Best engine room tour ever. I miss being at sea. In an engine room the rest of the world does not exist with all it's problems. Former engineer.

I am always stunned by the amount of engineering that goes into moving the millions of containers that are shipped all over the world. Even a smaller ship like my fathers RORO ferry had a huge and rather cramped engine room so this cathedral like space is magnificent in comparison. I congratulate the designers and manufacturers of these feats of construction and design. For anyone who doesn't comprehend this is a great video to show just what there is keeping them in consumer goods and remember there are hundreds of ships similar to this on our little planet as well as bulk carriers, oil and gas tankers and all manner of other vessels doing that thing that is largely invisible to the rest of us. Many thanks.

I can’t get over how much machinery there is and, as someone else commented, how clean it all is, but where is everyone, are you the only person on board. It’s like a modern day Marie Celeste.

@artursauzins2189

18 күн бұрын

Engine team 12 persons . Video made during coffee time.

@artursauzins2189

18 күн бұрын

@@tasjaki Check out video 12000 teu, This ship is 8 years old, condition still very good.

@scottburns2600

11 күн бұрын

Everything is monitored from the control room. Everything has an alarm so that's when you'd see engineers jump into action

Grew up with Star Trek and 007 movies. EVERYONE knows these decks should be a hum of uniformed crew, clipboards, checking things, activity, carrying paper cups of coffee, and more flashing light beacons.

The engine room is so clean

@hypercomms2001

Ай бұрын

That is because it's probably new, very new! Come back in five years....

@artursauzins2189

Ай бұрын

@@hypercomms2001 We are 2nd crew ,every day maintenance, cleaning and up-gradation

Incredible, that engine room is cleaner than many hospitals I've seen.

@RobertCraft-re5sf

28 күн бұрын

ur an engine room

@backi480

27 күн бұрын

It's new .. wait some Years the Dirt will come !

Absolutely amazing! I can't imagine how a ship that size was designed and constructed let alone having the know-how to operate and maintain it. Thank you for the tour!

@artursauzins2189

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

The level of complexity of this vast machine is just mind-blowing!! SO MUCH kit to maintain and supervise!!

I can't imagine the amount of time it took to design and engineer this ship let alone the time it took to build it. And then the planning required to place systems in the proper order during construction. It's just amazing.

68,000kw equals 91,190hp or 3.75hp per 20 foot container. I would imagine it would be difficult to get a 20 foot container up to 20 knots with a tiny outboard motor. So remarkably efficient giant.

Lost for words. Amazing. Thankyou. 👍👍👍👌👌👌

Wow, amazing video. Best tour I've seen

Awesome video. One of the best I've seen.

@artursauzins2189

Ай бұрын

Wow, thanks!

@fredfred2363

Ай бұрын

Totally agree.

beautiful ship, clean as a whistle.

@rdallas81

Ай бұрын

Whistles are not clean. Most have bacteria and viruses on them. Today's one's have PFAS and PFOAs on them.

@KoeddkHD

Ай бұрын

sure is whistling in the engine room :D

Everything is so clean and no rust anywhere.

@LarryButler-kp3se

Ай бұрын

Somewhere in there lube oil is dripping on the deck!

Thanks for sharing a little tour onboard. Amazing to see these machines in the workings.

What a stunning vessel, absolutely pristine. The engine looks similar to the flex96c.

I had no idea how many pumps there were going to be. Literally a thousand.

@rdallas81

Ай бұрын

997 on that ship.

Amazing for just a 20 year sailing life.

I was in the shool in the late 70,s, learning how to weld big ship, about 190 meter long. It was ship for Sweden and Finland! Now ships are two time bigger! How they make all drawings? Its crazy i must say!

Amazing, Best engine room tour ever!

Thanks for share. Amazing complex. 🙂

I don’t how new this ship is but this is the cleanest engineering space i have seen.

I remember the first Time on a "big" Cruise Ship .. on the Meyer Shipyard/Germany around 1990 it was Huuuge same to the Engine Rooms .. But this Thing is a other League it's a small City !!

Incredibly clean for such a complex industrial environment. BZ

@rdallas81

Ай бұрын

BS

Absolutely huge and I haven’t seen one person in these spaces until the control room.

Throwback to "David Bowman Odyssey 2001" My god it's full of pumps. Not to mention that 10 cyl prime mover.

Very cool. How many engineers does it take so that there is someone that know how to work on every piece of machinery? Is there anyone that is familiar with every single piece of machinery? Thank you.

@artursauzins2189

Ай бұрын

We have total 6 Engineers including myself( Chief Engineer). It is absolutely impossible to know every single piece, but most important. we know where to find information of trobleshooting quickly and act accordingly.

@bigredc222

Ай бұрын

@@artursauzins2189 Thanks.

