The Impressive Process of Moving Gigantic Ships into Dry Docks

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  • @coppeis
    @coppeisАй бұрын

    It's 2am time to learn about drydocks!

  • @davetherave5

    @davetherave5

    16 күн бұрын

    Lol. I just looked over and it's literally 1:55am

  • @stevennewman8276
    @stevennewman8276 Жыл бұрын

    Iv worked for 2 drydocks,worked on a dredge for yrs,worked on jack-up oil rigs all over the globe & it still amazes me how so much iron can float!

  • @pleasureincontempt3645

    @pleasureincontempt3645

    Жыл бұрын

    Imagine displacement and wonder why you got to do the shitty work.

  • @larrymicheal2179

    @larrymicheal2179

    Жыл бұрын

    hey stave can I have your mail please

  • @somedudefromasia871
    @somedudefromasia87123 күн бұрын

    “You can’t paint the rudder while it’s under water” Nice to know I learned something!

  • @nameinvalid69
    @nameinvalid692 жыл бұрын

    the size of the floating drydock... mind blowing.

  • @jimsvideos7201
    @jimsvideos7201 Жыл бұрын

    It's a quirk but in the context of pressure measurement "bar" is always singular.

  • @kafka8886
    @kafka8886 Жыл бұрын

    'You can't paint the rudders while they're underwater.' Dayam - the things you learn on KZread!

  • @yuripavlov8508
    @yuripavlov85082 жыл бұрын

    Many thanks for this video. Brief and and quite informative!

  • @armoris66
    @armoris66 Жыл бұрын

    Does anyone read the existing comments before posting the question "How do they paint the areas supported by the keel blocks"........😂

  • @jamesplymire5342

    @jamesplymire5342

    Жыл бұрын

    😂

  • @mikerussell490

    @mikerussell490

    7 ай бұрын

    No, I don’t have time or interest to read 5k plus comments.

  • @FrailRider

    @FrailRider

    16 сағат бұрын

    No

  • @thegrinch8161
    @thegrinch81612 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for making this video but it wasn't as easy when I stripped and painting,hand painting that is so it's great to see progress and cost saving working very well together.👍⭐

  • @dome204
    @dome204Ай бұрын

    This is so cool.

  • @venkateshpatel60
    @venkateshpatel602 жыл бұрын

    Great video! Since the solid cube blocks directly contact with ship. How is the contact area cleaned and repainted? Do they need to clean and paint, then flood the dock, use tug boat to move ship a little, then pump water from dock and then clean and paint the previous contact areas?

  • @bobhailey1290

    @bobhailey1290

    2 жыл бұрын

    Another KZread video said they position the blocks differently next time they paint it and they just don’t paint that area of the ship until next time they dock

  • @venkateshpatel60

    @venkateshpatel60

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@bobhailey1290 thanks for the answer, that makes sense.

  • @Oklahoman-in6ph

    @Oklahoman-in6ph

    Жыл бұрын

    Great Question! I was wondering about that..

  • @carvalhinhoZ777
    @carvalhinhoZ7772 жыл бұрын

    Outstanding video 👍👏

  • @ahmetaltn9750
    @ahmetaltn97502 жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @kirkwilliams5740
    @kirkwilliams57402 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing this video with us

  • @bradolsen8629
    @bradolsen86292 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video thank you

  • @quedizzle7378
    @quedizzle73782 жыл бұрын

    I ALWAYS learn something with these videos! Keep up the good work

  • @Groveish
    @Groveish2 жыл бұрын

    It's not a bulk carrier as you imply in 0:46, it's a container ship

  • @oneshotme
    @oneshotme2 жыл бұрын

    Enjoyed your video so I gave it a Thumbs Up

  • @jameslowmanjr6141
    @jameslowmanjr61412 жыл бұрын

    Thanks. You hear about it maybe once or twice in your life when you’re not really around water. You know I live in Pennsylvania so when you’re up at Erie lake. Maybe once man look at that big ship wonder how they do repairs on that. Well thank you I got to see how it’s done. One problem those mobile dry docks. What happens when they break down with the ship in dry dock. Do they have a dry dock that can handle them and does it go to them.

  • @cecilwilson5442
    @cecilwilson54422 жыл бұрын

    I work doing ship repair in Belfast ,, northern Ireland ,, for the Harland and wolf ship yard ,, good work but hard ,, heavy ,,I do pipe work fabrication ,, various other work ☘️☘️☘️☘️

  • @larou14
    @larou142 жыл бұрын

    Wouahhh...Very very impressive !!! 😯👍

  • @gulkhatab4417
    @gulkhatab4417 Жыл бұрын

    Yeh it's realy excellent video,I have very well 16 years ship yard experience with Dubai dry docks ,as marine electrical supervisor

  • @kirkwilliams5740
    @kirkwilliams57402 жыл бұрын

    Marvelous engineering

  • @Alfais16
    @Alfais16 Жыл бұрын

    his work is very good

  • @lubecavi
    @lubecavi8 ай бұрын

    Good day. The re are dry and floating docks. There is a sistem called sincro lift.

