The Genius Techniques Engineers Found to Tightly Secure Massive Container Ships

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  • @gdshiplashing8239
    @gdshiplashing82399 ай бұрын

    Also thanks for crediting me for the clips you used. I only make videos to help new people to the industry and am glad to see it also used in the way you did.

  • @AlanTheBeast100
    @AlanTheBeast10022 күн бұрын

    Always love a 5 minute video packed into 15 minutes.

  • @Max_Marz
    @Max_Marz9 ай бұрын

    The AI forgot to tell us what PMPH stands for.

  • @MrKh4Ot1k

    @MrKh4Ot1k

    3 ай бұрын

    Probably pieces moved per hour.

  • @davidwilliams1086

    @davidwilliams1086

    Ай бұрын

    Google it.

  • @tacomator2895

    @tacomator2895

    Ай бұрын

    Perpetual Morgification Per Home

  • @thehark6247
    @thehark62479 ай бұрын

    kudos to the little mentioned humble stevedore. His job is deceivingly dangerous, even deadly at times, i know the feeling. Trust me, 30 yr steel rigger/climber.

  • @Barmaley80x

    @Barmaley80x

    Ай бұрын

    У бурового станка безопасная работа. Болванка может как сверху прилететь, так и из под ног отправить в небеса.

  • @TheDavidlloydjones

    @TheDavidlloydjones

    24 күн бұрын

    "Humble" stevadore? Um. What planet do you have in mind?

  • @Rhacman
    @Rhacman9 ай бұрын

    Kerbal Space Program: This part is moving too much. Cover it in struts! Container ships: This part is moving too much. Cover it in struts!

  • @ashley2108
    @ashley21089 ай бұрын

    We use to do this in 3 man teams. Trust m,e, ships do not look this pristine! They are rusted oily and freaken dangerous. two high lashing bars are very heavy and you have to balance them and watch your footing and keep and eye on the penguin (hook you have to insert into the conttianer) it needs to attach to.. Broken foot herniated disks and fracture hip, also dislocated shoulder. Once your body is destroyed, you are then fired and left for dead.

  • @Gademet

    @Gademet

    9 ай бұрын

    very well said dude,

  • @Dirkadew

    @Dirkadew

    9 ай бұрын

    That’s why it’s best to be unemployed.

  • @Neo-po2xw

    @Neo-po2xw

    9 ай бұрын

    how much you used to get

  • @Metalborn710

    @Metalborn710

    9 ай бұрын

    Guess you should have got an office job.

  • @andrewholdaway813

    @andrewholdaway813

    9 ай бұрын

    The sad truth behind the _'genius techniques'_ nonsense.

  • @c.m.7037
    @c.m.70379 ай бұрын

    Interesting! Props to the workers that help us get our stuff!

  • @tgood5527

    @tgood5527

    Ай бұрын

    It’s a tough job, but I love it.

  • @apacha2004
    @apacha200414 күн бұрын

    as a terminal worker ...this is is impressive, even tho we have seen it million times

  • @innercityprepper
    @innercityprepper9 ай бұрын

    This was a cool video, I enjoyed the "how it's made" feel of the twist lock maintenance section.

  • @jamielee9350

    @jamielee9350

    9 ай бұрын

    I will call BS on this bit ... we had some twist locks that never got maintained, apart from a squirt of oil every 6 months.

  • @jknight441

    @jknight441

    26 күн бұрын

    I operate the cranes most of the time can’t unload the containers because the twists locks on most ships are over used falling apart

  • @brucherrin8947
    @brucherrin89478 ай бұрын

    The hand drawn first-aid sign with masking tape was funky ....SAFTY FIRST

  • @petenikolic5244
    @petenikolic52449 ай бұрын

    Yea right i bet those twist locks are lucky to be looked at once every 5 years in life

  • @redpug5042
    @redpug50429 ай бұрын

    some people talk really slowly to increase the video time. This just straight up adds space between sentences. I swear the voiced audio can't be longer than 5 minutes.

  • @abdul-qf2fe
    @abdul-qf2fe9 ай бұрын

    Twistlocks is such a genius tool that tightly secures containers,the maintenance is outstanding 👏 👌

  • @qa1e2r4

    @qa1e2r4

    9 ай бұрын

    Why is he cleaning almost brand new perfectly clean "demo" twist lock? He should be cleaning the old and dirty one first!!! Also how many he can clean with such non-specific equipment? A boat have how many of these? Hundreds maybe thousands? Will he be able to clean a full set by his retirement? He does one in 5-6 min each container needs 4 so 30min per container so 16 containers in a 8h day. 15000 containers on avarage as per google so for him to do a full ship he needs almost 3 years for a full rotation....

