The "cinema" wasn't even turned on (or it's broken) HAHA

$$$ is good though

The pool is empty because the water in it weighs the ship down mostly when it shakes probably doesn't affect the ship much because of it's size but you get the point

@@xijinpooh223 Is empty so the filtration system can be switched off. Filling the pool only when you want to use it drastically reduces the maintenance cost

@@Genius_at_Work There's no filtration, just fill it with fresh seawater and empty it when done. If it's dirty, send someone to clean it (probably a cadet). The weight of water in the pool would at no point be taken into consideration. I mean, they carry 10000tons of fuel :D

Yes, and an Airbutz A380 goes more than 10 times the speed, is made up of millions of wires, has 4 critical propulsion systems, and its primary purpose is the safe carriage of human beings. On a ship, human beings are the secondary concern, the cargo is the primary reason for its being. If the propulsion engine conks out, it can remain afloat for an indefinite period, or even be towed by another vessel. A ship can be left unsailed for a long period of time, and relatively quickly be returned to service. An A380 that has not flown in a long period of time would need a complete airworthiness certification prior to returning to service. Very, very complex piece of technology. Not to say that a container vessel isn't also complex, but I would compare a sailing vessel to an aircraft like I would compare a mechanic to a surgeon. They can both do similar things, but on a greatly differing level.

Stan Patterson Not to forget the certifications which are a much longer process for aircraft than for ships. Furthermore a ship might be massive but most of it simply is steel without anything behind it.

The certifications also cost millions . For example an Boeing Instrument Landing System certification ( ILS ) costs 1 million USD and that's just from Boeing other authorities also gave to approve .

BassGuitarGuy128: In case you did not know....planes rarely 99.9% of the time sell for the "Suggested Retail Price" Most Commercial aircraft sell 1/4 to 1/3 List Price. A380....when launched, could be had for less than 100 Million. Current Transaction Prices for the 767 Freighter and Passenger A330 is around $70 Million.Outgoing 777 Classic in 200-300 configurations is 100-120 Million. 747-8 Freighter finalize around $150 Million. A350s close around $100 Million. Embraer E-jets finalize in the mid Teens....and the Trusty 737/A320 Series can be had for the low $20 Millions if purchased in modest/large quantity. A product is only worth/sold for what a consumer believes it to be worth beyond actual costs to make it....many cases; a consumer product such as Commercial Aircraft are sold at loss when R&D/Production costs soar beyond control....as has been the case for the A380.... a plane (by large consensus) few Carriers want to begin with beyond the Arabs....where free fuel is their folded hand.

Steel is cheap

its because seafarers usually watch movies as there is no dish tv ....thus cinema

😂😂😂😂😩

I think Europeans say "cinema" where Americans say "watching a movie," in reference to watching on their TV. When we (Americans) use "cinema" we are usually referring to seeing a movie at the movie theater.

Wow thats really great

its not a family its a job

DerpEye Dam , your strong

joories no, Imperial

metric units required

technically speaking, the american system is metric

About 3 1/4 feet per metre. 1300 ft will be around 430m

Nautical miles and imperial feet .

The NYT does it this way on every video. They think it's artsy.

Well, lots of people have and it is a well know tall building + remember this is a US show. More irrelevant is the comparison with the amount of steel used to make the Eiffel Tower. Well know tower, but not many know the amount of steel used.

Buy a road meter and drive it then on the freeway or something

Adam W “I feel uncomfortable when we are not about me”

it's one of the most well-known buildings in the entire world. You'd have a point if they compared it to some random office tower in Detroit that know one knows.

It's the New York Times, of course they compare to something in New York...

TotalRookie_LV it’s a fact of the nature of the construction. Maersk is vertically integrated, they have their own shipyards, while the Navy buys from contractors who sell at a substantial markup. Also, sophisticated weapons systems are fairly expensive, and then there’s good old bureaucratic corruption.

Stephen M. Stouter i think maersk doesnt have their own shipyard. Most of their ship build by south korean shipyard. (Sorry for my english)

True. They used to build them in Denmark, but now a days, they get them build in Korea.

Most of these ships don't need new high tech systems , GPS navigation and an efficient propulsion system . Aircraft get developed from scratch and especially millitary aircraft get more advanced and constantly get new stuff added into their development thus making them more expensive . Container ships have one job but for example the F-35 is supposed to be a VTOL , ground attacker , Intercepter , fleet defender and a stealth aircraft at the same time and all of these roles actually contradict themselves .

rifham I live in Indianapolis

Yeah, but that one guy is bulking up.

Haha, I see what you did there

We are mostly overworked there, working 13 hours including 2 hours for breaks and meals ( 30 mins each for lunch and dinner). The ratings only have 5 months contract but it feels reaaaaaly long when teamed up with some "company men" officers.

Dangil Tenajeros it said 4 hours on, eight off on the commentary ?

Carlos Pacheco ... my wife calls it “weasel “

Carlos Pacheco vessel

Not "nuclear wessel" though :-)

I worked on a container ship before with a lot of reefers, worst days in my career less sleep and working extended time period, not to mention we berth at 15 ports a month.

It burns 250k $ worth of fuel an hour...just for propulsion.....you don't know for generators, lights , crew cost , bunkering costs, ...more than 300k+ an hour

1 trip is 12 weeks.

In fact there 4 turnlocks are put to the base of the container when they stack it onto other one. The lowest line of containers is secured by rods.