  • @ensnipe2000
    @ensnipe20002 жыл бұрын

    I have been both sides of this while I was in the Navy.....onboard ship and on 2 floating drydocks, 1 did submarines and 1 did surface ships, very labor intensive for the Engineers

  • @theobserver9131

    @theobserver9131

    2 жыл бұрын

    Is David Jones your given name? Or is it your chosen moniker? Heck of a name for a sailor!

  • @ensnipe2000

    @ensnipe2000

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@theobserver9131 yes that is my name given at birth, Named for one of my uncles

  • @theobserver9131

    @theobserver9131

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ensnipe2000 wow! You must be aware of the term "Davy Jones locker", right?

  • @ensnipe2000

    @ensnipe2000

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@theobserver9131 yes I was in the Navy

  • @theobserver9131

    @theobserver9131

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ensnipe2000 I got that, but I wasn't sure if that was a term in circulation today. :-)

  • @amosgona5250
    @amosgona52502 жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @ThekiBoran
    @ThekiBoran Жыл бұрын

    How do they clean and paint the areas where there are support blocks?

  • @VSBChannel-ForU
    @VSBChannel-ForU3 ай бұрын

    I've worked with dry docks it is very hard blasting and maintenance inside the tank but you are watching out side maintenance here

  • @chippyjohn1
    @chippyjohn1 Жыл бұрын

    What dock do you use for the floating dock to be docked?

  • @52robbo
    @52robbo2 жыл бұрын

    How do they paint the bit of the hull that sits on the blocks?

  • @byronpink9061
    @byronpink90612 жыл бұрын

    Very informative! Thanks for sharing!

  • @fat_boy647
    @fat_boy6478 ай бұрын

    Dry dock...? Compare how heavy steel ship can float. What does it float...?

  • @affleck80
    @affleck80 Жыл бұрын

    On the keel supports, how are they moved in order to paint the hull ?

  • @brazillo19

    @brazillo19

    Жыл бұрын

    Each block is lowered and moved individually to paint the area, then placed back to the original position.

  • @jameshollen9723
    @jameshollen9723 Жыл бұрын

    I wonder if a huge ship ever slipped off of the supports? that would be one hell of a loud crash !

  • @bernieshort6311
    @bernieshort63112 жыл бұрын

    I have been in many drydocks both working and observing. I learnt my apprenticeship in a Royal Navy dockyard and continued to use drydocks as a merchant navy engineer when the ships I served on were drydocked. One thing has always puzzled me and that is: When a vessel is placed on the keel blocks, these blocks are place so as the entire weight of the ship can be taken by them. These blocks are placed according to the structure of the vessels hull so will be placed in similar positions every time a vessel is docked. This means that throughout the entire life of the vessel these areas of the hull are never blasted or painted, these being the areas where the vessel sits on the blocks. I have always wondered, but never asked the question. Why don’t they re-float the vessel once its painted, move it so as the blocks are now sat on painted areas of the hull and then blast and paint these final areas. But this is never done therefor as previously mentioned, there is a massive underwater area of a ship that never gets treated. One would not accept any other vehicle that was only partially treated underneath, so why are ship accepted like this? I guess it all comes down to cost, but I don’t really know and wished I had asked the question when I was in the position to get a proper reply.

  • @kennethgrindrod6438

    @kennethgrindrod6438

    2 жыл бұрын

    I have worked a naval dockyard in the U K as a painter we’re the shipwrights used to move blocks at certain times so we could blast and paint the areas before putting them back and the same went with the long support poles

  • @bernieshort6311

    @bernieshort6311

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kennethgrindrod6438 Thank you for this reply, it has answered my question. I have never seen this done but to be honest, as an engineer, I was always busy when in dock. Thanks, you for clearing this point up for me.

  • @DownhillAllTheWay

    @DownhillAllTheWay

    2 жыл бұрын

    I spend a lot of time perusing KZread, and not very long ago, I came across an article about paint that said it could be applied, and would dry/harden "even under water". It may have been an epoxy paint, but I can't remember. It didn't say if this is ever used for maritime purposes, but for the relatively small areas along the keel blocks, mechanical scraping (I'm sure there are automatic gadgets that would do it), and underwater applicable paints would seem a solution of sorts. Have you ever come across that, Bernie?

  • @charlesgantz5865

    @charlesgantz5865

    2 жыл бұрын

    I had heard that when a ship is drydocked, the locations of the blocks relative to the ship are set very precisely using surveying equipment. Then the next time the ship is drydocked, the blocks are positioned so the parts that weren't painted last time now get painted.