  • @abdul-qf2fe

    @abdul-qf2fe

    9 ай бұрын

    @qa1e2r4 it's only a demo pal😎

  • @Pocketfarmer1

    @Pocketfarmer1

    9 ай бұрын

    @@qa1e2r4quite right .the demo is complete bs. I work on a tug that regularly moves barge loads of containers. The only maintenance those locks got was getting washed when they were float tested.

  • @firstlast1047
    @firstlast10479 ай бұрын

    I had occasion to be on a container ship while it was loading. The two lashers were incedible. Working in unision, they applied the lashings without falling behind. The noise was deafening, very loud. I wonder how a person would know if a stack was collapsing. I discovered, during the short time i was on deck, there was a distinct noise pattern indicating a successful placement. Also, the ship's crew, every 2/3 days, while the ship is underway, are required to inspect lashings and remove the slack

  • @bhyydy6353
    @bhyydy6353Ай бұрын

    They picked a very clean twist-lok for the show.

  • @tgood5527

    @tgood5527

    Ай бұрын

    Twist lock aka cone. A longshoreman calls them cone’s. How do I know this I’m a longshoreman.

  • @johninnc9893
    @johninnc98939 ай бұрын

    Interesting, but way too long. Should have been more like 7 minutes long.

  • @maxpool162
    @maxpool1629 ай бұрын

    Whole world economy relies on containers transport and we still have some dangerous and old schools solutions, this is amazing. And we want go to Mars.

  • @markissboi3583
    @markissboi35839 ай бұрын

    r.i.p the cartoon characters that fell off the ship or hit by steel poles

  • @nancyfernandez-wl1me
    @nancyfernandez-wl1me26 күн бұрын

    Interesante estas técnicas geniales que los ingenieros pueden hacer

  • @argentum530
    @argentum530Ай бұрын

    All of those genius techniques and the darn containers still fall off in the middle of the ocean...

  • @warrenbrownartndesign
    @warrenbrownartndesign9 ай бұрын

    nice.... im a lasher trainer and Gantry driver. i know a few of the guys in the bcmea training part. 😊 ILWU 505✊

  • @wycliffeojuka1253

    @wycliffeojuka1253

    9 ай бұрын

    Hello sir

  • @warrenbrownartndesign

    @warrenbrownartndesign

    9 ай бұрын

    @@wycliffeojuka1253 hello :)

  • @wycliffeojuka1253

    @wycliffeojuka1253

    9 ай бұрын

    Can I get a chance in your port

  • @gdshiplashing8239

    @gdshiplashing8239

    Ай бұрын

    I'm a steward in Seattle. We were trainers earlier this month.

  • @tgood5527

    @tgood5527

    Ай бұрын

    ILWU. 13 ✊🏻

  • @armando_az1
    @armando_az19 ай бұрын

    Moral of the story, twisty locks. 😂

  • @garymiller5937
    @garymiller59379 ай бұрын

    Looks like the lashers have a very dangerous job. 😮

  • @tgood5527

    @tgood5527

    Ай бұрын

    Most lasher only lash for like 10 years then do something else on the dock.

  • @CrazyCook1
    @CrazyCook123 күн бұрын

    Well, we've certainly have a lot of shipping containers fall off ships where I am. We get our Crocs from the beach, not the store.

  • @tacomator2895
    @tacomator2895Ай бұрын

    That camera guy not saying anything to the guy who fell through the hole... Camera man: this shot will be perfect for the video!

  • @user-ki8fq7cj6i
    @user-ki8fq7cj6i2 ай бұрын

    Muy buen video 😊

  • @agontop1
    @agontop12 ай бұрын

    Absolutely well done video. Ty

  • @robletsdoit5886
    @robletsdoit588624 күн бұрын

    Lashing them 1,2 and 3 highs!!!!! Your arms feel like jello after 2 or 3 bays of 1,2 and 3 highs lol hopefully you don’t have high cubes!!!! Local 333 baby ILA ALL THE WAY

  • @user-nr9te2hj4z
    @user-nr9te2hj4zАй бұрын

    Awesome technology of container secure

  • @RonLWilson
    @RonLWilson9 ай бұрын

    Quite interesting!

