Engine room and other working areas on an Ultra-Large Container Ship

Many years ago zi took some youngsters over to a Glasgow enginevbuilding company to see the last ships enginevto be built in Glasgow running on the test bed.
When it was time to start the engine most of the youngsters distanced themselves from it and put their hands over their ears.

I called them back and told them it would not br a problem standing too close.. They were all amazed how quiet it was. The engine was on about half load however no problem talking to each other while standing next to it.

The engine was dismantled and shipped to a yard on the continent fir installation in a ship.

These monster engines are surprisingly quiet with most of the noise coming from the turbos. I suspect that engine is running at economical speed and that the turbos would be a lot louder at full power.
 
As I was a UK Merchant Navy marine engineer officer for 19 years, starting as Cadet Engineer and rising to Chief Engineer Officer, I can fully relate to this video.

I also spent 7 years as an Engineer Superintendent for an American cruise company, and the machinery spaces on cruise ships are far more complex than those of cargo vessels.

All in all, I had a fantastic 42 year career in the marine engineering industry, and would highly recommend it to any young aspiring engineer! 👍
 
Bilgediver said:
. . . These monster engines are surprisingly quiet with most of the noise coming from the turbos. I suspect that engine is running at economical speed and that the turbos would be a lot louder at full power.
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I seem to recall at one point in the vid you see an instrument apparently indicating the engine was at that moment putting out a mere 43,000 kW 😁 , about 2/3 max power (?), presumably fairly typical cruising output. It takes a lot of grunt to shove 23,000 (?) containers through the sea at about 19(?) knots.

AllanG said:
As I was a UK Merchant Navy marine engineer officer for 19 years, starting as Cadet Engineer and rising to Chief Engineer Officer, I can fully relate to this video. . .
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Can you tell me what 'Long Jets' are? There seemed to be a lot of machinery and controls so labelled at one point in the vid, but it's not a term I'm familiar with.
 
A number of years ago my wife and I were invited to go and visit the master of a very large containership in Zeebrugge, he is a good friend of mine and now retired. He gave us a personal tour of his ship and like you say it is mindboggling. We got to stay overnight in the owners suite, woken at dawn by the cranes shifting the containers back and forth.
 
LittleSister said:
Can you tell me what 'Long Jets' are? There seemed to be a lot of machinery and controls so labelled at one point in the vid, but it's not a term I'm familiar with.
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I’m afraid I’ve never come across the term ‘Long Jets’, so I’m as much in the dark as to what they refer to as you are….sorry!
 
Bouba said:
Engines so big that apprentices go inside them with cleaning rags
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That’s exactly what to had to do when I was a cadet engineer, and subsequently more junior engineer officer ranks, especially as I’m quite small (1.65m), and slim build, so the perfect size to fit inside the cylinder bores!!
 
Alicatt said:
A number of years ago my wife and I were invited to go and visit the master of a very large containership in Zeebrugge, he is a good friend of mine and now retired. He gave us a personal tour of his ship and like you say it is mindboggling. We got to stay overnight in the owners suite, woken at dawn by the cranes shifting the containers back and forth.
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I went round the world on this ship. Loud best describes the engine room!
 
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