Thank you for sharing.

People who never worked in modern engine rooms would be clueless as to what they see in this video

Спасибо, братишка.

Such a pretty ship

Retired outboard mechanic, 2 stroke. Amazing engine and accessory rooms. Would be very happy working there, so clean and organised, very professional. At 19:45 the images of the prop shaft is very impressive, I guess the machinery & pipes at 20:05 is bearing lube oil/pump at the stern where the shaft exits the motor room? Thanks for the post. Cheers from AU 🇦🇺

I enjoyed all 41 mins and 46 seconds! Very good! Subscribed! Have you thought of adding narration to each machine, explaining what it's for and how it works. Or maybe one video per machine...? If your native language is not english, you could use a voice over. Just check the typing, spelling and grammar is correct as they "speak" exactly as it is typed. Really good video. 👍🏻🇬🇧

@artursauzins2189

Ай бұрын

I will think about it. 🤔Honestly there are so many videos on yutube. Actually in our company we have very strict policy regarding social media. That is why I didnt mention ships name and skip companies logo etc. Yes English is not my native lang.However I can speak english as work with diff. natianalities ( indian, german , Dutch, Danish,croatian, italian. romanian, canadian, UK, polish, chineese, indonesian, filipinos, South african, Spanish, Portilugese, Russian, Ukrain and many others

Wow great video, brings back memories!

@artursauzins2189

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Great Engine 👍🏻

@artursauzins2189

Ай бұрын

I personally prefer MAN B&W ME

@Hamburg-yz6lb

10 күн бұрын

@@artursauzins2189 which vessel is it?

3,7 million ft lbs of torque on that shaft-holy!!!

Fascinating!

Amazing.

Just wow.

Without any sound, you'd not be able to tell if everything is running (on video). Great vid!

@artursauzins2189

Ай бұрын

That's true!

Great video - incredible machine. I have a hundred questions but I’ll just ask a few. If that huge GE generator on the propeller shaft is “online” how many aux engines do you have to run (or at what load are they under) ? And what do you use steam for ? Fuel oil heating, fresh water production, exhaust gas treatment ( my guesses?) one more- why such a large waste water treatment plant ?- I wouldn’t think the crew is that big…. Thanks for such a great tour! Happy travels.(I’m sorry one more - around 16:00 the machinery with what looks like rectangular plates stacked and bolted together- with the emergency eye wash stations- what are those? Cheers!,

@artursauzins2189

Ай бұрын

Thanks for your questions! Please find below answers: Q) If that huge GE generator on the propeller shaft is “online” how many aux engines do you have to run (or at what load are they under) ? A)Please note, beside of standard containers we are carrying also reefer containers which require additional power .Average Reefer container load 3,8 kw X 2000 Reefers =7600 kw. Average sea going load to run machinery(scrubber,pumps,fans,Purifiers etc) 3600 Kw. Port load 2100Kw.Air lubrication system 1750 Kw. Bow Thruster 2 X 3000 Kw. Thus Load depend of amount of reefers on board and vessel speed. Air Lubrication system consist 10 air compressors 170 Kw each.We have 2AEs x 4000 Kw + 3AEs X 4300 Kw + SG 4300 Kw. Bear in mind that we need also stand-by engine for maintenance purpose on another engines. Usually, we keep one AE 75% load + Shaft Generator 75% load. In Tropical area some times we start another AE since more cooling require and need to run 2 SW pumps . Q) And what do you use steam for ? A) Steam we need mostly for fuel treatment . We run our engines on HSFO 700 cst.To. run engines we have to maintain viscosity 14 Cst around 150-160 C. Fuel. Transfer temperature 45C. HFO purifiers 98C ,LO Purifiers 95C. In winter time we need to heat accommodation as well. Q) one more- why such a large waste water treatment plant ? A) We have 2 STP units (one ER and Accomodation) total crew members 30. STP is not large ,just average this is standard in nowadays

@davidandrewsilver

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much for taking the time ( I’m still curious about the equipment at time 16:00 - my guess was some sort of filter system ( maybe reverse osmosis?) Anyway thanks again!

@artursauzins2189

Ай бұрын

@@davidandrewsilver This unit called BOTU ( Bleed off treatment unit) total 4 units . BOTU related to scrubber EGCS ( Exhaust gas cleaning system) , principle simillar to reverse osmos. Clean water after membrane passing through water monitoring system ( (PH, TURBIDITY, PAH) directly overboard. When EGCS run in close loop zero discharge mode - scrubbing water is circulating through the scrubber and returning ti the process tank, when density is rising ,BOTU draining process tank to Holding tanks and dirty iffluent to sludge tank.