  • @DanBurgaud
    @DanBurgaud9 ай бұрын

    7:08 WOW! I gotta look out for this scenario too.

  • @fr3dr02
    @fr3dr024 ай бұрын

    The gantry operator, she sure can work them sticks😮

  • @Suvendu450
    @Suvendu4509 ай бұрын

    Love from India🇮🇳🇮🇳

  • @carlosquincho1851
    @carlosquincho185119 күн бұрын

    Interesante la construcción

  • @Johnnybananass-_
    @Johnnybananass-_16 күн бұрын

    With ports so heavily controlled by unions they in-listed the new automated machines but kept the same number of staff on haha .

  • @corvavw6447
    @corvavw6447Ай бұрын

    Ja het moet gebeuren, en veiligheid is niet altijd gewaarborgd. Voor diegenen let goed op.

  • @rollydoucet8909
    @rollydoucet89099 ай бұрын

    The methods of moving goods all over the world have seen advancements comparable to those in the airplane industry.

  • @Calico5string1962
    @Calico5string1962Ай бұрын

    I spent nearly 27 years working at a US west coast port. Calling stevadores "skilled workers" might be a bit of a stretch. From my experiences, with the exception of the crane operators, the rest are largley simply over-paid forklift operators.

  • @user-pi2fj6xs6q
    @user-pi2fj6xs6qАй бұрын

    Informative and helpful video, thanks a lot

  • @pete5534
    @pete55349 ай бұрын

    Clever design. Fascinating.

  • @vladimirmilutinovic8057
    @vladimirmilutinovic80579 ай бұрын

    Fantastic !!!

  • @devinledesma5005
    @devinledesma50059 ай бұрын

    Looks like it will make it harder to find the human traffic being knocked unconscious in those containers

  • @D-B-Cooper
    @D-B-Cooper9 ай бұрын

    I’d be impressed if you told us why he is called stevedore.

  • @alejandrojoseleonpineda
    @alejandrojoseleonpineda9 күн бұрын

    Me gusta

  • @chaddentandt9868
    @chaddentandt98689 ай бұрын

    Very interesting Dr. Jones. Good video.

  • @robertortega3651
    @robertortega3651Ай бұрын

    Lashes can do all the jobs! Not just anyone can lash

  • @adriansue8955
    @adriansue89559 ай бұрын

    Who owns the hardware? all those thousands of twistlocks and lashing rods do they come with the containers? the ship? on loan from the dock? how do they keep track of them all so they get returned after use? or is it a communal thing?

  • @FloGrelot

    @FloGrelot

    9 ай бұрын

    Every ship provides their own pins. They usually have 10+ pin boxes that get unloaded when the ships arrives. Every pin that gets removed from containers goes in those boxes to be reused later for loading the ship then when it's all done the ship loads up the pin boxes aboard and does the same thing at the next port.

  • @ronbelanger4113
    @ronbelanger4113Ай бұрын

    Semi skilled at best.

  • @TheDavidlloydjones
    @TheDavidlloydjones24 күн бұрын

    Corner locks provide "increased efficiency," when we haven't mentioned any efficiency yet, so it's not clear what's increased. It's automatic so there's no manual labour involved. We have no idea why the video shows that guy putting those castings in the slots in the corner of the container by hand.

  • @peterjansen7854
    @peterjansen78549 ай бұрын

    If used correctly not many containers will be lost overboard 😉

  • @johncraig9869
    @johncraig98699 ай бұрын

    Still, over a thousand containers a year are lost over board

  • @borisbadaxe9678
    @borisbadaxe9678Ай бұрын

    Now if they can only figure out how to keep the ships from colliding with bridges. 🤔

  • @Barmaley80x
    @Barmaley80xАй бұрын

    Это все инженеры, всегда что нибудь придумают.

  • @aljock6927
    @aljock6927Ай бұрын

    It didn't say this is a corporate safety video

  • @gdshiplashing8239
    @gdshiplashing82399 ай бұрын

    I see you use some clips from my videos. 😃

  • @vijaykumardahisaria7325
    @vijaykumardahisaria73259 ай бұрын

    Very good

  • @davehann8178
    @davehann81789 ай бұрын

    prevent theft? Every longshoreman watching this must be laughing his head off!

  • @BADSEED13
    @BADSEED139 ай бұрын

    Lashing is a good workout. Those who know...know.

