Changing The Ship's Fuel : From Heavy Fuel Oil to Gas Oil Changeover Procedure | Chief MAKOi

Before our ship enters the North Sea SECA, we had to change our fuel from VLSFO (Very Low Sulfur Fuel Oil) to LSMGO (Low Sulfur Marine Gas Oil) in order to comply with emission limits required by MARPOL.

[timetoreason]

I am not a seafarer, sailor or marine related person. But I always loved watching your videos as they are HIGHLY educational and relevant to our lives, how goods are transported as they all depend on marine shipping. With your vast knowledge and on board life experience you should be teaching in a naval/marine academy! If I ever to have one I would employ you with top pay, for your highly technical knowledge, laws of the seas, and very clear explanations where even a kid could understand. Best wishes for your life ahead!

[strongmermaid]

Anyone else notice how Chief doesn't talk down to us when explaining how things work. Thank you Chief

[KonstantinosGamer]

Hello Chief, I'm an engine cadet from Greece, I just disembarked from my first ship. I worked with a greek officers crew that didn't want to spend some time teaching me some important things as this, they only had me mopping and cleaning. Everything I know is from my Phillipino 3rd engineer, a very kind and helpful old man. I would be very lucky if i had you as my chief engineer! I really learned more things by watching your videos than my 4 month ejucational trip taught me.

[michaelscott]

The complexity of a ship's engine is truly mind boggling. Amazingly complex but remarkable reliable, reliable with a good engineer and team of course. Fascinating stuff as always👍 You sailed pretty close to my home port of Delfzijl on this trip 👋

[davetaylor]

Fascinating. Back in the late 70's I got to spend a few hours in the engine room of a cruise liner. The fuel they were burning looked like crude oil. You could watch through glass panels this mix being sprayed and burnt like a giant incinerator. Noisy hot uncomfortable place. Then you had to think back to the coal powered and the conditions the stokers worked in. Things have definitely moved on.

[timetoreason]

I never knew in my wildest dreams that such huge and powerful engine can run on two very different fuel types, with extreme viscosity differences. Now you are talking about engineering marvels. I also did not know some nations had their own pollution control regulations with regards to marine vessels. Cheers mate for your excellent work.

[ZGryphon]

Wow, this brings back a memory I haven't thought of in years. The boilers at the paper mill where my father worked when I was a kid burned Bunker C, which was delivered in railroad tank cars. In the winter, you could tell the days when they were getting an oil delivery from anywhere in town by the huge clouds of steam rising from the mill's rail yard. They had steam vents underneath the tracks in the unloading area to heat the tank cars from below, so that the oil would be hot enough to pump out of them even in below-freezing weather.

[kathym]

We should all know as much about the world we live in as you know about your ship. Thanks for your professionalism and expertise.

[IanDarley]

Love this channel, I just wish my late brother was still around to see this, he was a merchant seafarer and would have loved this content. He had some amazing (and also funny) tales to tell about his experiences.

[TwstedBrther]

I recently beat Covid. During that battle, I watched your videos and got to see this side of things. Thank you! I hope that you are well wherever you are!

[Divedown_]

3:14 the machine room designer just gave zero thoughts about the operation and maintenance of the vessel 💥🤠. Great video as always

[robdawg]

I have no idea why I’m watching this but holy shit that was fascinating!!

[BrassLock]

_"As it turned out, I was right"._
The sound of a confident Chief Engineer, and a satisfied Captain. Both had extra helpings of Lobster for dinner that night.

Well deserved reward for keeping the air clean during this important period of cold smokey winters, where too much coal is still being burned by some naughty people.

[byronking]

In the last 10 seconds... "As it turned out, I was right." Yes! This channel is immensely informative, educational and very professional. An intelligent guy who explains important things that really do make the world work. Thank you.

[kerravon]

Great video, I love these episodes detailing how engineering tasks are handled aboard a ship. Very well explained.

[MrFoxxRaven]

I've supplied equipment to the maritime industry on a few occasions. Your channel gives me massive insight into how the equipment is used. Let's me do my job better so thank you.

[stephencarey]

Hi Chief. In my day when I first went to sea, we changed over to diesel to stop heavy from coagulating in the lines. In later years - late 70s, we didn't change over at all, just stayed on heavy with the usual precautions in port and a bleed through on standby.
When we did changeover (say for drydock) we just operated the changeover switch and let the viscotherm do the job - closing in the steam valve by itself as the viscosity dropped. The PRV on the engine rail returned the fuel/fuel mix to the buffer tank and back to the rail.
I understand the reasons for Annexe VI - it shows that the marine industry is doing its job to help the environment, as 90% of ocean pollution is from land and not from ships.
Nice to know you guys are working to the same integrity as we did in my day, now 36 years ago!

[busydadscooking]

Big ships are massive polluters, but it's out of sight out of mind. The fact that ships carry extra "special" fuel for certain regions tells you something. ... it's a shame but that's the way it is. It's also hard to imagine what the higher sulphur fuel could even be used for if not in a high volume engine.

Thanks chief for the neat explanation about the operational side of it!!

[kenh]

My father always told me to learn something new everyday. Excellent job of explaining to a layman. Thank you for the video.

[andyhill]

I am not a marine engineer or in any way marine-related but I have always had a fascination with other forms of engineering especially the big ships. From the little knowledge I had obtained so far, I already knew about the 2 different types of fuel but I never knew how the change over was done. Thanks to another great video from your channel I now do. Thank you chief for continuing to expand my knowledge. By the way, I am a very much land-based, Computer Systems Engineer / Scientist.