Is it a towing ship ?

Have you seen this ? Big towing job for sister tug. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/apmTptt-x6qZqZ8.html

Absolutely !! Everything screams ENGINEERING!!!! Considering the engineering eye candy going on here...what makes it even more remarkable in my mind is that that pretty much everything you are looking at here...needs to be there. A lot of talented people sweated countless details in the planning of this beautiful beast. What a masterpiece! While the rocket scientists get to play with what are probably considered the most advanced and exotic engineering marvels...to my eye, this ship is way more fascinating than the space shuttle! Thanks for the tour...great video! Smooth sailing!!

Ehh, this was the Tugboat's engineroom.

She sure is, like the rest of the ALP Tugs. When I recorded this vid the vessel was just a few months old. Thanks for your kind comment, Jan.

there's one way to find out, google it

Brand new in the video

damn right, adorable technology

complicated???? just a normal engineroom

Yeh alright mate, please list everything shown in the video if its just normal...

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Every complicated machine is made of simpler machines :D - Very nice to see in a ship, where everything is accessible for maintenance, unlike a modern car, or other consumer product

I wanna see the 10 Volume service Manual on a Blu-Ray disc 🤘

I sure could recommend it, it is nice working with new equipment 👌🏻

@@JanDootjes yeah, ive been on a few boats that were super new... i was mainly a "floating" tankerman... so i did all 62 boats that my company had and whatever tank barges they were assigned and their respective chemical cargoes... then i was the trainer on an old boat that we had for training deck hands and tankerman... but never got work on an ocean tug... especially for a company that really takes care of their crew and equipment...

@@GreatDaneLoverz Where would your crews mostly come from? Train any females?

@@JanDootjes What was your ship's horsepower? And with four engines, how many props did the ship have? And what was your draft?

@@dough9512 18.000 Kw, two props of 5 metres. Draft was about 7 metres.

I was a chief engineer on tugs, dredgers and AHTSVs, having started out on the box boats. I miss going to sea so much! I'm now a design engineer, but it's not the same :(

@@StuartZiane I was a chief engineer as well, and, DO NOT miss it. All I see in this video is over the top complicated HIGH maintenance machinery. I don't know what the manning on engineering staff is but there would a marathon gear box oil changes compressor oil changes; refrigeration compressor oil changes. Never mind constant diddling with the Oily Water Separators. I've only scratched the surface of maintenance. I left the Ocean for a good reason and haven't looked back.

Same here

ship's company is only 35

Essential equipment is doubled for safety reasons. Even by our days relatively high educational level ~80 accidents at Sea is caused by humans controlling, or mismanaging, the equipment...

Hey Felix, thanks for your kind comment. Really appreciate it! I was, together with my oiler, on duty that night. We had a crew of about 22 men onboard.

@@JanDootjes Sir, was any of that equipment made in China? Just curious. Wonderful video; amazing ship!!

@@dough9512 Hello Doug, No, the vessel was designed by a Norwegian company, owned by a Dutch company and build in Japan. Most of the equipment onboard is either from Norway, Holland or Japan. No Chinizium stuff there.

I wonder what would happen to you in this regard if you fell from the sides during voyage at cruise speeds?

@@michaelcaplin8969 you would become FLOTSAM.... AND FISH FOOD....LOL

Thanks man!

Thanks man!!

Hope so too! Haha

It's called the X-bow. The purpose is to reduce "slamming" that happens when a vessel with a conventional bow climbs over a wave and then "slams" into the water. X-bow makes rougher weather more comfortable for the crew (and machinery) because you don't feel like you're hitting a wall every time you hit a swell. Subsequently, there are reduced vibrations and improved power efficiency. In a nutshell :)

@@StuartZiane Great Answer! Thank you.

Yeah, it's called and X-bow.

not according to her owners

Awesome! The first dynamic positioned drill ship I worked on was the SEDCO 445 that was built at the Mitsui Shipyard half a century ago. They built great vessels.

@@GWRProductions-kg9pt The Niigata Shipbuilding and Repair yard where the ALP Defender was built, is owned by Mitsui Ship building in Japan.

Global Elitists would certainly fit into that description / "species"!!

Hello Oleg, at least you must pass the STCW. Standard basic seaman training just to work on board without any consideration of your task onboard.

Noooo, minimum 4 years of school and thousands of euro's to pay your certificates. You have to begin as a third or even fourth engineer. Good salary for someone who is 25 years old but not for someone who is 40.

@@rrg3740 Thanks for the reply. That's what I figured plus a lot of things changed since I was working in Qatar a few years back. I am not longer even remotely interested in working that far or remotely, considering all the shit that is happening due to Cervesa sickness bullshit. I have a very good career going running a service truck close to home.

@@olegk455 Yeah its problematic if you have a wife and children at home due to the long days at sea. Sailing is great way to improve your work experience and make a lot of money when your young. I am currently 2e engineer (26 years old) If I have enough money to buy a house and being able to take care of my wife and kids, the sailing days are over. Besides the cool work and traveling, due to ISPS you can not visit many cities. I have visited NYC, Miami, Singapore and many other great cities without being able to go to shore. If you have a contract for 3 months you will become depressed. I am Dutch and have applied at ALP but they only work with the MAFIA organisation named MARLOW. I believe I am to expensive for ALP as a Dutchman. Very sad after all ALP is a Dutch company.

Thanks for the tip!

Say what you want mate but countless Emd's and detroits are out there still rolling coal. I may be alittle bit old school but at least I'm not a clip board engineer like all these up and coming " big shots". Most of them Cant change a light bulb but they sure can talk about What they know. As matter of fact your comment sounds like the typical clip board engineer...

Hahaha at 34 I would like to think im far from a fossil. I got no problem with new shit ive worked plenty i just prefer older mechanical engines.

Chief engineer, 2nd engineer, 3rd engineer, electrician, fitter, oiler and 2 wipers.

Hey, we varen met 3 werktuigkundigen, een elektricien, een fitter, twee wipers en een oiler. Klopt!, op sommige ALP slepers lopen leerlingen hun stage uit. gr Jan

It's when generators getting rotary power from main engine by gear box.

3plus3 or4

I was third engineer on that vessel.

The largest ships never change the engine oil, they filter and recondition it. Only have to add hat is burned.

Actually... That's why marine engineers are so special! Yes, there is documentation and yes some machinery and equipment would be repaired by service engineers, but marine engineers have such an enormous amount of training and are typically educated to degree level before being certificated as watchkeepers. It's not about learning how every single piece of equipment works, though. It's about learning how to troubleshoot, etc. It's for this reason that the Chief Engineer is GOD on a vessel. The Master is like, I don't know, the Angel Gabriel, perhaps? I hope this helps. P.S. The generators (probably 3 or 4 of them) produce roughly 1000 kW each. There will also likely be shaft generators, which are on the propeller shafts between the main engines and the propellers) will probably be (at a guess) between 2000 kW and 3500 kW. (Former Chief Engineer, now a design engineer).

...or Humm?

The vessel came just of the shipyard and the more luxurious chairs were still in pastic stored elsewhere. Don't just take those cowboy stories for granted ;)