  • @bernieshort6311

    @bernieshort6311

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@charlesgantz5865 Thank you

  • @davidbross6942
    @davidbross6942 Жыл бұрын

    How do they paint the parts of the hull resting on the support blocks?

  • @nmccw3245

    @nmccw3245

    Жыл бұрын

    Blocks are redundant enough to remove a few at a time, paint the exposed hull, then replace the blocks before repeating the process. You can also use different blocking plans during each drydock period so the same locations are not covered every time.

  • @gulkhatab4417
    @gulkhatab4417 Жыл бұрын

    I must say proudly I was responsible installation of hv,mv,Al lv equipment at wind energy power plant ,name is borwin beta 3,an folwin beta 2 at Dubai dry docks

  • @infopelayaran3917
    @infopelayaran3917 Жыл бұрын

    Kapal yang sangat canggih dan besar

  • @umarkhan5419
    @umarkhan5419 Жыл бұрын

    It's my dream but until I didn't get any platform for this job

  • @ArturoGarzaID
    @ArturoGarzaID2 ай бұрын

    Unreal

  • @erbenton07
    @erbenton072 жыл бұрын

    So how do they clean & paint the parts of the ship that is sitting on the blocks?

  • @overdoneone

    @overdoneone

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was wondering the same thing. Anybody??

  • @myblueshades

    @myblueshades

    2 жыл бұрын

    If you notice at 1:42 there's wooden chocks loosely pinned to the main blocks. So it's a fair assumption that they are removed & repositioned in rotation until they all have new paint.

  • @overdoneone

    @overdoneone

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@myblueshades Thanks for your answer.

  • @Kebekwoodcraft7375
    @Kebekwoodcraft7375 Жыл бұрын

    Did they have dry docks for floating dry dock ?

  • @dillonbrown8582
    @dillonbrown85822 жыл бұрын

    Nice and educational!!

  • @Alpha-Alpha
    @Alpha-Alpha2 жыл бұрын

    What happens to the bits that are sitting on the blocks? You can’t paint or clean those parts

  • @dmitripogosian5084

    @dmitripogosian5084

    2 жыл бұрын

    I know how it is done on sailboats. When she is lifted to be put in the water, I stand with a can of paint to quickly paint the parts she was sitting in while on shore :)

  • @Abgjamil76
    @Abgjamil762 жыл бұрын

    Informasi menarik yang tidak pernah saya ketinggalan.. Salam ukhwah dari Malaysia 🙋‍♂️🇲🇾

  • @johna.4334

    @johna.4334

    2 жыл бұрын

    ???

  • @josephastier7421
    @josephastier74212 жыл бұрын

    6:52 Three floating drydocks nested like Russian dolls.

  • @theothertroll
    @theothertroll Жыл бұрын

    How do they work on the areas covered by the hull supports? 😳

  • @adrianholroyd4533
    @adrianholroyd4533 Жыл бұрын

    Ah!! The door connects to a water body! That's where I went wrong with my one.

  • @user-lv4ib6kf4o
    @user-lv4ib6kf4o Жыл бұрын

    good

  • @mramankumar0
    @mramankumar02 жыл бұрын

    How much cost of this beast

  • @natehill8069
    @natehill80692 жыл бұрын

    Is (well, I guess was) there really a ship called "Mein Schiff 1"? (German for "My Ship")

  • @umarkhan5419
    @umarkhan5419 Жыл бұрын

    I wanna work in ship as a crew mechanical

  • @EVAUnit4A
    @EVAUnit4A Жыл бұрын

    2:10 3:40 I was a passenger on her out of Seattle, WA in 2004 for a 7-day Alaska cruise, when she was operated by Celebrity Cruises and known as the _M/V Mercury_ ! It's so creepy to see her again like this after all this time...

  • @panderichthys_rhombolepis

    @panderichthys_rhombolepis

    Жыл бұрын

    Wow!! What a story! And such great good coincidence.. I too have a story to tell -- see the comments above. ☺☺

  • @EVAUnit4A

    @EVAUnit4A

    Жыл бұрын

    @@panderichthys_rhombolepis So, what's the story?

  • @stevennewman8276
    @stevennewman8276 Жыл бұрын

    2:05-iv never seen a boat docked by using a pontoon or whatever that is.

  • @TeKn0_410
    @TeKn0_4102 жыл бұрын

    As someone with blasting experience that’s not the appropriate pressure range and the also you and abrasive. The amount of pressure you had said was used would be unsustainable for any person to hold. 33gpm at 20kpsi is getting close to the limit. I do t know anyone that could hold the gun at 40k (2.8k bar)

  • @stevennewman8276
    @stevennewman8276 Жыл бұрын

    At exactly 7:06 look at the star board stern crane & tell me that dont look like the Kool-Aide man!