Thats more than 10kg per second. About 70kg per minute.

@@gymrvg858 *More than 1kg every Second, not more than 10kg.

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I assure you that it's not funny at all for the crew working on those ships.

I was not referring to the crew, just everyone else.

Not random people, migrants. Calais in France had huge problems.

Haggen Charman About 18000. But Maersk slightly improved the design so the second generation of the Triple E class can carry over 20000 containers.

Every ship this big should have a Nuclear propulsion system. They are perfect for it.

@@mirkokvesic1598 No they require a huge crew to operate and those cost considerably more then the fuel they would save.

Heavy fuels engines are cheaper than nuclear machinery.

My conjecture is that there must be some small fear, but captaining a ship that huge (and equipped with the latest, not always easy to learn technology) must take very specialized knowledge & experience. Also, it seems they'd have trouble unloading cargo.... Probably not worth the risk. It'd also be difficult to board since it's so high off the water.

I'm the capitain now!

Cool

IYQUC (read those letters) Pirates don't board ships to steal cargo, they hijack it to get money for ship & crew.

Oh ok

They aren't on board all the time. Usually they don't work more than three months in one go. And then they are home for a couple of weeks or months, depends on how long they have been on board. There are a few exceptions though One of them is intern which stay on board for 2×6 months (i will be doing this) or 12 months in one go and some people from the phillipines that work on deck stay for up to nine months. This is because they only go once and that way they earn (for them) a lot of money which can provide them for a long time.

not that long, cause it's build in some 3rd world asian country.

bit of luck....less than 2 years. The first supertankers during the early 70is paid for themselves on the very first voyage.

Norbert Schmitz These days are over. Since 2007 the shipping industry is facing a massive crisis dropping the freight rates at such a low level that they barely cover the running costs. For that reason the vessel size exploded since then. And the Triple E Class is built in South Korea which isn't exactly Third World.

I think the commentary says it often doesn’t operate at full capacity due to some ports font have the ability to fully load a ship that size

I think the commentary says it often doesn’t operate at full capacity due to some ports dont have the ability to fully load a ship that size

If it did save money they would've already used that kind of technology

what if it explodes like a nuclear bomb.. all your xboxes, smart phones, beds, furniture, from china gone with the wind

Fuel oil for ships is very cheap.

There's more container under the bridge (I think)

Then there would still need to be 2.5x more containers hiding under the bridge than those that are visible. I don't doubt that it can hold 18000, but I really don't get how.

It can fit ~ 18.000 TEU container (Twenty foot long containers). However, you normally have containers twice the size (also reffered as FEU - Forty-foot Equivalent Unit). In the video you can see mostly FEU containers. However at 1:25 in the harbour you can also see a few smaller TEU containers. The capacity of container ships is always given in TEU so that explains where the ~18.000 containers come from

Aah I see. Ok so that means I can account for about 11,000 TEU capacity based on the shots in the video, and then maybe there are more below deck or something.

My guess is that the "10 containers high" from the video is not actually the max the ship can carry. I think they were only able to staple 10 containers onto each other because of a bridge or heavy wind or something and that the max height is actually more that that.

Jacques Blaque B. S.

You don't go around addressing the man in charge as "Master" even though that's his technical title. I drive a truck, and when I cross a border, I'm the master of the vessel, but it's not a title I carry. The person-in-charge above all others on a sailing vessel is addressed as Captain.

In many countries there is no such term as "master", only Captain.

Probably less fuel efficient though

Sorry but as a Maritime enthusiast i have to correct you there, this is the Mary Mærsk wich is in the triple-e series wich is 399m long. Thats 2 meters longer than the Emma Mærsk and have a different Bridge design than Emma, right now the Mærsk triple-e series and some MSC container ships holds the record of being the worlds biggest container ships(399) meters but the altime biggest ship was "Jahre Viking"(Sje was renamed sebran times to "Seawise giant", Knock Nevis and a few other names) with it's 458 meters of hull but sadly that beauty was scrapped

Many ships is bigger than Emma, but the newest triple e ship, Madrid Maersk, is currently the worlds biggest. When you measure in the amount of cargo being transported and not in actual size :)

Madrid Maersk was only the biggest for one month, the biggest now is OOCL Hong Kong

Current biggest ship is the OOCL Hong Kong at ~21,400 teu

That may be so but there's a reason they call me captain haddock and not master haddock

It depends on the size of the vessel

Lochaby nah we have a major social security net that helps people to get on top again, if you catch people before they crash they return faster to become productive citizens and happy citizens

RaviWay Inc. Get life.

RaviWay Inc. Because the load capacity of a container vessel is not only made by the number of containers but also their weight.

RaviWay Inc. Or to be more precise and a lot less simple: The improved Triple E Class has 20586 TEU (twenty foot equivalent unit) and 200600 DWT (deadweight tons). So assuming there is no fuel, spare parts, provision etc. each container could only weight about ten tons while the average mass used in calculations is 18 tons per forty foot container. Hence that's twice the weight minus 10% of my "calculation" for 20 ft containers and two of them can be replaced by one 40 footer the weight of 10293 of them fits the 2006000 tons with a couple of tons for provision and spares and a couple of thousand tons for fuel. And a joke weight for the crew. Btw. that answer was to fit the "Get a life" point. If you read all of it you have way to much time.

Der Bleifuss yet, he will not understand.

JJ S That's why I put a simple and a detailed answer.