  • @ytzpilot
    @ytzpilot9 ай бұрын

    I wouldn’t have a problem living in a shipping container home in a region prone to earthquakes, because they are designed to remain standing rolling around on a ship and high winds they would hold up very well in an earthquake

  • @MitchM240
    @MitchM2409 ай бұрын

    There is a great documentary about Stevedores. It’s called “ The Wire”.

  • @RogerGarrett
    @RogerGarrett9 ай бұрын

    This seems like a perfect opportunity for an automated twist-lock insertion (and removal) system. When the overhead crane lifts the container off of the truck that's brought it into the port, the crane momentarily sets it down on top of an automated twist-lock insertion mechanism that instantly, safely, and with no human intervention, inserts the twist locks into the container. Similarly those twist locks can be removed at the destination port with a reverse system. It's just so incredibly inefficient to have people manually handling, inserting, and removing those locks.

  • @buzz-es

    @buzz-es

    9 ай бұрын

    Automate.....

  • @michaelmeichtry316

    @michaelmeichtry316

    Ай бұрын

    The video does show and described a few automated systems... please review entire video.

  • @Reezona
    @Reezona9 ай бұрын

    4:43. i know this guy. He is the singer on the sepultura huh. Derrick green.

  • @pahedkavlog8298
    @pahedkavlog82989 ай бұрын

    Then buy all automatic twist lock if you dont want anymore powerman

  • @andreweppink4498
    @andreweppink44989 ай бұрын

    Dunno. AlI sounds good and is good. But there's GBux awaiting the man who comes up with a method for securing tail stax athwartships. So they don't keel over in bad weather with heavy rolling.

  • @ITilBiondo
    @ITilBiondo5 ай бұрын

    I lost 70 pounds since i started lashing..😆

  • @user-mn9be6qq3d
    @user-mn9be6qq3d2 ай бұрын

    We are not called Stevedores. We are Longshoremen. Stevedores bring the ships into our ports and the Longshoremen do the main work. Without us the work won’t get done

  • @jcarlo331
    @jcarlo3319 ай бұрын

    Check out the containers eroded lock loops , lol , twist lock pull it apart eventually, yea the twist locks are bombers but def not the containers connection loops .

  • @rogerbrandt6678
    @rogerbrandt66789 ай бұрын

    I bet within 3 months I can devise a system that saves 30% time loading ships.

  • @conradnelson5283
    @conradnelson52839 ай бұрын

    Is this an employee orientation Film.?

  • @docferringer
    @docferringer9 ай бұрын

    What is this, a union operation? Who thought, "Wow this twist-lock maintenance sure is fast. What can I do to drag it out for a couple of shifts?" Freaking impact wrenches for speed and torque wrenches for safety.

  • @tgood5527

    @tgood5527

    Ай бұрын

    Someone wanted in the union and couldn’t get in 😂 At the port of LA and Long Beach we handle that work no job security BS going on.

  • @kkfoto
    @kkfoto9 ай бұрын

    To call that *Genius* is surely an exxageration

  • @kamalzoro
    @kamalzoro8 ай бұрын

    the lashing is a dangerous work

  • @tgood5527

    @tgood5527

    Ай бұрын

    Most lashers only lash for 10 years and move on to other dock jobs.

  • @kamalzoro

    @kamalzoro

    Ай бұрын

    @@tgood5527 yes i work inbthis job about 1y ,then i change to truck driver ,,yes ,,

  • @Formaldehydex
    @Formaldehydex9 ай бұрын

    Then explain why so many shipping containers end up in the ocean where they occasionally sink pleasure boats.

  • @raymondstemmer887
    @raymondstemmer8879 ай бұрын

    The thing we can all use more of is smuggled drug proffits

  • @christopherb4744
    @christopherb47449 ай бұрын

    You might sometimes get the impression that companies desire outside high placement to claim a loss at sea? Don't know but seems like a possibility.

  • @peterjansen7854
    @peterjansen78549 ай бұрын

    Dont forget Lashing bars🙄

  • @Deecups510
    @Deecups5109 ай бұрын

    Is the dude at 0:53 seriously walking right directly underneath the load? I worked around a lot of ships loading a lot of cargo and that is a HUGE no no. Nor would a sane person do it. Containers fall all the time, and you don't want to be anywhere near it when it happens.

  • @canvids1
    @canvids19 ай бұрын

    inland container ports with railway connections

  • @DaveEtchells
    @DaveEtchells9 ай бұрын

    It never occurred to me before just how precise the crane operators have to be; they have to align the containers to within inches to get them to stack properly. Does anyone know if the crane has any systems that help with the final alignment?

