Ocean Terminals Log Export Facility loading the Jamaica Bay
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- čas přidán 11. 01. 2014
- This video has two sections 1) showing the cargo ship Jamaica Bay, 2) shows various views of the log yard and equipment in operation.
Ocean Terminals Co. is located in North Bend, Oregon USA. They are primarily involved in staging logs and then loading them onto bulk cargo ships for export to China. The economics of log export change quickly but for now have been strong enough to bring a steady supply of ships to the Port of Coos Bay. Ocean Terminals is locally owned and provides a solid boost to the local economy.
Douglas Fir logs are plentiful in this area, which is one of the better locations on this earth for their growth. We have massive amounts of commercial and private timberland, along with state and local woodlands. The public properties tend to be underutilized thanks to being held up with lawsuits over environmental issues, so most harvesting comes from the commercial and private landowner stands. The smaller to mid size logs are typically used as they are the most available. Economics and regulations drive those decisions, essentially eliminating larger logs from being harvested. The loggers, the equipment, and the mills are mostly equipped for the smaller logs to the point that few of them are prepared for larger logs even if they were available.
This video shows log stackers, bucket loaders, log loaders, cranes and other equipment as they prepare the logs for shipping. The essential process is that log trucks deliver logs to the facility where they are stacked. The logs then move to a conveyor system where the bark is removed. And then the clean logs are stacked in a staging area near the dock. Equipment then loads the logs onto semi trucks that haul the logs to the dock where the ship's cranes will hoist up a truck load of logs at a time. There is no trimming of the logs, as they arrive already cut to the proper length. There is very little processing once they arrive at the log yard.
Unfortunately, the ship was not being loaded and so I did not get any shots of the logs actually being moved onto the ship. I'll have to get that another day. It looked like they had depleted all the prepped logs and were waiting for the supply to build back up again to finish loading. Or the ship was full and they were waiting to be buttoned up and head out. Either way, I'll make another video showing that as it should be very interesting.
Video was taken with a Panasonic HC-V700M and was done in November 2013. Thanks for watching, I hope you enjoy the film.
That's one of the most professional CZcams films i have ever seen.
As a young carpenter, I was always being ripped that I should drive out to Oregon and get some Douglas Fir lumber only because I enjoyed the prefabrication and installation of Douglas Fir frames and doors.
I work as a checker in a corn bran and soybean cargo operation on this ship in the port of Imbituba - Brazil
I hope all safety rules are followed.
A fire getting started in that place would be hell on earth
Yep. Those pile of woodchips. The inside has very high heat. You can burn alive inside
I am going to join this ship most probably. It's now with Thome Ship Management
i was been there b4
How often does the bark get shipped-out?
So lets see, we get to cut our trees, debark them, load on a ship to China. But, we get high lumber costs, oh ya, don't forget the bark. Now, that makes me feel better.
I enjoyed this tremendously. Very informative. I ended up here because I like ships and learned a great deal about the logging industry. Can I just ask one question--why are the bark piles smoldering in a couple small spots? Thanks so much for the excellent video!
You know the soil you plant flowers in, if you leave bark long enough and let the natural process to it`s thing, it will end up as that. And that process produces heat, sometimes so much that it makes a fire if the bark is to dry in some spots.
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Same thing happens if you leave grass clippings in your lawn mower catcher
Pierres thank you! Sorry for the delayed response.
Mike B thanks for the information
Would hate to work on such a ship considering my experience on land at an Alberta logging mill. Log piles shift unpredictably when you least expect it from changes in humidity and you can be crushed tons of avalanching logs. Anyone who works in the holds of these ships as log riggers is crazy or does not know how deadly their job really is.
These logs were still very fresh. Were all these logs used to make wood chip? The bark can be decomposed to make organic fertilizer suitable for planting fruits
Those log stackers look older than Christ himself.
What? Like 34?.
I am a ship crane Operator,do need me?
Sagita Kristyawan No stay in ur own stinking rathole country
@@tonymurray814 Somebody is salty bc biden won
@@ignacioaguirrenoguez6218 I hate trump. I’m delighted Biden won!!
A whole forest going to China to make toilet paper ?
@@mikeb1039 because of their noncompliance to environmental and labor laws. No way can the strong American labor force match their poorly trained and dangerous labor practices. Yet we keep shipping our work overseas.
Where’s the action?? Total bullshit!!!!!
Title says loading the ship, but only debarking and stacking is shown. Thumbs down and reported.