Where Does The Sewage Go On A Ship?

Cruise ships are renowned for their decadent dining and fabulous feasts but what goes in has to come out. Do ships really dump human waste in the middle of the ocean, or is there a more sophisticated way to expel sewage at sea?

If you've ever wondered where this waste goes on a boat once you press flush - and no, it isn't the poop deck - then wonder no more as we dive into the nitty gritty, yet vitally important details of ocean life - waste management!

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[grahamtruckel]

Thanks for getting to the bottom of that particular question, Mike.

[wisteriablossoms]

i like how “your friend mike brady” has kind of become a meme.

but also as much time as I spent watching your channel you to feel like a member of my family, or like a best friend room mate.

[loganf.]

Petition to make Mike commodore of Cunard 🫡

[kylehegemann]

i dont know if you still read your comments, but I think I can say for many of us, wed love a serious and very well in-depth dive into the story of the duel between SMS Cap Trafalgar, and the RMS Carmania, a day in which National pride of ocean liners was taken to the next level, and two ships built for luxury would take their gloves off and spend the day having a legendary fight to the death as battleships

[taraemcintyre]

I was on a 7 day cruise with 5k of my closest friends just last week. Beautiful boat. Italian company. Global fellow passengers. It was a blast (as it were). It was our very first cruise. But I wondered about this very question!

Leave it to our friend, Mike Brady, to explain it, right on time. And I'm so pleased to know that the industry takes it seriously.

Thanks, Mike! 😊

[philmazzie]

Honey come here! New Mike Brady just dropped!

[nanabutner]

Stories like this make me so glad that I get far too sea sick to ever get onto a cruise ship again(one 7 day cruise where I was so sick that most of the time I was bedridden). I do love these stories about ships, though!

[curtisdaniel]

"The Butt of Many Jokes..." Hilarious 😂😂😂😂....keep up the Great Work, Mike and Crew !

[randerson]

Hey Mike, how about a video about how Harland and Wolff are on their last legs with their chairman resigning just yesterday?

[vevfd]

A few years ago I had the pleasure of having a private behind the scenes tour of the Celebrity Silhouette with the ship's chief environmental officer (he actually had green stripped epaulettes with recycling triangles on them).
It was super interesting learning and actually seeing that everything that can be recycled is collected (glass, paper, metal...), washed, crushed and compressed into containers and sold in the ports where it's worth most. The result being that at the end of a week long cruise they usually have around 1 truck load of trash.
Food waste is blendered, boiled to sterilize and released at sea as "fish food" where it's allowed.
As you mention Gray and Black waters go thru sewage treatment plants similar to (or better than) land based ones and are discharged at seas where it's legal to do so.

[Vanha]

After that infamous poop cruise regulations get change that at least one of many sewage treatment plants onboard must be getting power from emergency generators, so at least some toilets are operable if ship experiences blackout.

[nctrne]

It's cool that he filmed this onboard the Queen Mary (the fan and unique wooden wall panel in the background gave it away).

[MrFejjO]

Mike's enunciation in these videos tickles my ears.

[SteelyBud]

I've literally lost sleep wondering about this. Now I know the answer. Thank you, Mike Brady.

[insanejughead]

Man, Mike really dropped a big one on us with this one!

I'm all for it, though.

[RobertLydonReviews]

Regulations such as these is honestly why I find Maritime law fascinating. At my law school it was only briefly touched on in different classes but independent research for graduation was based on it. Keep up the good work Mike and I hope you had a fun time in the US.

[Art-isdg]

When I was on one drilling rig in the North Sea, its sewage cooker was located really close to where my unit was on the lower deck.

When you walked down the stairs, and walked past the cooker, it smelled just like a Kentucky Fried Chicken store.

[MrSkydiverDan]

Excellent video!! I'm also going to Belfast tomorrow (visiting from America) and of course will be heading straight for the Titanic museum! Thanks to you, just simply because of your passion for Her and bringing so many amazing details to my attention. I can not wait, cheers!

[jhmcd]

I did some research into this, cruise ships are far more likely to be hit with these fines but cargo ships are far more likely to dump waste over board without serviving it by a huge percentage.

[stevenkarnisky]

Our last cruise featured a video about how the ship disposes of waste. Crew members stated that the water that came from the last treatment tank was absolutely safe to drink! Still, none of them were willing to drink a glass.

Thanks for getting down and dirty, friend Mike.