Now the trains that are loaded out of our mines in southeastern BC are 155 cars long. Our coal is mainly steelmaking coal and very low Sulphur content. Used to be the cleanest burning coal in the world. Recently they have some in Australia that is a little better but not by much I was told.

@@kendallwilliamson8193 Wyoming has some of the best low sulfur coal in the world too! Love seeing long trains heading out of Wyoming.

@@wyomingadventures rare to see them anymore going through southern mn. Just a couple years ago several trains a day would go through.

Yup. All that coal, and not a shovel in sight. Automation has made life easier for everyone.

Until the conveyor belt breaks...😄

Some of the best low sulfur coal in the world.

matt harper A lot of older boats had them as well including the Edmund Fitzgerald. They called it a “cellular double bottom.”

Brun coal all you want but it is NOT clean.

I remember as a kid in St Louis MO...Coal was used for home heating. In the winter when it snowed...you could see a thin layer of soot on top of the snow...coal isn't clean. The air had lots of "smog" in it too.

REALLY makes a difference between eastern and midwestern/western coal. Eastern is hard and I never even had a plume out of my chimney. Midwestern was dirty both loading and burning.

8hrs 🙄😳😳🤯

forget that,more effects the better!

Yep. Colstrip same same.

@@samsquach3799 awesome coal from your area. Been there many times. Don't live far from there. Close to Sheridan Wyoming.

@@wyomingadventures I fished on Tongue River Res. alot. Good fishing!

I thought the same too

Yes we are having issues with an only this ship about the crew smoking to this day an we are dealing with it

Hotrod Hog fast way to unload the ship.

PF or pulverised coal dust is explosive. Normally takes surface temp of about 580deg C to ignite coal dust and between 2.5 -1000 joules depending on particle size, oxygen % pressure and temperature. One lighted cigarette 🚬 doesn't provide enough energy in open air to vapourise coal dust and create an explosion but Company policy these days would make smoking prohibited in all hazardous areas & confined spaces.

yeah I was going to say the same thing the one guy commented too yeah it is explosive But it would take a Lot more heat generated to ignite the coal dust the ciggy that guy is smoking wouldn't generate enough heat to ignite it and stay burning Especially since he's out in the open air now had he been in one of the cargo holds Maybe a better chance but even then still bc I remember throwing my lit ciggy into my grill once with coal in it and it had coal dust and it never ignited

I would imagine it is due to the fact the ship can only pump out ballast water so fast.

They have to keep moving stem to stern to keep the ship in balance otherwise the ship bends and it could stress the iron in the ship overtime.

I am surprised that no one speaks negatively about coal, I was in the business for 40years in texas and that's all we heard ..just constant negatively so much so we started shutting down mines

@@jimclay6241 They are right after all; coal power kills far more people per power produced than any other power plant type, and that's before you even get into the global warming costs (both financial and human). The sooner we stop burning it, the better. Nuclear + renewables is the next best step to take in power generation; coal power is the worst thing to keep going.

Mining where I live, the Wyoming Valley area of Northeast Pa, was a huge thing during the 1800's throught the 1970's, and black lung was the cause of death for many miners.. Second leading cause of death was mining disasters such as the Avondale and Knox mine disasters.

What an incredible waste of time if your only hauling coal.

Susan Loughlin ever hear the saying ship shape ,if u leave the leftovers it builds up quick and gets hard as a rock ,also it spreads throughout the ship and everything gets covered in coal dust

Hasn't exploded yet.

@@johnwurfel2862 thousands

They only carry one commodity,how could you possibly carry grain in a bulker that has just carried coal

In early 1980’s I worked on general cargo vessel we carried coal from Poland to Brazil and soybeans back to Poland. We just cleaned cargohol up, that’s all.

Yes, that's most likely the reason, even though current power plants scrub effectively all of the sulfur out of the smoke when burning high-sulfur coal.

How much did you expect ships to weigh?

@@whiteknightcat I was trying to cleverly say that it's a lot of weight. I wasn't expecting anything.

@@yourdrummer2034 Oh. Sorry. (quietly shuffles away)

@@whiteknightcat no don't shuffle away! Sarcasm never comes across comments well!

@@yourdrummer2034 *sniffles*

I wouldn't think so. A cigarette isn't likely to ignite coal or remnants of coal gas.

Normally confined spaces are well ventilated. Takes approx 580deg C in air to ignite coal dust. Depends on particle size pressure. Energy required varies from 2.5 joules to 1000J in controlled conditions. Most of the electrical motors are Dust ignition proof and the electrical gear is housed in certified explosion rated enclosures. Certification varies in Europe to the USA. Coal Mining equipment requires even higher ratings because of methane gas (coal damp) released from the coal. Generally coal is kept wet to reduce dust and prevent pyrolysis.

Not supposed to be smoking period at any time, on the front of the pilot house structure at the back of boat, it has huge lettering spelling out NO SMOKING

..duh..

rob peters If you have seniority.

No never we have problems with this ship an crew smoking an r dealing with it to this day

They load the holds in a prescribed order to keep the ship balanced and there is also crew monitoring the ship and adjusting the water ballast as cargo is loaded.

That cigarette isn't going to light that coal on fire. Flashpoint is to low. Like diesel you can drop a cigarette in a tank and it won't ignite.

Речные люди отличаються похуизмом и распиздяйством

Unfortunately, he is no longer with us. He was assigned to a self-discharging napalm carrier, and it did not end well.

About 8-10 hours.

I do security on that dock an it takes 10-16 hrs to load

So are you on a ship yet ?

If you want to be an officer, a mate or an engineer, I recommend that you attend the Great Lakes Maritime Academy in Traverse City Michigan: www.nmc.edu/maritime/. There are several good videos and articles to be found if you search online and on KZfaq regarding life on board the Great Lakes freighters.

No. They use oil to fill them instead of coal.

Ship has a conveyor belt self-unloading system. HUGE boom on deck to direct the flow.

D J kind of late post but Lakers have conveyer booms

Yep, self-unloaders...

Yup their is a conveyor belt under the hoppers in the hold that transfers the product to the vertical belt in the stern which deposits it on the boom conveyor Bay Shipbuilding Sturgeon Bay Wi.

@kevin church Of course you would have done better but you would have needed someone else to help you...

@@kiloechocharlie1342 i think i can find a way to maintain a steady shot with a camera, i don't think there would be an issue at all

@ Robert Allen, W.T.F. does it matter if the dude has a ponytail?

So now you’re going to require people to get haircuts?! This is not the Navy!

That's not me

Thanks for informing the public of the impending doom Safety Sally.

Don't know where you got your info from but it takes much more then a spark to ignite coal.

I bet that they spray water on the coal to hold the dust down.

Ah yes, a treehugger

Black Shadow - check your facts first - it’s the trees that make the coal !

Well, that’s what has been going on for many generations, and it’s still what many of the large power stations use. We don’t all live near Niagara Falls or other waterfalls where Hydro power can be made. Also I think it’s used in steel making. Likely it will change with time, but definitely not overnight.

Plug your car into a wind turbine. Let's go Brandon.

​@@dryflyman7121well you are correct however coal comes from mines deep underground with most modern coal mines being open pit mines. Coal and other fossil fuels are made from dead stuff like prehistoric trees and the Dinosaurs