Stop it with the BS Chief. Ships leak oil into the bilge and dump it everywhere they go. Cruise ships don’t have holding tanks so when you see one go by look for the trail of sht. Your industry is killing our oceans.

I was the engineer who operated the OWS, preformed all of the OWS maintenance and filled out the oil record book. I babied that OWS and took extremely good care of that equipment. Never bypassed it or was asked by anyone to do so. The moral, legal and ethical consequences would far too great for myself and the company. Another good video. Have a good watch chief..

I love it when a rational human being with on-the-job knowledge points out reality. Thank you chief. You are part of my weekly education about sea life and I've learned a lot!

From observations made over a period of 50 years of summer holidaying on a specific strip of coast, I can confirm that the level of tar lump aggregation on coastal rocks have dimished markedly fom the mid 1970s and until today. So IMO the stricter regulations relating to cleaning of cargo holds & handling of bilge water do work. When I was a kid we hade to look out carefully, so as not to step on sticky lumps of tar when walking along certain strips of rocky shoreline. Nowadays the tar lumps are almost gone. And so much for the better.

Chief, at my company we had a ChEng that was caught illegally dumping. He ended up getting 5yrs in prison and the company was placed under regulatory supervision for 5 years or so. I imagine there were stiff fines involved as well. For the people that don't know that's what really happens to dumpers because there's always someone who knows and they will get you eventually.

During my Navy time back in the 80s we could pump clean bilge water as long as we were at least 10 miles out. This was mainly condensate and brine from the evaporators. In port we would pump into a barge. 👍👍

Another outstanding video episode Chief, thanks. Very clear overview, shipboard specific issues & a precise review of the international regulations. Excellent acceptance of the duties and responsibilities of senior leadership at sea!

I love your integrity, Chief Makoi.

Chief MAKOi is obviously passionate about his profession. I wholeheartedly approve.

Chief, You sound like a man of integrity! I wish there were more people out there taking care of our oceans and waterways.

Another great video chief, that's an awesome insight to what happens in the bilge tank, enjoying learning about these sorts of things, love your work. Take care mate well done

as a new engineer that just got my first sertificate after about 4 years of school and ca 3 years of sailing in total. love you're content and agree with you. PS my time at school and sailing is from Norway and Scandinavia. And now in new times we have a (billage water - BW) separator, in my experiance we have two tanks one for settling the BW and after settling the bw it is transferd to a (Clean billage water - CBW) tank, from there we separate the CBW tank for a good time and after that the BW separator is pumping it over board when the PPM is under 5, and if the PPM go over 5 ppm, the automatics that is sett up in the controll unit close the overboard valve. sorry for the bad English, as it is late and I just gott home from a contract. and since it is a coment on YT im not that botherd with som miss spelling.

Chief, I enjoy how you break it down "Barney" style for those of us who are not in the industry, to understand your ship's operations

That Chief Engineer did the discharge when you weren't around because he knew what you would do. The hardest part of leadership is having the moral fortitude to confront superiors about their actions.

Thank you for covering this and giving your feedback and critisim on the matter.

Thank you for being such a great First Engineer on your vessel. You, Chief, Should be the industry standard.

Hey Chief MAKOi! I'm guessing lt is easier to prevent oil from entering the bilge water in the first place by fixing leaks and doing repairs in a manner to clean any oil drips up right away than running an overburdened seperation system! Thanks for keeping our oceans a bit cleaner! You rule! Greetings from Vancouver British Columbia Canada! Ride ride ride!

Hello Chief i really admire your morals and professionalism on this subject.

What I like most about your channel is you tell us how it's supposed to be and all the hard work it takes to do your jobs properly.

Chief Makoi, I have to borrow your words: I hope that those who do "bilge dumping" drink it and rot. The same happens in land, buy a snack and throw away the empty container. I'm in favor of forcing countries to have compulsory facilites and services to receive bilge, clean or oily. Aplaude your courage to speak out loud of this themes and to practice every day excellence at work.

