Pioneering Spirit: The Largest Construction Ship in the World

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Discover the untold story behind the colossal Pioneering Spirit, the largest vessel ever built. Delve into its groundbreaking design, jaw-dropping capabilities, and its pivotal role in reshaping the world's offshore industry.
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@paladinsas9078 13 күн бұрын

As an American, i appreciate units of measurement that i can understand. 200 statues of liberty is easily relatable

@donaldmacarthur 13 күн бұрын

I particularly enjoyed the smartass remark about real measures of measurement before comparing it to 326,000+ Shaqs. Well done!

@jimcappa6815 13 күн бұрын

On DtU, the standard unit of measure is Danny DeVito. This thing may be.too big for that!

@fatbody111 13 күн бұрын

I was expecting blue whales so shaq was a welcome surprise.

@willythemailboy2 13 күн бұрын

I was expecting a "your mother".

@aurorarookwood2093 13 күн бұрын

I prefer and was expecting the only true unit of measuring a units capacity to lift a unit... The metric Danny Divito. But I guess they keep that to Brain Blaze iirc.

@aurorarookwood2093 13 күн бұрын

I got a pen and a Napkin. Its about 539,326 Danny DiVito's

@kristofnys3212 13 күн бұрын

During the inauguration of the ship in 2015 I was lucky to be one of the video technicians working during the ceremony. We also got a tour of the ship. It’s hard to describe how incredibly big everything on that vessel is.

@mwolkove 13 күн бұрын

It's funny how well saying the size is hard to describe works as a description of its size. Basically, it's on scale that is so uncommon we've never needed a word for it.

@joelfoss7428 13 күн бұрын

I got to visit my uncle on an aircraft carrier when it was stationed at Port on a 3 day cruise, they called it a tiger cruise 3 days on a ship the size of a small town 5000 people but on the ocean with jet planes launching and what not. I bet that size and catamaran design and more than twice the size would be amazing... I'm thinking Dennis Hopper in Waterworld. You could totally create your own mobile country on such an edifice once the world 🌎 sea level changes.

@enisra_bowman 13 күн бұрын

@@mwolkove that somewhat works even with smaller things like a SpcaeShuttle, shure you know they about 37m long but you never see them in a good reference frame

@mackenziemoore5088 13 күн бұрын

"Squatting itself down while stratling it's intended payload inside it's slot" had me giggling like an idiot XD

@DKing627 12 күн бұрын

Disappointed that there were no jokes about how much pipe it can handle.

@1337user 12 күн бұрын

I think I know what it'll do with 27,000 tons of pipe :^

@charlesdorval394 12 күн бұрын

@@1337user A pipeline? :P

@kingjellybean9795 11 күн бұрын

5:02 Laying under sea pipe😏

@mirzaahmed6589 5 күн бұрын

straddling

@rapidthrash1964 11 күн бұрын

I actually ran the numbers on Pioneering Spirit's lifting capacity; roughly 48000 tonnes (53000 tons for Americans). When it was fully loaded, the Titanic weighed 52000 tons. In other words, the PS has the strength to lift the Titanic (if wasn't at the bottom of the ocean, extremely fragile and not broken into several pieces)

@ColtonRMagby 13 күн бұрын

Forget massive, that ship is ENORMOUS!

@jcahill7560 11 күн бұрын

Humongous!

@TM10000 13 күн бұрын

It's a little ironic that a company based in a landlocked country builds the worlds heaviest ship.

@autobootpiloot 8 күн бұрын

Don’t worry, it’s a Dutch company trying to evade taxes. The ship is developed by the Dutch, technology is mostly installed by the Dutch and most of the important crew is Dutch. Mr, Heerema is Dutch, so is his brother that owns the biggest and heaviest floating cranes in the world. The only Swiss thing about allseas is the postal code.

@TM10000 8 күн бұрын

@@autobootpiloot Can't blame him for trying to save some money I guess. Thanks for clarifying.

@randomname4726 13 күн бұрын

Engineers are amazing. They don't get enough respect and praise for safely building our worlds machinery, bridges, infrastructure etc the list goes on...

@DannyPhilipsen 10 күн бұрын

It's amazing that mankind has the ability to build something this massive!

@NorwegianCrazyGuy 12 күн бұрын

I have had the pleassure to see this ship a couple of times. During my lunch break at Aker Stord, Norway many years ago, this thing came in the fjord, picked up the Johan Sverdrup Drilling Platform and left. It is so big it doesn't make sence to compare it to things.

@sjorsirausquin7707 13 күн бұрын

The mastermilo video about this ship is also really good, it is a ship tour and really shows what it does!

