Careers on the Water - Aboard the Algoma Equinox
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- čas přidán 29. 07. 2014
- Come aboard the Algoma Equinox, one of the newest Great Lakes freighters, as we tour the ship and chat with the captain & crew about what it's like to work and live on the water.
I miss the water so much! I had a long career in the industry from inland tugs to harbor tugs, from utility boats to anchor handling boats doing oilfield work in The Gulf of Mexico, working for the US Navy on a research vessel overseas in the Mediterranean to construct work on a lift boat in the Gulf of Mexico. I wouldn’t change my work life for any other career. Thank you God for letting me do this type of work for 20 plus years what a blessing it has been. The sea will always be in my blood. Be safe to my brothers and sisters on the water working hard to provide a living for themselves and their families. God Bless You All!
Thank you.. you can watch live feeds all day and night. This was a great insight of the crew and their duties
I sailed on the great lakes in the seventies and early eighties. it was a very good experience. I work my way up to a wheelsman. is really neat how such a big ship handles so nice
Do you know any Gerasimos’?
I have watched and filmed the Algoma Intrepid and Algoma Niagara unload at the Calumet River Bridge at the Chicago/Indiana border. Both boast the name "Equinox". I love watching them. More surprising are the tugs that push and pull these monsters effectively and smoothly. Good presentation.
that was a really neat video-----if I was not retired, I would do this---sounds like a fun time!!!
Well worth watching. Would love to see an updated video, changes in the last 7 years; requirements, rules, jobs, living and pay updates. Even better would be an update on these crew members. Nice job!
Sailed in the 70's and 80's Algoma was good to work for worked on the E B Barber good old self unloader. Tons of overtime.
That was very interesting. Those men seemed to really enjoy their work.
This was the first laker I ever saw in the 'flesh', so it's a particularly endearing subject.
Spent a couple of months on the Canadian Olympic now called Algoma Olympic as a relief oilier. Great job & wish I could have made a career working on ships
6:00 that's Hamilton city! My home😉
new friend here sending full support
Did he say 6 months off per year?
Coming from Alberta, I would love to sail on a freighter if I was single. Being a heavy equipment mechanic, marine engineering has always fascinated me.
But my wife would kill me if I took a job that would keep me away that long :p
Same and I'm a Trucker 🤣🤣
Noticed that you had sent your query a few years back; you having training and experience as a heavy mechanic would be 'credited' as sea time toward a marine engineers certificate. You would probably be able to 'fast track' in some marine engineering cadet programs in Canada. The shortest one is at the NSCC (Nova Scotia Community College), where you can complete, probably in your case with prior learning & experience, in about two years. Or you can do the other route and sail as an MA (mechanical assistant), again you'd receive credit for your past training & experience towards an initial 'ticket - the 4th Engineer's Certificate.
Another option is to obtain a 'restricted engineer certificate', which would enable you to work as a chief engineer or 2nd Engineer on smaller vessels, as: tugs, small tour vessels, ferries, research,, fishing, etc.
In closing, it depends on your age (not a really big factor) and family situation...
Good luck in any & all your endeavours!
I'm sure it can be stressful and has its BS like any job, but it sure looks like a career that could get in your blood. Work hard, enjoy the scenery a little, handle expensive, sophisticated equipment--- sign me up!
..right Peter? Wonder what the b.s. is...you know it's there..prolly the Captain thinks his s@#$ doesn't stink or whatever..the pay discrepancy between the deck hands and the pilothouse is pretty wide...
Looking good Sean and it is well equiped.
Bet that locking is a slow process and I don't think that I would like to do it again.
great video thanks.
Great informative Video. Would like to sign up! Thank you!
great lakes shipping careers are all well and good UNTIL NOVEMBER
Yes - as the 'famous' (RIP) Capt. John Manner would say: "anyone can sail in the summer!"
Well presented but no storms or ice ? :-)
If I was younger, I would totally work on a laker.
age is just a #
What an opportunity for young people.
Why would they build a new ship and not make it a self unloader
That’s funny I looked her up in school today
I sailed with Algoma from 64 to 75 beginning on ss Algocen, EB Barber, Roy A Jodrey, Brought the Mv Algorail out of Collingwood 1968 as second mate. career ended due to Health as first Mate. as I watch this I see how technowlege has changed.
Weston Leeson
Were you on the Jodrey when she sank?
No! I was 1st mate on the Rail. we were in Hamilton I was 2nd Mate on the Jodrey when she came out
Weston Leeson
All I asked was a simple question, no need to be negative
sorry , I was just saying that is where I was when the Jodrey went down in the American Narrows.