  • @brianluck84

    @brianluck84

    9 ай бұрын

    I'm trained in ship to shore cranes. We have controls that will allow us to skew the load in most directions for final alignment but it's still all sight and feel. Really isn't that hard. The hard part is doing it fast

  • @DaveEtchells

    @DaveEtchells

    9 ай бұрын

    @@brianluck84 Wow, I’m mega-impressed. - And yeah, I could maybe do it given 30 minutes and a new set of glasses, but in the videos, they just seem to drop them in place.

  • @okymek

    @okymek

    9 ай бұрын

    The interlocks are tapered for self centering, they need to be within inches of being perfectly aligned for all four corners. The weight of the container will do the rest if you got it close enough.

  • @tgood5527

    @tgood5527

    Ай бұрын

    The hard part is looking down all day. The floor is glass. The pay is good but good luck to your back.

  • @DaveEtchells

    @DaveEtchells

    Ай бұрын

    @@tgood5527 Oh man, I can imagine! Must be a lot of back problems or spend 10% of your salary on massages. (I somehow suspect the construction companies don’t have on-site massage rooms 😂)

  • @unicorns778
    @unicorns7789 ай бұрын

    This is not engineers product but century old technique to secure any items at sea. Only thing new improvised material that's it.

  • @b0rd3n
    @b0rd3n9 ай бұрын

    Propaganda i say, propagandahhh! Nice video, thanks!

  • @pahedkavlog8298
    @pahedkavlog82989 ай бұрын

    The. Imagine the owner of that ship yard earn billions while sitting on his house while workers, work there asses little 🤣😂

  • @rogerbrandt6678
    @rogerbrandt66789 ай бұрын

    I hope lashers make more than crane operators. If not you are under paid.

  • @andrewhansen4092
    @andrewhansen40929 ай бұрын

    They don't fix or even care about the locks. All the ones I've used have been so worn out they barley did anything. They do not care about anything on these ships

  • @DMSparky
    @DMSparky9 ай бұрын

    I like how there are giant unnecessary gaps in the narration just to make the video longer….

  • @noexcuses6727
    @noexcuses67279 ай бұрын

    been in this industry over 45 years. this is not genius just common sense

  • @donaldpetersen2382
    @donaldpetersen23829 ай бұрын

    I hear the crane job is terrible

  • @Mr.DMZ.
    @Mr.DMZ.9 ай бұрын

    A bit different from GTA V

  • @arybudianto9147
    @arybudianto91479 ай бұрын

    Berapa gaji pekerja lashing

  • @keithnichols7926
    @keithnichols79269 ай бұрын

    Imagine all the ingenuity and disciplne expended in securing and shipping the tons of cheaply made electromechanical crap that will sizzle, short-circuit, and otherwise malfunction in thousands of American homes and offices next week.

  • @paulleon4467
    @paulleon44674 ай бұрын

    😊😊😊

  • @OutdoorFreedomDk
    @OutdoorFreedomDk9 ай бұрын

    6:54 ?

  • @RaftYosrYmahmod-ck5gz
    @RaftYosrYmahmod-ck5gz9 ай бұрын

    How az awut marsk sahn And pahrn motwst azkandr

  • @ilovemyhonda250ex
    @ilovemyhonda250ex9 ай бұрын

    moar struts

  • @rainerk7851
    @rainerk78519 ай бұрын

    Schade, betimmt sehr interesant. Leider nur englisch und ohne deutsch Untertittel.

  • @envitech02
    @envitech029 ай бұрын

    Stevedore is pronounced Ste-ver-dore? Wow I didn't know that. I thought it was Steve-dore. As in Steve Jobs. And I thought my English was good.

  • @davidgrigg472

    @davidgrigg472

    9 ай бұрын

    My whole family were stevedores. Until containerization through them out of their jobs. The London pronunciation was Steve e door

  • @colinclift7486
    @colinclift7486Ай бұрын

    Did it with wire hausers donkeys years ago,stopped trying ta save time in port nd money,rear end of these 24k ships not stable,stacked to high!!!

  • @user-ps5cg5bj5x
    @user-ps5cg5bj5x9 ай бұрын

    니들 일당이. 얼마나되지 알여주

  • @topthings6702
    @topthings67029 ай бұрын

    👍👍👍

  • @bigbob1699
    @bigbob16999 ай бұрын

    They all signed their organ donor card , right?

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