The Genius Techniques Engineers Found to Tightly Secure Massive Container Ships

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10 ай бұрын

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@AlanTheBeast100 Ай бұрын

Always love a 5 minute video packed into 15 minutes.

@gdshiplashing8239 10 ай бұрын

Also thanks for crediting me for the clips you used. I only make videos to help new people to the industry and am glad to see it also used in the way you did.

@thehark6247 10 ай бұрын

kudos to the little mentioned humble stevedore. His job is deceivingly dangerous, even deadly at times, i know the feeling. Trust me, 30 yr steel rigger/climber.

@Barmaley80x 2 ай бұрын

У бурового станка безопасная работа. Болванка может как сверху прилететь, так и из под ног отправить в небеса.

@TheDavidlloydjones Ай бұрын

"Humble" stevadore? Um. What planet do you have in mind?

@ashley2108 10 ай бұрын

We use to do this in 3 man teams. Trust m,e, ships do not look this pristine! They are rusted oily and freaken dangerous. two high lashing bars are very heavy and you have to balance them and watch your footing and keep and eye on the penguin (hook you have to insert into the conttianer) it needs to attach to.. Broken foot herniated disks and fracture hip, also dislocated shoulder. Once your body is destroyed, you are then fired and left for dead.

@Gademet 10 ай бұрын

very well said dude,

@Dirkadew 10 ай бұрын

That’s why it’s best to be unemployed.

@Neo-po2xw 10 ай бұрын

how much you used to get

@Metalborn710 10 ай бұрын

Guess you should have got an office job.

@andrewholdaway813 10 ай бұрын

The sad truth behind the _'genius techniques'_ nonsense.

@Max_Marz 10 ай бұрын

The AI forgot to tell us what PMPH stands for.

@MrKh4Ot1k 4 ай бұрын

Probably pieces moved per hour.

@davidwilliams1086 2 ай бұрын

Google it.

@tacomator2895 2 ай бұрын

Perpetual Morgification Per Home

@petenikolic5244 10 ай бұрын

Yea right i bet those twist locks are lucky to be looked at once every 5 years in life

@firstlast1047 10 ай бұрын

I had occasion to be on a container ship while it was loading. The two lashers were incedible. Working in unision, they applied the lashings without falling behind. The noise was deafening, very loud. I wonder how a person would know if a stack was collapsing. I discovered, during the short time i was on deck, there was a distinct noise pattern indicating a successful placement. Also, the ship's crew, every 2/3 days, while the ship is underway, are required to inspect lashings and remove the slack

@redpug5042 10 ай бұрын

some people talk really slowly to increase the video time. This just straight up adds space between sentences. I swear the voiced audio can't be longer than 5 minutes.

@c.m.7037 10 ай бұрын

Interesting! Props to the workers that help us get our stuff!

@tgood5527 2 ай бұрын

It’s a tough job, but I love it.

@Rhacman 10 ай бұрын

Kerbal Space Program: This part is moving too much. Cover it in struts! Container ships: This part is moving too much. Cover it in struts!

@innercityprepper 10 ай бұрын

This was a cool video, I enjoyed the "how it's made" feel of the twist lock maintenance section.

@jamielee9350 10 ай бұрын

I will call BS on this bit ... we had some twist locks that never got maintained, apart from a squirt of oil every 6 months.

@jknight441 Ай бұрын

I operate the cranes most of the time can’t unload the containers because the twists locks on most ships are over used falling apart

@maxpool162 10 ай бұрын

Whole world economy relies on containers transport and we still have some dangerous and old schools solutions, this is amazing. And we want go to Mars.

@psoon04286 10 күн бұрын

Have always been curious how stacks of containers stay secured on ships. Well illustrated and explained👍👍

@abdul-qf2fe 10 ай бұрын

Twistlocks is such a genius tool that tightly secures containers,the maintenance is outstanding 👏 👌

@qa1e2r4 10 ай бұрын

Why is he cleaning almost brand new perfectly clean "demo" twist lock? He should be cleaning the old and dirty one first!!! Also how many he can clean with such non-specific equipment? A boat have how many of these? Hundreds maybe thousands? Will he be able to clean a full set by his retirement? He does one in 5-6 min each container needs 4 so 30min per container so 16 containers in a 8h day. 15000 containers on avarage as per google so for him to do a full ship he needs almost 3 years for a full rotation....