Weston Leeson
Oh it’s ok, very interesting story,
Sad to see the Algoway and Algorail getting scrapped
What I can do to work on this shipping line ?, I am Engineer Officer, dream and always see your videos.
..sheesh..even the Lee A. Tregurtha, old school ship has self unload..must be a reason?
So these ships are built in China?
Not USA or Canada or Europe? Is it that much more cheaper to import a ship from another country and pay tariffs on it and still be cheaper than building it here in North America?
Pathetic huh. That's why the U.S.A. has "The Jones Act".
So where do I go to apply?
Unmanned machinery space also
Im at Job Corps in Astoria getting my AB/QMED, any lakers that hire new people fresh off the press?
HOW MUCH DID THE BUILD COST?????
I contacted the Great Lakes Maeitime Academy a few years back. I was told I am too old
It's hard PHYSICAL work to work on these ships. It's not just age, it's about what shape you are in. It's also a long arduous process to start this career. It's like me going to medical school at age 70. Pointless.
Is the aftcastle so tall so that they can see over stacked cargo from the bridge?
Jacob Hoss no
Jacob Hoss she's a bulekr it's to see over the bow
Jacob Hoss. No, great Lakes freighters aren't container ships. They transport raw materials in holds (giant spaces within the hull).
just wish i would have been born on the otherside of the Atlantic i would love to sail on a ship like this. But alas i am in boring old england.
The British have traditionally been great mariners and seafarers. Check out your prospects from good old England.
..will trade you majorly boring Arizona for England lol..
That's just stupid, the North Sea is full with UK seafarers!
Can l sign up for a Job(Career)? I am 69yrs. of age and would like to be on Board any of the Great Lakes Ships. I like Adventure and Uncertainty Ahead. Please do Respond. JohnBurns.
Crazy to think how long greatlakers last. Ships are old
Brand new ship with no self-unloader boom. Whats with that.
Cheap Chinese made
All Chinese built ships are built with manual labor in mind just like the 3,850 MP engine MP= man power lol
Algoma hauls a lot of grain products which are well suited to non self-unloaders (i.e bulk carriers). Grain isn't particularly dense so maximizing hold volume is key to hauling the largest grain cargo possible at the allowable draft. Self-unloaders have sloped holds and conveyor belt systems that take up space that could otherwise be used for cargo. Most the grain handled by Algoma is transported to ports along the St. Lawrence river. These ports have systems to unload grain without the need for self unloading equipment. After unloading grain, Algoma bulk carriers travel further down the St. Lawrence to load iron ore pellets which they back haul to the Dofasco steel mill in Hamilton, Ontario. Dofasco has two high capacity ore bridge cranes that can unload a bulk carrier in as little as 16 hours, again precluding the necessity of a self-unloader. Algoma handles nearly all of Dofasco's ore requirements so their new fleet of 4 bulk carriers will have stable cargo demand for years to come by following this grain/ore pattern.
Wow. I had no idea. I saw this video and immediately was confused about the lack of unloading gear. But this is great news. I always thought unloading equipment looks ugly on these beautiful boats! Thanks for this explanation. :)
Keeps the crane operators working
Hello too all you people. If somebody know please to tell my if algoma do recruiment of seamens from Europe? Thanks,best regards...
yes if you can emigrate get citizenship and pass the tests
Still hiring for deck hand to join your company
Do y'all get eggs cooked to order
Yeah y'all sure do need to now what your doing at all the time
I shipped in the 70's and 80's, the economy devastated the steel industry, NAFTA sealed it's demise!
Trump 2020
Somebody should help me i want to work on algoma ships it’s my dream company 😭😭
Not a lot of minorities in this field?
I would never be on a freighter, after the Edmund Fitzgerald
Love the video music not so much
I’m not gonna get the job I just threw the ukulele player off the ship. SNS.
Many lakers have been scraped because it is too expensive to install self unloader. This ship makes no sense in that respect. It sure must limit where it can be unloaded at, and one would think, not for long.
Glad you upload vid though, quite interesting.
I doubt that Algoma would purposely build a ship w/o self unloader, w/o looking at the logistics first. I too struggle to see a reason, but there must be one.
Made in China..... Why?
cheap Chinese ship
Stop putting stupid music in the background
This would be so much better with the gay ukulele music
Chinese made ship. Tariff the living hell out of Chinese made products or the USA and Canada will go down. It may be too late already...
Not even a self-unoader! What a cop-out to feminism!