@maryrowe3981 13 күн бұрын

😮

@ignitionfrn2223 13 күн бұрын

1:30 - Chapter 1 - Design & development 6:05 - Chapter 2 - Specs & capabilities 10:15 - Chapter 3 - Service life & succession

@CaptainOinkOink 13 күн бұрын

I saw this in Stord in western Norway when I had a summer job at the norwegian coastal administration almost 2 years ago

@toomanykatsu 13 күн бұрын

“27,000 pounds of pipe” sounds like your mom has been busy 😂😂😂

@THE-X-Force 12 күн бұрын

Just another Tuesday really .. hardly an inconvenience

@mwhitelaw8569 10 күн бұрын

@@THE-X-Force Didn't even break a sweat

@T_da_yung_goat 12 күн бұрын

I can’t wait for the day humanity can finally break the half-million Shaq barrier .

@TheCoffeeSquirel 13 күн бұрын

Pioneering Spirit is sometimes in my hometown, Kristiansand Norway, and looks to be larger than our downtown area I also did some work for Hereema in Taiwan (irrelevant to Pioneering Spirit)

@autobootpiloot 8 күн бұрын

The heerema company belongs to the brother of the owner of allseas. That’s a family that likes lifting heavy.

@jafhu 13 күн бұрын

The pioneering spirit was in my city some months ago. It’s huge, like unimaginable huge The barge bumblebee sat in my city for like 2-3 years, just sat there and looked ugly as it was in one of the most trafficked route for small hobby boats At 12:50 is actually the clip of when they picked up bumblebee in my hometown

@Supernaut2000 13 күн бұрын

Allseas, a Swiss company...OMG from a landlocked country comes the world's largest ship? Something is amiss here....Simon, find out!

@paulroling1781 12 күн бұрын

It is Dutch in origin, where the main offices are. It is probably officially Swiss for political reasons.

@crazydutchbloke 10 күн бұрын

The ship is owned by Allseas Delft, in The Netherlands.

@amys500 7 күн бұрын

Ah that makes sense. Swiss for tax? 😆

@eaphantom9214 13 күн бұрын

0:59 - WHOOOHOO that is BIG 😮

@russellfitzpatrick503 13 күн бұрын

I saw the ship when it was moored at the Maasvlakte 2 , itself a megaproject, and it was remarkable as it was so much bigger than even the massive tankers in the Maasvlakte itself. Actually I thought that the Heerema group was Dutch

@Seraphus87 13 күн бұрын

Yeah, first time I saw that thing at Maasvlakte 2, I thought it was multiple ships moored next to each other, nope, just one *big* boy.

@qoyari 12 күн бұрын

Allseas Group is a Dutch offshore contractor. The company is headquartered in Châtel-Saint-Denis, Switzerland

@s3gv 13 күн бұрын

I've been waiting for a full video on this damned ship, it's massive on google maps!

@reahreic7698 13 күн бұрын

where??? it's difficult for me to wrap my brain around its size.

@s3gv 13 күн бұрын

@@reahreic7698 Currently docked in amsterdam. Check 03/2020 on Google Earth Pro, 51°57'57.99"N, 3°58'57.20"E. There is another ship near it that will show you the scale. It's absolutely massive.

@outsider7658 13 күн бұрын

I worked as an officer on a ship, like the on at 2.16--. We transported material to the rigs in Forties Field, outside Scotland, with "home" in Dundee. Somewhere there, we met a giant like that, I just took a look at a picture of it. And, wow, that was big too. Big enough to lift heavy(!) loads up, to the deck of those rigs. About 70 meters up. Some crew members stand under the crane and they look like ants. Have`t given that a thought, since I quit, but now, it seemed as big as then. But this one, no comments, just watching with my jaw down. Wow! from A Finn in Diaspora

@aurorarookwood2093 13 күн бұрын

I get into Dundee now and then and as I've seen the rigs there when crossing the bridge ever since I was a kid ya kinda tune them out. But when I am along the waterfront near the Quay close to the docks and one is in the scale of that shit hits hard... And I feel like I'm as big as I was when I was a kid again!

@bigrob966 13 күн бұрын

Hey, I suggested this like six months ago! I am stoked you made a video about this thing. It is an astonishing engineering accomplishment.

@jl3039 13 күн бұрын

YES! The SHAQS are Back! ❤❤❤

@gamehacker5692 13 күн бұрын

Can we get a video on the Newport News Shipping dry dock that makes the us navy’s carriers and submarines?

@williamjacob885 13 күн бұрын

This thing is an absolute BEAST!

