The Simple but Genius Invention that Changed Ship Operations Forever
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I loved watching the choreography of underway replenishment. I was in the Navy onboard the USS Forrestal. Flight ops would be shut down during replenishment operations. Our fueler lost her steering once in the Caribbean & hit us. Damaged the catwalks on the flight deck level & we lost a few life rafts but that was all. Nobody got hurt. Excellent video. You folks make some of the best videos I've seen & I've watched thousands. When you're crippled up, it keeps you from going insane. 😊 Thank-you ! 🫡 🇺🇸
Did a lot of underway replenishment (always at a speed of over 10 knots) in the Med back in the 1960s, I was a "duty electrician" much of the time and could just watch the action from a comfortable vantage point, sometimes the water was so clear one could see the forward bottom of the ship alongside, it was always interesting watching large cruisers and aircraft carriers coming up alongside and the helos transferring supplies to the smaller ships... Served on the USS Rigel AF58
Very effective YES......... genius invention ? If you say so ..... INGENIOUS IS THE WORD
I have installed them at night and day on numerous occasions offshore in plenty of different weather conditions. As per clients for our FPSOs worldwide.Our vessels anchored in 1900 meter water depths .Our transfer hoses Floating transfer hoses we stored on a large hydraulic electric winches on the stern. .The last one I worked on was FPSO ESPIRITO SANTO VLCC.GREAT JOB WITH SBM.We didn't really need them as our resupply vessels were all Dynamic positioned .And our cranes handled the rest.
I am very familiar with loading,deploying and retrieving Yokohama fenders. They were used in crude oil lightering. A 4 million barrel tanker transfering 1million to a smaller tanker. Also, one particular pier required 4 Yokohamas to be placed so the ship could stand off the pier. Those four Yokohamas i towed with a 36ft launch. I learned to use the fender's momentum, it would overcome my launch, to place them.
@fbcbxbxb4331
8 ай бұрын
7:39
@firstlast1047
8 ай бұрын
@@fbcbxbxb4331And?...be more specific
Ingenious design and reusing old tyres. Great idea!!
Awesome video. Thank you 👍. 😊😊
I'm quite sure it takes an ingenious design to ensure these bumpers do what they need to. Imagine how tough and durable they must be to keep from being crushed between ships weighing many thousands of tons or ships and immovable docks. 😮
@firstlast1047
9 ай бұрын
Sorry to nitpick. Never "bumpers"....fenders, fenders, fenders. 😉
😮너울이 크면 예상치 못하게 튜브가 빠져나옴
Thanks
Well done, like your videos👍👋
Great 👍 job😊
Not much safety control displayed when testing them at 12:35. Two men stood in direct line of potential serious injury should that steel end cap blow off.
@richardcarter5314
9 ай бұрын
Agreed, and at 02:52 it showed a worker on top of one whilst it was floating at a dock. If he fell off there could be serious issues.
@firstlast1047
9 ай бұрын
@@richardcarter5314 Standing on top is not considered dangerous. No more so than than propelling down a roadway in a 2000 lb conveyance at 40 mph. Necessary to retrieve and handle lines.
@richardcarter5314
9 ай бұрын
True, but I would have liked to see a safety harness in use. (But, I have never done that type of work)@@firstlast1047
I saw these being carried in Jamaica glad to know what they are for
A very useful solution has been produced for oil smuggling operations... It would be very practical to apply it especially to the underdeveloped fifth world countries...
Looking for clip about super,mega yacht...❤
Awe. Cute! Now the boats can kiss. 🚢 🚢
Bijak mereka yang mencipta barang ini.. Dimasa yang sama menggunakan tayar terpakai sebagai bahan sampingan👍
Notice they only show calm weather transfers.
Tôi không nghe được tiếng Anh.Tôi không được thông minh lắm ,để nhận biết những thứ to lớn màu đen nầy,đối với tôi rất là lạ,quê hương tôi,tôi chưa thấy nó bao giờ.Xin kênh cho biết các vật thể màu đen nầy gọi là gì ? Công dụng,lợi ích của nó đối với các tàu ? Xin cảm ơn !
do they get the tires from the junkyard? lol
@firstlast1047
9 ай бұрын
Some are aircraft tires.
Ini hal yang biasa saja ,di pelabuhan kan juga ada peredam karet atau yang tradisional biasanya pakai ban bekas
"Hi-tech elastomere" *Show used roadcar tyres* xD
make in china by Qingdao Henger.
Rubber baby buggy bumpers. Try saying THAT 5 times real fast...
Great to keep pirates from boarding!
yawn
Japan🚢have is‼️ good‼️🇺🇸 Like have cool is Two‼️ But🇨🇳CovlDNo Like is😅🐖