Brilliant video and explanation Chief!! Well done indeed! Fair winds and following seas brother!!!

Thank you for your dedicated service. You are a responsible person!!!

That video turned up in my YT suggestions and I knew just from looking at the thumbnail, it'll be sensationalist BS. I also expected The Chief to come up with a response video. And I wasn't disappointed. Thanks for putting it into the right perspective.

Very articulate explanation, Chief. The problem, as you point out, is that some mariners are irresponsibly putting their own and their corrupt managers' interests ahead of the regulations and laws. It would be great to have a monitoring technology that could not be bypassed by such criminals.

Chief.....i think your integrity is beyond reproach......as always THANK YOU !

Thanks Chief for another excellent video! Very well explained and as always, super interesting to watch. I am glad to hear that this practice is not industry wide

Thank you, Chief, for yet another informative, well-produced presentation on a subject about which many of us know very little, if anything. Life at sea is something completely foreign to me. Your comments and insights are many times enlightening. Thank you for taking the time and making the effort to produce such interesting content for your channel!

Thank you so much for satisfying my curiosity in a topic I'd never have the opportunity to observe and learn first-hand. You are so conscientious of your job and doing the right thing. I admire you greatly. Pinoy power!

This is very interesting, I was a petroleum/chemical engineer and I had similar incursions with refinery personnel not following established EPA guidelines on handling HAZ waste, which resulted in the removal and firing of the individuals. I didn’t play with my shift leads and technicians under me because I knew it was my ass on the burner should we get randomly inspected and fail. Good on you, we need more people in industry that aren’t afraid to be assertive and sometimes confrontational.

Great video, Chief - and pulling no punches. Thanks for explaining how things work and highlighting that yes, there are a-holes dumping oily waste to save a few minutes and dollars, but they are the exception.

This was a great episode chief thank you.

I was wondering when you would buzz in about that video I had pop up in my feed recently. As was watching it i was literally thinking "Wow, the chief would lose his mind if he saw this", and literally one day later, here you are. As usual, you do not disappoint. You really take pride in your job and in doing it properly, you run a tight ship and really seem to love life at sea. I knew as soon as I saw that propaganda video you would tell everyone how it should be done properly. Thank you chief for educating people on how to be professional and do things properly and respectfully. :D

Hey Chief, always great to watch your videos, the amount of knowledge you have is just wonderful. As someone who years ago used to work with land based boilers, heavy oil and the like, I certainly appreciate your videos!!😃

Thank you chief. As a manager for the largest seafood restaurant in the the world, Red Lobster, I thank you for making our oceans sustainable. As we always have, “seafood with standards”.

Good video Chief MakOi. Very informative. Hope it makes a difference. Keep posting.

My highest of respect and admiration to Chief Makoi on your high integrity. Dont ever lose that.

Thanks for your realistic coverage of this subject. I'm retired after a long career overseeing safety critical work in shipyards as applied to US submarines. For 10 years I managed our submarine safety (SUBSAFE) Program and wrote and enforced requirements for watertight integrity and recoverability. What I learned is that no matter how carefully you write requirements and document compliance, there is no guarantee against deliberate malpractice. People are always subject to financial and schedule pressure at the cost of quality and safety. It's a balancing act and the best insurance policy is a strong corporate culture that rewards accountability and honesty.

This is NEVER done with only the chief engineer’s go ahead. The captain and the rest of the senior staff know about it too. It’s impossible to do something like this on a ship by yourself and keep it secret. Some companies are willing to allow this just to cut expenses too. Some even quietly demand it. I don’t blame you for leaving that company. The only reason they would have been doing that is if they were allowed or required to. Keep up the great work Chief. 😊👍

Hi sir my name is firaol I'm from Ethiopia I going to join your industry and I'm so excited and I want let that you are the one who motivate me

Salamat Chief, I'm one of those who posted the link about bilge waste a few days ago. Never thought to have this explanation vid this fast.