@markblanch2905 8 күн бұрын

I've worked on Allseas vessels for years. Every pipelayer they had other than this one.

@SmileyMack 12 күн бұрын

That ship could achieve the world's greatest practical joke. Worker: "Boss, the oil rig isn't there any more." Boss:......!!!...

@bryantsteury8910 13 күн бұрын

I, too, have a pipe-laying system

@jeffjeffnorway 10 күн бұрын

Amazing video My uncle worked as a project planner for this ship. 😀

@fsj197811 13 күн бұрын

That was cool, thanks for sharing.

@larswint1719 6 күн бұрын

Nice video, Two corrections: 1. It's no real catamaran. The bows are splitted, but the aft is one piece. 2. Is has 12 thrusters, not 13

@jaybruce593 12 күн бұрын

This ship was actually built for decommissioning, not construction. oil platforms "top sides"were built in shipyards, and floated out on heavy barges, and lifted onto their "jackets" (legs) by heavy lift cranes such as the saipem 7000. The beauty of the pioneering spirit was it was a one stop ship, allowing it to cut, lift, transport and deliver to the decommissioning ship yard, the entire topside,, rather than have to involve multiple vessels to lift the topside off the jacket, a another to transport it to ship yard for decommissioning, another heavy lift crane to lift it to quayside, free spirit does it all.

@THE-X-Force 12 күн бұрын

It does installations as well, no?

@kurtdnelson9653 10 күн бұрын

You just copied what Simon said and still got it wrong buy never saying it delivers newly built oil rigs 🤬😁

@jaybruce593 10 күн бұрын

Actually Simon said it was built for delivering new rigs rather than building them offshore, whereas the rigs were already built onshore and delivered with different means, this was specifically built for removing rigs. I was involved with the decommissioning of the Brent Alpha, and knew of this ship long ago.

@jaybruce593 10 күн бұрын

@@THE-X-Force Yes it CAN deliver, but it was built for removal, hence it being constructed in the twilight years of mort north sea assets, not in the booming construction early days.

@kurtdnelson9653 10 күн бұрын

@@jaybruce593 hay jaybruce I committed on the fact that you repeated what Simon said and why is it necessary for you to repeat it I think we the people who watched the video didn't need your comment it was totally unnecessary and you forgot to mention it can and did haul new rigs

@jaredkennedy6576 13 күн бұрын

I had a job offer for offshore rig work straight out of school, and I should have taken it. It took me almost ten years to approach their starting pay.

@claytonreeves8955 13 күн бұрын

Awesome 👌

@mohammedsaysrashid3587 13 күн бұрын

Nice introduction....maybe similar to artificial islands..except mobility of that Gained ship 🚢

@captaintoyota3171 10 күн бұрын

Yeah i do barge work on bridges, lift 200k lbs stuff etc. Would love to work on a ship like this

@Dene181 13 күн бұрын

Crazy and interesting!

@rayne21x 9 күн бұрын

Gives me slight Millennium Falcon vibes with the offset bridge and the two pronged hull at the front.

@conquerthafuture7209 13 күн бұрын

That thing a huge catamaran basically. Super cool

@RoryHanna 8 күн бұрын

It's mental the fact we can build these things and know they will float is mental. The size of that ship and rigs in general is not like anything else. When you think too that these oceans are often very unpredictable and that less then 10% of the actual ocean is fully known It makes it even more impressive. Really do wonder what the limit to building these things and much more if countries decided to work together and remove costs. Especially for space projects but this will never happen.

@cossierob6143 10 күн бұрын

Pretty sure this has been near me during Brent de-commissioning. Able Offshore, Seaton, England.

@admdubya2107 11 күн бұрын

“If anybody can figure out what to do with 27,000lbs of pipe.” Somebody’s mom somewhere: ☺️

@THE-X-Force 12 күн бұрын

(4:52) 48,000 metric tons = 52910.94 U.S. tons .. or 105,821,886 pounds!! And 25,000 metric tons = 27557.78 U.S. tons .. or 55,115,566 pounds!! 🤯

@Hhhdgegej 10 күн бұрын

And some float with propellars on each leg for Current adjustments

@lmt-nw7zs 10 күн бұрын

Love the video, BUTT Allseas is a dutch company. The owner is Edward heerema.