Very awesome video! Love the complexity of the mechanical spaces. Whole lot of pumps and machines to get a couple dozen people and a whole lot of cargo across the planet. When I see the amount of investment in one ship and mulipty it by the thousands of ships out on the seas both new and old, it gives an idea of the money and power involved in the global economy. And this is just one sector. Kind of scary to think what nations would do to keep or gain dominance. By the way, it looks like you were sailing through the Gulf of Oman toward the Arabian Sea when you were recording this? Probably just leaving Dubai would be my guess. My best wishes to you for happy and safe travels of the world.

@artursauzins2189

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! You are absolutely right😊 in video we just left Jebel Ali and proceeding to Singapore

@bigredc222

Ай бұрын

How the heck did you figure out where they were in the world?

You use crushed coal and mixtures to run ship until port? We saved a fortune on fuel when I was working on freighters!

Like a giant ghost ship and its hard to believe that in 30 years it will all be scrapped or recycled..

Wow! Great tour! What component carries the thrust from the prop?

it's how immense it all, and I've worked in some large process factories but nothing like this.. Hpw do you blackstart one...

When a group of you are working in the engine room together, do you communicate using noise cancelling headphones, a bit like how pilots do? I imagine without ear defenders you'd be shouting at each other!

Had no idea how massive it is.

I really like this video, thanks for sharing A very impressive ship, do you know how long it took the yard to build her?

@artursauzins2189

Ай бұрын

About 1 year

Do they lock the doors from the inside to prevent pirates from entering?

@artursauzins2189

Ай бұрын

Of course ,all doors locked permanently in addition we have CCTV cameras all around

So clean and so well maintained. The engineers involved in the layout must have spent years on the arrangements, piping, cabling etc... I just wonder why there are no screw compressors used for the starting air. Is it because of the required pressure or has it to do with reliance ?

@artursauzins2189

Ай бұрын

Required starting air pressure 30 bar. Min 12 starts. For vontrol air and service air we have Screw compressor (8 bar pressure)We have additional screw compressors 12 units for Air lubrication system ALS located FWD not shown in video

So, why on the big slow speed engines don't they use variable pitch propeller so the don't have the delay of stopping the engine completely and starting in the other direction when maneuvering?

@artursauzins2189

Ай бұрын

I think propeller is too big for CPP 10,5 Diam

Ok-- I'm'a need someone to tell me everything about everything that's happening here. What pump is making that high-pitched noise by the main engine? edit: seriously this is an amazing video - thank you

Everything is laboratory cleanliness and absolutely immaculate. What country flag does she fly?😊😮😮😮

@artursauzins2189

Ай бұрын

Liberia

Very nice and clean (and new). How many staff do you need to operate the machine room 24/7?

@artursauzins2189

Ай бұрын

Engine team: C/E,2/E,3/E,4/E,5/E,ETO,JETO, MTM1,2,3,WPR,ECDT.

@stevemull2002

Ай бұрын

@@artursauzins2189 this does not answer the question?

@artursauzins2189

Ай бұрын

Permanently manned engine room 4 hrs watches one engineer and motorman on watch , maneuverings: Chief engineer, duty engineer, ETO,MTM, rest of team day workers

@FlyToChina0071

Ай бұрын

@@artursauzins2189 Thanks for the info. Have a great day. Regards from Denmark

@rdallas81

Ай бұрын

All of them

Just amazing, does it use a combination of EGR and Exhaust gas fluid to get that clean of burn? I'm retired truck driver is the 11 cylinder motor a whole new class of motor? Just curious how much does that crankshaft balancer weigh? How big is the prop that is moving that big of ship that fast turning that slow? Last question what is the expected bearing life?

@artursauzins2189

Ай бұрын

Thanks! No EGR only EGCS Sox Wartsila Hybrid. Q)11 cylinder motor a whole new class of motor? A)No ,there are more powerful engines WINGD 12X92DF 77400Kw Q)Just curious how much does that crankshaft balancer weigh? A)Interesting question ,need to search in makers manual,estimated around 10 T Q)How big is the prop that is moving that big of ship that fast turning that slow? A)Propeller: 5 Blades Fixed 10,5 m Diam. Pitch 9633mm Q)Last question what is the expected bearing life? A) There are Bearing Wear monitoring system installed .BWMS assist to control bearing wear. Expected Life time 80000-90000 rhrs or 13-15 years.

@rdallas81

Ай бұрын

The engine is compromised of a certain class. Cylinders can be added or removed based on requirements.

Can everything be controlled from the command bridge? Such a noise, does anyone here work when you run that big engine?