This is your best one yet. Great job explaining the problem, but also the solutions.

Thank you Chief, your standards are impressive at the least and your love of job and duty are the best!!!

I love how honest the Chief is and his presentation is outstanding. I have been in that same position and the integrity vs what they can do to you and you wind up out of a job and black-listed? Yea, you got to think about it. One was a sewer backup into a Bank Branch. the bacteria hazard, alone....... Yea, building owner (sewer lift pit) was also a big depositor (millions). You do have to ponder that all those branch workers knew it and said nothing. How far do you stick your neck out for people who won't do it for themselves. You thread those as best you can. Life is far from pretty. I had not known the Chief was Filipino and he reminds me of the painting crew doing FAA housing when I was a kid. Far from home and family, a tough job and they were the nicest people you could ever hope to meet. They took us fishing and I caught (snagged) my first fish with them. We met them again latter and were catching rock fish for them as we know where and how by then. It was a privilege to know those guys.

Hey man, you are teaching us Marine engineering, free of cost. I have been watching your videos and my quest of seafarer grows more and more. Highly informative, keep up the good work. Let's not pollute our mind with bad comments guys.😜

WOW! As soon as I saw DW's documentary I thought of you to give a sound answer to It. Thank you for clarifying the proper way to do things AND exposing the motivations to acts contrary to that.

Your talk, or presentation, is makes as excellent point about protecting our environment. Protecting sea life, and ultimately human life into the future.

You're a good man for defending your industry so thoughtfully.

I went to college years ago for Biology. We were taught that that the biggest source/origin of oil pollution in the Oceans, was day to day shipping operations - dumping & filling bilge tanks for ballast!??? Such nonsense is taught as FACT! Professor very smart in some things, but did not have a clue in others. I'm sure we would both agree that pollution is a very real problem to be taken very seriously - but bashing good & responsible Engineers such as you & your company is not the solution. I really like the way you addressed this, & have no doubt of your integrity & commitment to do your best to do things right! Unfortunate the world will always have Jerks that will do stupid things, but sad that other Jerks will try to condemn other good people along with them. Meanwhile same jerks are dumping bad stuff down their drains any time that it is most convenient to them - never caring it all ends up in the Ocean.

It's good to see a man who's passionate about his work.

You make me want to go back deep sea Chief, I work on ferries on the west coast of Scotland now but miss all the big machinery on large container ships

Thank you for your first hand point of view. I enjoy the videos.

Wow, I had that video pop up too and wondered what Chief Makoi’s thoughts would be on it.

I have to say, you are definitely a roll model for future seafarers, and As a teacher I think your students definitely have the right teacher to learn about a job in the industry. 👍👍👍

Thanks for the video. I watched the documentary a few days ago and it left me with a lot of unanswered questions. You answered most of them.

The Chief is again showing us how it is done. Thanks for the insights.

Outstanding video. From watching your previous videos and the video doc series you did on the maritime academy, one comes to understand the degree of professionalism and pride on moral values you display every time. Keep up the good work, Chief.

thank you for sharing. my father was a second mate for several years. but has passed away and I was not able to ask him about this. I feel like you answered all my questions

Chief Makoi, thank you for sharing this and helping God provide a sustaining lifestyle.

I absolutely agree with you Chief. I held an unlimited 3rd license. I would still be at sea if not for a medical limitation. Every ship that I worked aboard in the '80s and '90s were extremely strict about proper operations and logging. Also, everyone was encouraged to keep an eye out for any slicks so that a cheat can be caught as quickly as possible. None of the good operators wanted to risk getting blamed for the actions of the cheats. Back then, a cheat might even risk intentionally discharging at night in an established shipping route to confuse the authorities by having so many innocent vessels passing through the slick unawares.

As big as the ocean is we managing to ruin it. It's good there are people like you that respect the ocean. Thanks for your hard work

Thanks Chief from an old Salt you do an amazing job for us former Sailors great job!

