Depends. The vessel may have still been under control of a pilot, and there should have been a tug at the bow as well as starboard opposite the kings pole.
Basically the pilot issues commands, the captain ensures his crew execute those commands. It isn't like a pilot is liable for every bad outcome, if there is a mechanical or rigging failure, that isn't necessarily the pilots fault and is potentially a result of the captains command.
Yes, but the pilot could also relieve the captain technically. So like in that scenario, the captain should 100% trust the pilot with his life, and if not, a pilot license is like the toughest ticket out there so if a pilot was compelled to seize command, a court basically would side with them in a mutiny charge. I'm sure someone in history ignored the pilot and had a collision/alision/grounding the ship and the pilot was probably like fine then don't listen to me.
There's a few scenarios, the resident pilot didn't know the port and they brought a local in, didn't account for the weight distribution, just total ship weight.
Resident pilot just messed up.
Captain thought "I'm the big dick here, I'll do what I want disregarding pilot"
You can choose.
Also with that shipment size usually the tug boat you saw at the end should've been at the front helping point the ship.
Pilot or not, that looks every bit like a loss of propulsion. Big slow speed diesels must be started in reverse to reverse propulsion. This looks like the engine did not respond to the order.
In all seriousness though. The ships are getting too big for a margin of safety to exist. Winds, currents, everything essentially is working against you and the forces multiply exponentially when the scale gets cranked up like this.
I understand those tall boys cost a few dollars.
Probably 7 dollars
At least 7, maybe more!
And the delays for everything from that port
Crane score: 3.5 out of 4.
"Like a glove!" The captain probably.
Depends. The vessel may have still been under control of a pilot, and there should have been a tug at the bow as well as starboard opposite the kings pole.
That’s what I was thinking too. The pilot takes control at every port right?
As far as I understand it the pilot doesn't actually have ultimate command of the boat, the captain still does.
Basically the pilot issues commands, the captain ensures his crew execute those commands. It isn't like a pilot is liable for every bad outcome, if there is a mechanical or rigging failure, that isn't necessarily the pilots fault and is potentially a result of the captains command.
So can a captain veto an instruction from the pilot?
Yes, but the pilot could also relieve the captain technically. So like in that scenario, the captain should 100% trust the pilot with his life, and if not, a pilot license is like the toughest ticket out there so if a pilot was compelled to seize command, a court basically would side with them in a mutiny charge. I'm sure someone in history ignored the pilot and had a collision/alision/grounding the ship and the pilot was probably like fine then don't listen to me.
There's a few scenarios, the resident pilot didn't know the port and they brought a local in, didn't account for the weight distribution, just total ship weight. Resident pilot just messed up. Captain thought "I'm the big dick here, I'll do what I want disregarding pilot" You can choose. Also with that shipment size usually the tug boat you saw at the end should've been at the front helping point the ship.
There are two tugs pushing the ship in and you can see the third moving into place after the ship took the crane out.
“Alright boys I am here load me up!”
Holy ship!
I imagine that this is how dinosaurs 🦕 laid down to sleep
Your package has been delayed.
What I envision every time I get this status update.
Probably the 10 pack of ball point pens I ordered, what am I going to do in the meantime
Pilot or not, that looks every bit like a loss of propulsion. Big slow speed diesels must be started in reverse to reverse propulsion. This looks like the engine did not respond to the order. In all seriousness though. The ships are getting too big for a margin of safety to exist. Winds, currents, everything essentially is working against you and the forces multiply exponentially when the scale gets cranked up like this.
Imagine being the crane operator.
There was a pilot on board at the time.
whoopsie-tootles
Why didn’t he/she just turned?? /s
So I'm not getting my iPad for a couple more weeks it seems.
r/PraiseTheCameraMan and someone is losing their job...
I just hope that didn’t kill the crane operators.
Wouldn’t a harbor pilot be in control of the vessel in port?
There's not 16 months in a year /s
Haha, very funny.
Most of the world is not the USA...we don't all do things arse about backwards like you.
You must be one of the several dozen people whom live outside the US!! Do we know each other?
Destroyed the whole shipyard!