@markblanch2905 8 күн бұрын

A Dutch company "based" out of Switzerland

@lmt-nw7zs 8 күн бұрын

@@markblanch2905 the head office is in Delft the Netherlands,

@christopherdobinson710 12 күн бұрын

Name: All Seas Me hearing Ausies thanks to the splendid English accent. lol 😂 Love your videos Simon 😎

@jdavidaiken 12 күн бұрын

Great video - but the terminology makes me twitch like reading your/you're mistakes. "Oil Rig" is the industry term for a drilling rig, which is the machinery that drills the hole and sets the well casing. This ship deals with platforms, not rigs. It's a small detail, and I'm sure most people won't care - but people with experience in the oil and gas industry won't be able to unhear that mistake which might take away from the message. Phenomenal episode, keep up the good work!

@megandonahue6832 13 күн бұрын

How the hell do u talk about this thing, without getting into it's mind blowing heavy compensation system and quick lift capabilities. It's what sets this beast apart from a heavy lift crane

@scabthecat 13 күн бұрын

It's his grift. Makes nothing but rehashing for clicks. Doesn't really care.

@THE-X-Force 12 күн бұрын

@@scabthecat Why are you here?

@scabthecat 12 күн бұрын

@@THE-X-Force Algorithm

@THE-X-Force 12 күн бұрын

@@scabthecat Why would you try to help the algorithm of a channel you think is grifitng? Or do you not realize that commenting and / or disliking actually helps the algorithm for it?

@scabthecat 12 күн бұрын

@@THE-X-Force You asked why I was here

@nafjon1 9 күн бұрын

No banana for scale? 🍌🤷🏻‍♂️ Awesome stuff guys! Thank you!!!

@benb3756 12 күн бұрын

12:50 Sitting in the port? More like blocking it off entirely 😂

@tsbulmer 13 күн бұрын

"326,496 Shaquille O'Niels"? C'mon, Whistler, don't be ridiculous - that'd be over 326 kiloshaqs! Unpossible.

@ryand2529 12 күн бұрын

That’s a big damn boat!!

@J.A.Smith2397 13 күн бұрын

Back to your roots here mate!

@BMW7series251 13 күн бұрын

My mind is now boggled with these stats!!!!.....

@guitarheromartijn 6 күн бұрын

We did/do work for allseas including pioneering spirit. If i am correct it is build to deconstruct old oil platforms not build them.

@leodelachambre9499 Күн бұрын

It is a Dutch company in origin It is a sister/brother company of heerema and blue water

@Jonasastrophotos 13 күн бұрын

Damn thats a cool ship

@JJ-si4qh 13 күн бұрын

Please make a video on oil rigs

@andymouse 13 күн бұрын

I wish you could have put the Starship Enterprise next to it for proper scale, I don't know about netball players....cheers.

@loribroadbent8573 13 күн бұрын

Ok Simon, this is the fifth video of yours that I've watched today, all of which are new. Did you release a video on every channel you do?

@svenlima 13 күн бұрын

When it will be decommissioned I will buy it and use it as a houseboat on our lake.

@tomholroyd7519 13 күн бұрын

"Nobody needs a Mercedes-Benz. Nobody needs a Porsche. The 'reasons' to buy those things are emotional." -- Lexus 400

@igitaq 13 күн бұрын

You really should be using the most universal form of measurement, that of Danny Devitos.

@twilightgryphon 11 күн бұрын

You gave us a real unit of measurement in how much it weighs in Shaquille O'Neils, but not its height in Danny DeVitos, come on Simon!

@frankhaugen 7 күн бұрын

It has anchored up outside of my home city so much, I don't see it as special 😂

@joseybryant7577 13 күн бұрын

After the fallout from a much larger channel switching to a subscription system; I am grateful Simon decided to just make multiple channels instead of opting for a subscription model.

@Shinzon23 13 күн бұрын

Which channel was that?

@randomname4726 13 күн бұрын

I just saw the Atozy video on that.

@wstavis3135 13 күн бұрын

I always hate comments like this that vaguely reference something, mostly in an attempt to make the poster seem more knowledgeable and in touch.

@joseybryant7577 13 күн бұрын

It was Watcher. There ya go.@@wstavis3135

@THE-X-Force 12 күн бұрын

What are you talking about? Throw people a bone. Not everyone is clinically online ..

@jack00scarecrow 13 күн бұрын

she's a beast

@CtRAlTtAb 13 күн бұрын

can you make a video about the F-20 tigershark

@psychosis7325 12 күн бұрын

$2.4B sounds cheap AF for that capability. Where do I order?

@OrdinaryDude 13 күн бұрын

Simon. I thought the standard of measurement for your channels is in Danny DeVitos, not Shaquille O'Neals...

@alexisjuillard4816 13 күн бұрын

"barges" 200X57m were talking hectars here lol

@user-ch9pj3zb3c 13 күн бұрын

I love how we live in a time where we can watch the construction of Rasputin 2.0 every few days...