@abdul-qf2fe 10 ай бұрын

@qa1e2r4 it's only a demo pal😎

@Pocketfarmer1 10 ай бұрын

@@qa1e2r4quite right .the demo is complete bs. I work on a tug that regularly moves barge loads of containers. The only maintenance those locks got was getting washed when they were float tested.

@markissboi3583 10 ай бұрын

r.i.p the cartoon characters that fell off the ship or hit by steel poles

@brucherrin8947 9 ай бұрын

The hand drawn first-aid sign with masking tape was funky ....SAFTY FIRST

@warrenbrownartndesign 10 ай бұрын

nice.... im a lasher trainer and Gantry driver. i know a few of the guys in the bcmea training part. 😊 ILWU 505✊

@wycliffeojuka1253 10 ай бұрын

Hello sir

@warrenbrownartndesign 10 ай бұрын

@@wycliffeojuka1253 hello :)

@wycliffeojuka1253 10 ай бұрын

Can I get a chance in your port

@gdshiplashing8239 2 ай бұрын

I'm a steward in Seattle. We were trainers earlier this month.

@tgood5527 2 ай бұрын

ILWU. 13 ✊🏻

@bhyydy6353 2 ай бұрын

They picked a very clean twist-lok for the show.

@tgood5527 2 ай бұрын

Twist lock aka cone. A longshoreman calls them cone’s. How do I know this I’m a longshoreman.

@psoon04286 10 күн бұрын

necessary for illustration purposes

@garymiller5937 10 ай бұрын

Looks like the lashers have a very dangerous job. 😮

@tgood5527 2 ай бұрын

Most lasher only lash for like 10 years then do something else on the dock.

@apacha2004 Ай бұрын

as a terminal worker ...this is is impressive, even tho we have seen it million times

@pete5534 10 ай бұрын

Clever design. Fascinating.

@rollydoucet8909 10 ай бұрын

The methods of moving goods all over the world have seen advancements comparable to those in the airplane industry.

@DanBurgaud 10 ай бұрын

7:08 WOW! I gotta look out for this scenario too.

@argentum530 2 ай бұрын

All of those genius techniques and the darn containers still fall off in the middle of the ocean...

@adriansue8955 10 ай бұрын

Who owns the hardware? all those thousands of twistlocks and lashing rods do they come with the containers? the ship? on loan from the dock? how do they keep track of them all so they get returned after use? or is it a communal thing?

@FloGrelot 10 ай бұрын

Every ship provides their own pins. They usually have 10+ pin boxes that get unloaded when the ships arrives. Every pin that gets removed from containers goes in those boxes to be reused later for loading the ship then when it's all done the ship loads up the pin boxes aboard and does the same thing at the next port.

@fr3dr02 5 ай бұрын

The gantry operator, she sure can work them sticks😮

@D-B-Cooper 10 ай бұрын

I’d be impressed if you told us why he is called stevedore.

@armando_az1 10 ай бұрын

Moral of the story, twisty locks. 😂

@agontop1 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely well done video. Ty

@Suvendu450 10 ай бұрын

Love from India🇮🇳🇮🇳

@user-ki8fq7cj6i 3 ай бұрын

Muy buen video 😊

@user-nr9te2hj4z 2 ай бұрын

Awesome technology of container secure

@RonLWilson 10 ай бұрын

Quite interesting!

@devinledesma5005 10 ай бұрын

Looks like it will make it harder to find the human traffic being knocked unconscious in those containers

@BADSEED13 10 ай бұрын

Lashing is a good workout. Those who know...know.

@carlosquincho1851 Ай бұрын

Interesante la construcción

@user-pi2fj6xs6q 2 ай бұрын

Informative and helpful video, thanks a lot

@nancyfernandez-wl1me Ай бұрын

Interesante estas técnicas geniales que los ingenieros pueden hacer

@vladimirmilutinovic8057 10 ай бұрын

Fantastic !!!

@tacomator2895 2 ай бұрын

That camera guy not saying anything to the guy who fell through the hole... Camera man: this shot will be perfect for the video!

@johncraig9869 10 ай бұрын

Still, over a thousand containers a year are lost over board

@RogerGarrett 10 ай бұрын

This seems like a perfect opportunity for an automated twist-lock insertion (and removal) system. When the overhead crane lifts the container off of the truck that's brought it into the port, the crane momentarily sets it down on top of an automated twist-lock insertion mechanism that instantly, safely, and with no human intervention, inserts the twist locks into the container. Similarly those twist locks can be removed at the destination port with a reverse system. It's just so incredibly inefficient to have people manually handling, inserting, and removing those locks.