  • @ChadWilson
    @ChadWilson Жыл бұрын

    Is there a free-floating dry dock for free-floating docks when they need maintenance? They look to be too big for a land-based dry dock.

  • @francisschweitzer8431

    @francisschweitzer8431

    Жыл бұрын

    Actually there is a complete ship that can sink under a vessel… and lift it .. it looks like a big Flatbed boat

  • @flioink
    @flioink2 жыл бұрын

    I wonder if there's any limitation to how big a ship can be? They're growing so much that I wouldn't be surprised if we see a ship nearing a kilometer in length in the next 20 years.

  • @dzello

    @dzello

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ships are generally built to fit the canals. The size of the canals is a soft limitation of ship building: it's not super worth it to build a massive ship that can't go through the canals because it ends up very limited.

  • @theobserver9131

    @theobserver9131

    2 жыл бұрын

    They need to be smaller than the Ocean. ;)

  • @rburn6677

    @rburn6677

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ships can't be too long because when they go through the swells and the stern is on one swell and the bow is on another the midships need to still rest in the water between the swells for support. A real long ship risks the midships section being out of the water and losing support of the ocean and frequently will break the ships back and snap it in two.

  • @stevennewman8276

    @stevennewman8276

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rburn6677 Broke Back Boat?

  • @rustteze

    @rustteze

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dzello not all ships need to go into canals... Many don't even need to go to shore for cargo operations

  • @CCPrimeCC
    @CCPrimeCC2 жыл бұрын

    It would be great if there is a Turkish subtitle option, thank you, take it easy

  • @xana6696
    @xana66962 жыл бұрын

    What kind education i need for work at Dock? A job like ship painter or painter remover? 🤔🤔

  • @borneoinfo487
    @borneoinfo487 Жыл бұрын

    Then how to dry dock the dry dock?

  • @sergeyman8152
    @sergeyman8152 Жыл бұрын

    👍

  • @rupy1977
    @rupy1977 Жыл бұрын

    Can Titanic be raised with floating dock?

  • @InsaneBimmer
    @InsaneBimmer Жыл бұрын

    It's painful to listen to her narrate from a script. It just gives a "we have no idea about any of this I just read what's in front of me" impression.

  • @Moop747
    @Moop747 Жыл бұрын

    "Military grade meshed rope" wtf does that even mean lol

  • @c123bthunderpig
    @c123bthunderpig Жыл бұрын

    Ouch, the cost of being in the big ship business.

  • @gnanaraj5621
    @gnanaraj56212 жыл бұрын

    அ💙

  • @gulkhatab4417
    @gulkhatab4417 Жыл бұрын

    I was responsible for power generation system on fpso vessels an I'm certified till 36 kV equipment installation cable termination an cable jointing ,I'm certified from ABB Sweden in 2007,an I'm certified till 36 kV ,from Nexon euromold from france

  • @toddclean547
    @toddclean5479 ай бұрын

    Why don't you just skip the "bars" and give us the pressure?

  • @richarddefour5220
    @richarddefour52202 жыл бұрын

    Pourquoi un titre en français sur un documentaire en anglais?

  • @marcbautista00
    @marcbautista00 Жыл бұрын

    Stealthy ad

  • @alphaomega4252
    @alphaomega42522 жыл бұрын

    DUH

  • @jpmtlhead39
    @jpmtlhead39 Жыл бұрын

    I had the privileged of working ( since 1977/1988) in the biggest dry dock in the world ( at the time,and i dont know if there is a bigger one today), located on the Lisnave shipyard,in Lisbon Portugal,and at the time the largest shipyard on the world. The dry dock that iam talking abaut ,dock n13, has 520 Meters of lenght and could support ships until 1 million tons. It still exist being part of National Heritage. After the shipyard close down,almost 1500 men,from Engineers to welders and scaffolding experts,etc were invited by the UAE to Start the construction of theirs shipyards,all with Portuguese expertise. And the rest its history. I miss working under those 350,400 meter supertankers...was a world apart.

  • @stevendossantos7052
    @stevendossantos70522 жыл бұрын

    warum wird hier Englisch komentiert wenn der Titel Deutsch ist?..

  • @ravindrayadav6849
    @ravindrayadav68498 ай бұрын

    J b crane operator oma dry dock

  • @randbarrett8706
    @randbarrett8706 Жыл бұрын

    “military grade”

  • @ntal5859
    @ntal5859 Жыл бұрын

    She does not understand what she is narrating, things like saying ships have "four" engineers, and talks about the dry dock doors.

  • @clintwestwood2731
    @clintwestwood2731 Жыл бұрын

    Who came up with the name flucked us? You guys really need to work on branding

  • @williammorrissey3069
    @williammorrissey3069 Жыл бұрын

    Could of been better very boring chat