Why Ships Burn Fossil Fuel When Idling? #shorts

Why Ships Burn Fossil Fuel When Idling at ports, is #NotWhatYouThink #NWYT #shorts

Music:
Prescient - Howard Harper-Barnes

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[hoang-himself]

The only thing better than perfection is standardized

[RhiannonTyler]

Got to love that box of old miscellaneous cables, adapters, chargers we have 😂

[simondaw]

As a marine engineer, I can confirm we are heavily regulated on emissions, there’s a whole annex of MARPOL dedicated to it. In fact the upper limit of sulphur content on heavy fuel was reduced to 0.5% in 2020

[kudicid]

i love how pollution regulation is mainly enforced on everyday people rather than the companies who really cause the issues

[richardmillhousenixon]

It's important to note that even with their increased pollution, shipping is still the most efficient form of intercontinental transportation that we have. We're talking efficiencies in the range of 200 miles per gallon for each ton of cargo.

[StevieD]

Another thing to consider is bunker oil is practically a solid at room temp. Engines keep running in order to keep oil hot and circulating.

[infernaldaedra]

Ships literally change the fuel they use depending on the regulations of the waters they are in.

[DOI_ARTS]

Earth Day: Let's turn off our bulbs for 3 hours...

Also:

[PrivateEyeYiYi]

Bunker fuel is used on the open sea. As a ship approaches a port it switches to a clean mixture.

[valut]

My brother allways talks about this when we go from Germany to sweden/Norway, cause most ships that dock in the ports where we go, there is a whole lot of chargers so ships can do this, and the plugs range from just a simple connection to a whole part of the hull sticking out, for example, the stena Scandinavica (featured in this video) has a small charger, meanwhile the ship across the river, the color magic, has a whole section of the hull that slides out to plug the ship in, so it really is interesting how it works

[curtischilders]

Most countries require vessels to change to light fuel oil when approaching and departing port.
Bunker is used while underway well away from land.

[Yoko_Grim]

“Not what you think”

Again, it’s legit exactly what I thought...

[willgreen]

Gotta make sure I use my energy saving lightbulbs tho

[HEGGGGENPENNER]

In Kiel (northern Germany) the ships that dock can also produce electricity cheaper than power from shore, since it´s pretty expensive in Germany.

[darkchilla]

HFO is not allowed in a lot of main Ports anymore, MGO will be used for that in a lot of cases

[robryan]

One ship= 50 million cars

And yet they’re trying to force us all to get EVs

[HarshVengurlekar]

And I'm supposed to scrap my 15yr old car in India because it pollutes more 🤦🏻‍♂️

[AustiuNoMatterWho]

Cool standardization of the ship plug will be my legacy. Thanks

[shanethrelfall]

Yet if I turn my TV off standby mode, I’m supposedly saving the planet

[stephencarey]

Very nice vid of a steam reciprocating engine - but nothing to do with the ship's generators.
And 'cold iron' is a US naval term for when the ship's main engines are shut down for extended periods. That's not the case with merchant ships that are ready to go within a short time.
As for shore power, most merchant ships - nearly exclusively - run on 440Vac, 60Hz, so not difficult to standardise, like they do with fire, sewage and waste oil discharges.
For an excellent method of shore power - available within 6 months of order - check out Karadeniz Powerships.