@buzz-es 10 ай бұрын

Automate.....

@michaelmeichtry316 2 ай бұрын

The video does show and described a few automated systems... please review entire video.

@chaddentandt9868 10 ай бұрын

Very interesting Dr. Jones. Good video.

@peterjansen7854 10 ай бұрын

If used correctly not many containers will be lost overboard 😉

@robletsdoit5886 Ай бұрын

Lashing them 1,2 and 3 highs!!!!! Your arms feel like jello after 2 or 3 bays of 1,2 and 3 highs lol hopefully you don’t have high cubes!!!! Local 333 baby ILA ALL THE WAY

@alejandrojoseleonpineda Ай бұрын

Me gusta

@ronbelanger4113 2 ай бұрын

Semi skilled at best.

@vijaykumardahisaria7325 10 ай бұрын

Very good

@Calico5string1962 2 ай бұрын

I spent nearly 27 years working at a US west coast port. Calling stevadores "skilled workers" might be a bit of a stretch. From my experiences, with the exception of the crane operators, the rest are largley simply over-paid forklift operators.

@jcarlo331 10 ай бұрын

Check out the containers eroded lock loops , lol , twist lock pull it apart eventually, yea the twist locks are bombers but def not the containers connection loops .

@Johnnybananass-_ Ай бұрын

With ports so heavily controlled by unions they in-listed the new automated machines but kept the same number of staff on haha .

@robertortega3651 2 ай бұрын

Lashes can do all the jobs! Not just anyone can lash

@christopherb4744 10 ай бұрын

You might sometimes get the impression that companies desire outside high placement to claim a loss at sea? Don't know but seems like a possibility.

@MitchM240 10 ай бұрын

There is a great documentary about Stevedores. It’s called “ The Wire”.

@docferringer 10 ай бұрын

What is this, a union operation? Who thought, "Wow this twist-lock maintenance sure is fast. What can I do to drag it out for a couple of shifts?" Freaking impact wrenches for speed and torque wrenches for safety.

@tgood5527 2 ай бұрын

Someone wanted in the union and couldn’t get in 😂 At the port of LA and Long Beach we handle that work no job security BS going on.

@diytwoincollege7079 18 күн бұрын

Most of the time the containers make it to their destination

@DaveEtchells 10 ай бұрын

It never occurred to me before just how precise the crane operators have to be; they have to align the containers to within inches to get them to stack properly. Does anyone know if the crane has any systems that help with the final alignment?

@brianluck84 10 ай бұрын

I'm trained in ship to shore cranes. We have controls that will allow us to skew the load in most directions for final alignment but it's still all sight and feel. Really isn't that hard. The hard part is doing it fast

@DaveEtchells 10 ай бұрын

@@brianluck84 Wow, I’m mega-impressed. - And yeah, I could maybe do it given 30 minutes and a new set of glasses, but in the videos, they just seem to drop them in place.

@tgood5527 2 ай бұрын

The hard part is looking down all day. The floor is glass. The pay is good but good luck to your back.

@DaveEtchells 2 ай бұрын

@@tgood5527 Oh man, I can imagine! Must be a lot of back problems or spend 10% of your salary on massages. (I somehow suspect the construction companies don’t have on-site massage rooms 😂)

@borisbadaxe9678 2 ай бұрын

Now if they can only figure out how to keep the ships from colliding with bridges. 🤔

@Reezona 10 ай бұрын

4:43. i know this guy. He is the singer on the sepultura huh. Derrick green.

@gdshiplashing8239 10 ай бұрын

I see you use some clips from my videos. 😃

@corvavw6447 2 ай бұрын

Ja het moet gebeuren, en veiligheid is niet altijd gewaarborgd. Voor diegenen let goed op.

@johninnc9893 10 ай бұрын

Interesting, but way too long. Should have been more like 7 minutes long.

@ytzpilot 10 ай бұрын

I wouldn’t have a problem living in a shipping container home in a region prone to earthquakes, because they are designed to remain standing rolling around on a ship and high winds they would hold up very well in an earthquake

@andreweppink4498 10 ай бұрын

Dunno. AlI sounds good and is good. But there's GBux awaiting the man who comes up with a method for securing tail stax athwartships. So they don't keel over in bad weather with heavy rolling.