Thank you, Chief. I spent 8 years @ sea and 18 years @ shipyard. Regulations tightened over that time; we spent a great deal of time & money meeting environmental requirements. It appears your presentation clashed with somebody's bumper sticker.

Thank you for presenting these tutorials sir. They should be required courses at every merchant marine academy and U.S. Navy ROTC school as well as at the U.S. Naval Academy and U.S. Coast Guard Academy.

Good to see an person of the trade talk about the issue

Thanks Chief! It has always amazed me that we use our oceans as a food source and a toilet at the same time. Please keep doing what you do setting the bar higher.

G'day Chief, long no see. Interesting to see the rubbish is cleaner than I thought. I'm off to see my lovely lady in Phil in a couple of months. We are six years together. I'll look out for you.

Thank you Chief for an honest explanation, I have spent many years on commercial/chartering bulk carriers , but don’t have experience on technical side

I seen a video “exposing this” and knew it be a matter of days before you touched on the topic

As soon as I saw that documentary, I thought of you. So glad you did this.

Thankyou Chiefe. I truly apreciate your content. You always give me learning. Keep up the great work.

Thanks for the based video Chief. Next time I see it, I'm gonna be a millionaire or swimming with fishes

Great video, Chief. Clear and thorough. I admire your ethics! 💕

A living legend of knowledge! Great job Chief👍👏😊

Thank you so much chief makoi for sharing your experience about bilge dumping. This is unfortunately happening on some of the ship. I hope, if we can only have a better management system, we can eradicate this "temptations" you are saying. There is a lot more to comment but definitely this is something significant that needs to heed of.

On my older brothers cruise ship its very strict, along with brown and gray waste. Again a very balanced review. Thanks again

Another great video, thank you! I miss my time going to sea. Your videos help. Again, thank you.

I remember back in the 1960's and 70's, the beaches I'd go to on the Atlantic coast always had bloops of tar. As a kid, it was easy to step in this before my brain learned to avoid it. Some people said the ships dumped it, but that never made sense to me. Now days when I go to the beach, I never see any tar (same beaches). I see two possibilities: 1) the ships really were dumping it, and now they are more environmentally friendly. 2) sunk ships were leaking it. The 1960's were only a short 20 years from WW2, and more than a couple of ships went down due to German subs. A ship carrying fuel could leak for many years. The sunk ships must contribute some oil, but it seems possible after watching your video, that ships were dumping their bulges. Likely the tar came from both places.

The "News Outlet" that put this "Viral" video out is at best a poor source of information. At worst it's mental pollution. Thanks for putting out proper information showing what the rest of us know.

Chief Makoi, as always....thank you very much for your insights! Was about to ask...you already had the video on Bilge dumping! Only yesterday, watched the Bilge dumping documentary by DW (which seems to be the same documentary you are referring to) ...and almost immediately, I thought wanting to know more about this and was the only person who could give a perspective about this via KZfaq, was you, Chief. Amazing and thank you, Chief!

Almost every time in life, I've found it tends to be easier to do it right in the first place.

Dear Chief Makoi, thank you for doing this video! I also saw that Hit Piece Video and was fuming at how distorded, exagerated and out of context they were taking things to prove a point. I appreciate the rational approach you provided in this video. Let me also add as a Captain that in my 25 year experience with various companies, EVERYONE was always trying to help the vessel discharge the bilge water to shore facilities timely to avoid even the slightest possibility of having your tanks full.

I agree Chief. !! Those who do so bad should have to stand trial. I know you and your co. And most are sqare. We all are greatful for that. Hope your Easter was well n your family n crew also. Much love n prayers from southeast ohio USA. God bless n thankyou.

I really appreciate you sir explaining how and what the bilge tank is and where the water comes from and the process of disposal. And how responsible engineers do the process correctly.

