cheers 🍺

Man that’s crazy, I work on the green tug that helped with the sailing. Small world

Great video, you found the perfect music!

Good vid. Loading out at B-dock on the ship channel. Never seen it from this perspective, and beautiful days to ride up and down the calcasieu ship channel. Thanks!!

on point, great time lapse and song.

Merry Christmas, Joe Franta. 🎄🎅⭐✴

The Song is called "FIX YOU" by THEM DIRTY ROSES 🌹

Excellent work on this video I love your editing style ❤

I used to be a deck hand on those same tugs that docked you Joe was it the Carl and the Edith I still get a little pissed when I think about Harbor Docking and how I was the only deck hand out of the three that actually made it through the 6 month probation period and became a full fledged employee until I had a got damn seizure on the stern and was medically laid off I still regret losing that job cause it's truly the only job that I actually enjoyed doing.

That was cool! And the music was perfect.

Awesome! Liked it enough to subscribe. Well done. Cheers.

love the music!

very good job on the video. Now we a full video of the process and a tour of the boat. also you should a 100 days on the great lakes again. keep up the great work my man.

Really cool video Joe!

Welcome back buddy...🎉🎉

miss you bro, cant wait to see what you post next

Love it THANK U

Great video!

Need more videos! I have watched all of them hoping he puts up more soon!

Another hard day of labor helping humanity.

Same here, come back to us brother miss u!!!!

When I was just a young and dumb teenager I considered getting on a ship because I am truly a nomad at heart. Now, I'm 38, I'm a felon and pretty much not worth a damn as a human so being a merchant mariner is out of the question for me. I guess you can say, that ship has sailed. At least your videos are something else in the world that can remind me of the life I've wasted..... If there's any younger kids out there reading this and you like to party, maybe dabble in the hard stuff, walk away before you wake up one day and realize that twenty something years suddenly passed and you can't figure out how to make your life something worth living. If you need to make a life, don't put anything that is holding you down ahead of what truly matters. Chances are you'll wake up one day wishing you didn't wake up.

Merry Christmas Joe.

I spent a lot of long nights and days there in Cameron, LA right where the ship channel meets the gulf at that 1st LNG facility when it was under construction 👍

Great tune

Was that some ‘Pontchartrain Pirates’ trying to board you on the starboard side at the end of the video? 🤣

Good music!!

Awesome man!

Thanks!

@JoeFranta

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much Thomas!

Hi Joe. New Subscriber here..just found your channel, going back to start at the beginning . Take care kiddo.👍🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Merry Christmas Joe

Just came across your channel and I’m simply amazed at how cool your job is. My question is do you ever get motion sickness and how do you deal with it?

welcome back Joe

You have a very Positive outtake on this industry . Very well be that you had good experiences. I also think it's important to put a realistic idea what it's like to work on a ship. Base pay 56 hour week Can be working with some pretty rough dudes. Guys that have been in a lot of trouble before. Works better for single guys Can be very very difficult in relationships Difference between SIU union workers and Officers. If there is personality conflicts there's no getting off the ship.. Some ships you rarely ever go to shore. Some ships if they're making long passages you're going through time zones and your work shift is Changing all the time.. Most important A lot of people are not being relieved . end up being on the ship many many months. You end up with a lot of unhappy people and you're working with them..

What a cool job. And a cool geographic area.

Keep up the good content uncle joey

@JoeFranta

7 ай бұрын

Thanks buddy! I'll be home in March cant wait to see you

@JoeFranta

7 ай бұрын

Thanks buddy! I'll be home in March cant wait to see you

Citgo B dock. Nice video

That was badass!

Close to home! 3 miles east of the Mobile Bay!

Dittos on music selection 💪

Love it

Merry Christmas Joe!

@JoeFranta

7 ай бұрын

Wow! Thank you so much Uncertainzee! Merry Christmas to you!

Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year

Hey Joe I’ve watched a few of your videos and I’m currently thinking of switching from the Gulf to SIU coming in as C Book you think that would be a wise choice I have my AB Unlimited with RFPNW,BST,Lifeboatman and also VPDSD 3:39

More please!

My new addiction…Mr. Joe.

That’s almost 30 miles each way from and to the Gulf. Quite the trip, and not a lot of extra room. Does your ship have bow thrusters, or you just rely on tugs?

i enjoy your timelapse but can you make a video how you make them so i can make also some timelapses of my ship.

I’ve been watching all your videos! This is what KZread is about! I can’t help but wonder how payment works. Is it hourly? Per diem? Per day?

Joe I enjoy watching your videos, always you said" I love my job" and there are a lot of reason, the main reason is to see God creation, sun rises, sunset, and some fish jumping ahead the ship nice is very nice I like you videos

Welcome to lake charles brudda lol

That was cool

Hey man just checking in you’re ok! Been a while since your last video. We miss you!

@JoeFranta

2 ай бұрын

All is well. Back on land after a long trip and getting the next videos ready!

You visited my home town. At 1:36 you passed where I work.

I drive up and down the coast from Malibu to Goleta Ca and see the tankers. Ever consider a West Cost run?

@JoeFranta

7 ай бұрын

I did a west coast tanker job. Check out the video- kzread.info/dash/bejne/eq6AsaZrorbTgrg.html

Just found your channel. Is music on all of them??

Hello Joe, I'm curious about what you are permitted to bring on ships. Are sailors are allowed to bring instruments on board with them? for example an electric keyboard.

Miss your videos! Hope all is well

Saw a sticker you put up in the ATL airport

Not sure how often you respond to videos and which hall you sail out of but the Marjorie C is a great ship to work on. Unfortunately the only non-permanent position they have (at the time I worked there) is GVA (basically OS) but the run is sweet and the crew is awesome. Job usually comes in at the Wilmington, CA hall.

@rufust.firefly7114

3 ай бұрын

Also, the name of the ship isn't mentioned but this has to be an APT tanker, if this is the Bay State I was one of the original crew to take this ship out of the NASSCO San Diego yard. I even have a plank owner certificate. They're pretty easy to identify because the deck is EXTREMELY crowded, specifically some sort of pump that blocks the passage near the port/starboard walking area. It's like the ship is a foot too short athwart, a real change for the worse.

About how fast is the ship moving once it gets past Calcasieu Lake and into the bends to get to the berth?

@johnburgess5534

7 ай бұрын

According to the video…….. about 70 knots!!!.,.,

Im an uber driver and this song made the cut to be on "THE PLAYLIST"