@peterjansen7854 10 ай бұрын

Dont forget Lashing bars🙄

@ITilBiondo 6 ай бұрын

I lost 70 pounds since i started lashing..😆

@Barmaley80x 2 ай бұрын

Это все инженеры, всегда что нибудь придумают.

@TheDavidlloydjones Ай бұрын

Corner locks provide "increased efficiency," when we haven't mentioned any efficiency yet, so it's not clear what's increased. It's automatic so there's no manual labour involved. We have no idea why the video shows that guy putting those castings in the slots in the corner of the container by hand.

@pahedkavlog8298 10 ай бұрын

Then buy all automatic twist lock if you dont want anymore powerman

@davehann8178 10 ай бұрын

prevent theft? Every longshoreman watching this must be laughing his head off!

@marvinhaagsma9177 17 күн бұрын

28000 rubber ducks disagree that this technique is secure.

@kamalzoro 9 ай бұрын

the lashing is a dangerous work

@tgood5527 2 ай бұрын

Most lashers only lash for 10 years and move on to other dock jobs.

@kamalzoro 2 ай бұрын

@@tgood5527 yes i work inbthis job about 1y ,then i change to truck driver ,,yes ,,

@kkfoto 10 ай бұрын

To call that *Genius* is surely an exxageration

@conradnelson5283 10 ай бұрын

Is this an employee orientation Film.?

@canvids1 10 ай бұрын

inland container ports with railway connections

@user-mn9be6qq3d 3 ай бұрын

We are not called Stevedores. We are Longshoremen. Stevedores bring the ships into our ports and the Longshoremen do the main work. Without us the work won’t get done

@paulleon4467 5 ай бұрын

😊😊😊

@Deecups510 10 ай бұрын

Is the dude at 0:53 seriously walking right directly underneath the load? I worked around a lot of ships loading a lot of cargo and that is a HUGE no no. Nor would a sane person do it. Containers fall all the time, and you don't want to be anywhere near it when it happens.

@rogerbrandt6678 10 ай бұрын

I bet within 3 months I can devise a system that saves 30% time loading ships.

@raymondstemmer887 10 ай бұрын

The thing we can all use more of is smuggled drug proffits

@aljock6927 2 ай бұрын

It didn't say this is a corporate safety video

@Formaldehydex 10 ай бұрын

Then explain why so many shipping containers end up in the ocean where they occasionally sink pleasure boats.

@b0rd3n 10 ай бұрын

Propaganda i say, propagandahhh! Nice video, thanks!

@pahedkavlog8298 10 ай бұрын

The. Imagine the owner of that ship yard earn billions while sitting on his house while workers, work there asses little 🤣😂

@andrewhansen4092 10 ай бұрын

They don't fix or even care about the locks. All the ones I've used have been so worn out they barley did anything. They do not care about anything on these ships

@donaldpetersen2382 10 ай бұрын

I hear the crane job is terrible

@Mr.DMZ. 10 ай бұрын

A bit different from GTA V

@unicorns778 10 ай бұрын

This is not engineers product but century old technique to secure any items at sea. Only thing new improvised material that's it.

@rogerbrandt6678 10 ай бұрын

I hope lashers make more than crane operators. If not you are under paid.

@DMSparky 10 ай бұрын

I like how there are giant unnecessary gaps in the narration just to make the video longer….

@noexcuses6727 10 ай бұрын

been in this industry over 45 years. this is not genius just common sense

@Padoinky 11 күн бұрын

There has got to be a better way to do this

@topthings6702 10 ай бұрын

👍👍👍

@OutdoorFreedomDk 10 ай бұрын

6:54 ?

@user-ps5cg5bj5x 10 ай бұрын

니들 일당이. 얼마나되지 알여주

@vishwanathpatil4145 19 күн бұрын

Get good knowledge for loading and unloading contener on sheep.

@arybudianto9147 10 ай бұрын

Berapa gaji pekerja lashing

@ilovemyhonda250ex 10 ай бұрын

moar struts

@keithnichols7926 10 ай бұрын

Imagine all the ingenuity and disciplne expended in securing and shipping the tons of cheaply made electromechanical crap that will sizzle, short-circuit, and otherwise malfunction in thousands of American homes and offices next week.