Makoi isn't the chief on every ship at sea. If he was, there would be no pollution from any ship. Chief's videos are some of the most informative on YT. I admire him for his work and life ethics, and his life's accomplishments. Any one who criticizes him is a member of the woke community ... ignorance and hate. Chief ... keep on keeping on. You are greatly admired.

As a Chief engineer myself, I have never seen this practice in all my years but I'd heard they used to do this back in the early 90s. We have the same Volcano incinerator on board my ship that's in your video. They're excellent.

Another great video & you highlight what goes behind the scenes & ship’s maintenance, et cetera

Thank you for taking on this difficult topic. I know from experience racing small boats how big a problem this is. 20 miles out is a dead zone of oil covered water. You need to raise this issue often - no matter whether it ends up revealing a specific nation responsible for the vast majority of the offense. Those of us fast enough to see hundreds of vessels know exactly who is doing it.

Lols, I remember crawling along a 15 meter 12"×12" space under an engine on the "Norsea" with a rope tied around my ankles to pull me out. I was welding a leaking sump. A really unpleasant experience which I was paid very generously for. This was in 1984/5 , safety has come a long way for sure, thank god 🙏

Thanks for the explanation of how ships dispose of oil waste in the bilge. I always learn from your channel.

As a Chief Engineer, I can tell you that in all my time at sea, bilge tanks or oily water have never been discharged overboard at any time, for any reason. Maybe on some dodgy third world flagged vessels it is done, and COW washing waste from crude tankers is probably a bigger issue when it is done, but not on any ship or with any company I have worked for. Instant dismissal, in fact some companies had drilled and seal tags fitted to the bilge pump pipe work, so it couldn't be opened up without paper work and documentation. The key to the lock on the chain fitted to the overboard valve from the OWS is in my cabin, no one but the Chief Engineer has access to it. Nor do I let anyone else run the OWS unless I am either in direct control or closely supervising. As to the Cruise ships don't have holding tanks, I highly doubt that. They have to have a IMO issued and approved IOPP certificate, among others. The "trail of sh*t, is probably macerated food waste, not oil. In some waters coral spore looks a lot like oil on the water.

another great vid, hearing what happens first hand is always best! thanks chief!

Hi from uk Chief MAKOi👋👍 great info session thank you but a key point I noticed at time you mentioned bilge filling and overflowing to engine room if this level was to be reached it could possible put ship at risk too possibly as would make ship unsteady from wash moving as live load and could capsize the vessel 👍 but could not send dirty thru fuel sytem filters and burn that way rather than furnace? And pleased you excerpt you authority on board you great guy and awesome team leader👌 thanks for your time and be safe see you soon👍👋

How many times it's been scary out in middle of the ocean thousand's of milles from land and thank you for doing the right thing and keeping little part of world trade going ❤

Chief Makoi you're doing a great job. Thank you.

Thank you again for insight into a world I will never see, but have always been interested in. I, too saw the video you referenced and some things in it seemed overblown.

Swim with the fishes?! I know it happens (at least in the Navy), but it is hard to think that in this day and age someone would be that desperate to cover something like this up. As usual, your video is excellent and easily understood. When I served (1974 to 1982) we were allowed to dump overboard as long as we were 12 miles from land. This always seemed arbitrary to me, but then nobody asked for my opinion! We even threw solid waste overboard once we were 12 miles out. This has all been changed today and I think this is a good thing. I bet they still dump CHT tanks while at sea. :-) Good job Chief!!

Best seafarers education channel on the net.

GOD Bless You Chief

When I worked on oil tankers in the 1980s we would clean the tanks using the Butterworth system. This is a hose with a revolving nozzle on the end of it that allows a high-pressure stream of water to shoot out and rotate 360°. I was under the impression this water was dumped overboard when we were far enough from shore. The tanks on the tankers only had to be cleaned if they were going to be used for different cargo. I still remember at the end of the process having to go down into the tanks and use a mop to remove the last bit of water. I'm not aware that anything is changed.

Oh I have been waiting for this!!!