@pauleohl 11 күн бұрын

Are removed oil platforms reused or repaired or scrapped?

@garyclark3843 12 күн бұрын

I wonder if it could help in Baltimore?

@amaccama3267 8 күн бұрын

What to do with all that pipe? I've got a suggestion. It's going to make your eyes water though.

@kickinghorse2405 12 күн бұрын

Does anyone else find it slightly hysterical that "AllSeas" is a Swiss company? (Kinda reminds me of Swiss Navy products :)

@harmrozema3330 11 күн бұрын

In essence it is a dutch company, but due to economic and political factors it became swiss is my understanding.

@user-oe6gg5rw7o 13 күн бұрын

“Straddling its intended payload inside its slot, n offloading that ballast” well if thats the ways she wants it, she gets it! Hold on? What were talking about? Lol

@hatersgonnarate3973 13 күн бұрын

Make a vid about the A6 Intruder

@tomekkaminski2677 13 күн бұрын

Audi?

@hatersgonnarate3973 12 күн бұрын

What?

@bunyipdragon9499 10 күн бұрын

Damn, this thing is so big it's got to be measured in Shaq's rather than DeVito's😂😂

@davidanalyst671 13 күн бұрын

There is only one problem with this ship. While oil platforms are drilling and super popular for oil infrastructure, drilling SHIPS are becoming more of a thing. THey are building boats with a hole in the middle, and they drill through the hole in the boat for oil. Oil ships can move out if a hurricane comes through, but oil rigs may be cheaper in shallow water still

@someonebald2022 13 күн бұрын

Is there any reason this ship can't be used to help clean up the Pacific garbage zone?

@enisra_bowman 13 күн бұрын

yes, mostly because it's build to lift one large thing and not many tiny ones

@someonebald2022 13 күн бұрын

@@enisra_bowman Big things are made of small things.

@echomande4395 13 күн бұрын

I find myself wondering if anyone has ever seriously proposed a ship of this size and configuration, but built as a floating selfpropelled city.

@UpperDarbyDetailing 4 күн бұрын

For the *Amazing Grace*, did actually intend to give it’s estimated coat at three billion *dollars*, or is it actually three billion *pounds*?

@Hhhdgegej 10 күн бұрын

Arent windmills in shallow water areas?

@HadeerAnnie 9 күн бұрын

Global cooperation at its finest!

@JohnMears-je4ed 12 күн бұрын

A Simon video, 1 day old and only 60k views???? Is the internet broken ?

@EdilsaCueva-ky6vg 9 күн бұрын

If these engineers ever want to build a moon colony, sign me up!

@HikuroMishiro 13 күн бұрын

I couldn't understand any of the metrics in this video, where is the standard Danny DeVito unit?

@kingjellybean9795 11 күн бұрын

5:02 lol should.call the ship aqua man if its doin that 😏

@RyanMr92 12 күн бұрын

So basically... the heaviest forklift in the world...🤭😂

@hedlund 13 күн бұрын

Alrighty then. I've always thought aircraft carriers were stupidly large. If _this_ thing rocked up I suspect I'd have just shat my pants if I was on anything smaller than a panamax boat myself.

@theterroraap 12 күн бұрын

The TLS has recently been upgraded from 48,000t lift capacity fo 60,000t of lifting capacity. Fun thing to mention is that when the two super tankers were finally connected it was decided to also make it a pipe-lay vessel. Therefore they had to cut them apart and add 7m extra width. The Koreans were not amused...

@jeremymontgomery9354 13 күн бұрын

"pipe laying operations" 😂😂😂

@orest395 11 күн бұрын

This ship reminds me of Eddie hall

@keithwalmsley1830 13 күн бұрын

I'd like to see pirates try and hijack this babe!!! 🤣

@joelfoss7428 13 күн бұрын

Actually, it would not be that hard if they had the right equipment and strategies. Helicopters and such. I hope there are cameras and armed defense and what not. This thing is quite a nice target as it is the only one of its kind. But even if you stole it, it's not like it would be easy to hide the damn thing...

@enisra_bowman 13 күн бұрын

@@joelfoss7428 as if modern piracy does work different than the on classical one in the caribbean sea as in: they aren't psychos, they don't want to get hurt or work, they are lowlife criminals, if they would want to put afford in it they would build a bank. And ye, even IF they would caputure it, they would put a veeery large mark on their heads

@andrewday3206 13 күн бұрын

An aircraft finely tuned to fly on the edge of space and outrun anything that might pursue it… As he shows the U2 that was shot down over the USSR … OOOPS!