@artursauzins2189

Ай бұрын

Main engine, Bow Thruster Steering gear , Fire fighting can be controlled from the Bridge. We have planned maintenance schedule for each machinery and duties-Of course we are working just using PPE (ear protectors). Some times sea passage takes 25 days

The good thing now everything computerized not like before

@artursauzins2189

Ай бұрын

It depends😉 some times we have a lot of problems and nightmares because of these computerized systems🤦🏻‍♂️

I think this is a computer simulator.. Not even a footprint, who was the painter ? Amazing!!

@rdallas81

Ай бұрын

Bob the building painted it

I have a thousand questions... How do I come aboard and get a position??? Gosh, I'd have so much fun looking at all the controllers, drives, engines, boilers, HVAC equipment, mechanical, electrical, plumbing rooms aboard this beast! I know nothing about ships, but was a Facilities Manager and I could have fun looking at all this equipment, forgetting I was at sea and not in a skyscraper as not all Mechanical rooms sound like this with this amount of DB. I'd really love to look at the MEP automation software that compiles all the data at local workstation.

@artursauzins2189

Ай бұрын

I started in 1999 as cadet on reefer ships . 2 years as 4th Engineer , 5 years as 3 rd Engineer , 5 years as 2nd Engineer , last 9 years as Chief Engineer. Starting is always difficult- so many companies , but remmember experience is always better than no experience! For starting you can chouse any company, Just update your CV, Cover letter and apply !

Is there really only one engine on that ship I only see one driveshaft

@artursauzins2189

Ай бұрын

Yes only one engine WINGD 11X92-B

why would you need a boiler at sea if its a cargo ship i suppose its to heat the fuel

@artursauzins2189

11 күн бұрын

We have to preheat heavy fuel RMK 700 to 150 C in order to maintain viscosity 14 cst. Daily fuel consumption 210 Mt. Fuel transfer temp 45 C , HFO purification at 98C .Of course we need steam !

Why are some railings yellow?

@rdallas81

Ай бұрын

So color blind people can see them as white or green of course

MSC ship?

Where was everyone? (Anyone?) There was one person monitoring in the control room, and while it's been year since I've been aboard, there was always someone mopping the decks, wiping the handrails, machining a part for somewhere or greasing the chainfalls.

@artursauzins2189

Ай бұрын

We are not jutubers, not every engineers like to show their faces😉I just wanted to show engine room arrangement and machinery especially to junior engineers or cadets.It was my biggest ship (not main engine)after 25 years experience .Video made mostly -either during coffee time of after working hours.

@rdallas81

Ай бұрын

​good job

Is the generator using mix fuel

@artursauzins2189

Ай бұрын

No mix, HSFO ( UP TO RMK 700) , VLSFO, ULSFO (RMD 80) or MGO LS( dma, dmb, dmx)

@rdallas81

Ай бұрын

​@@artursauzins2189dmx?

@fredfred2363

Ай бұрын

Chief makoi explains the fuelling systems in detail. Interesting.

Casually mentions the engines have a power rating of 68 MW lol

@rdallas81

Ай бұрын

Milliwatts?

I didn't see the signs pointing to the captain's stateroom for the pirates?

@artursauzins2189

Ай бұрын

We have citadel, but for security reason I have skipped it in my video, Who know might be you are pirate

@rdallas81

Ай бұрын

​@@artursauzins2189everyone is a pirate given the right (or wrong) circumstances

Bit overkill

Hide and seek anyone? Lol

Name of the Ship??

@rdallas81

Ай бұрын

US Liberty- Oh wait-

You're way off on your numbers that's nowhere even close to the largest container ship. The largest ships hold about 30,000 20 footers and up

@artursauzins2189

24 күн бұрын

I dont know about 2024 , but in. 2023 this ship was one of the largest container 24346 TEU.Just google it.

I'ts not real i'ts just a computer simulation of the real thing

@artursauzins2189

Ай бұрын

yes it is😁

Let's click this button and see what happens... I'm terrified by the complete lack of SECURITY on every touchscreen in engineering. No passwords, no door locks, no restricted travel.....just a few signs??? No wonder the pirates take over such large ships so easily!

@artursauzins2189

Ай бұрын

Dont worry man. Video is not about security!We have strict company policy regarding cyber security and all crewmbers have security certificates.Door lock and passwords everywhere. Just during ER tour open lock well in advance( not easy to walk with camera in one hand and same time open door locks)

@rdallas81

Ай бұрын

Its fake.

В ER не вы работали ??

@artursauzins2189

25 күн бұрын

Было дело ,аж 15 лет

@IvanIvanov-lc5gk

25 күн бұрын

@@artursauzins2189 помню видел где-то имя)

@IvanIvanov-lc5gk

25 күн бұрын

@@artursauzins2189 кстати, оунер не против, что такие видео в сети ? Гену-механика когда-то пожурили за его ролики и, вроде, даже уволили.