The Genius Technologies Behind Panama Canal Locks Moving World Largest Ships

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  • čas přidán 1. 04. 2023
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Komentáře • 161

  • @JF-cf8ih
    @JF-cf8ih Před rokem +19

    I'm fascinated by the Panama Canal. My grandfather was in the Marines and was there as it was being built. My mom was born there. I just wish I could remember all the stories he used to tell about it being all jungle that had to be cleared for the canal to be built. Many Chinese were brought in to do that work.

  • @keepitsimpleengineer
    @keepitsimpleengineer Před rokem +11

    Many important omissions and inaccuracies, including a 'intro' with lock gates shown backwards,

  • @HoustonMilitary
    @HoustonMilitary Před rokem +3

    Perfect presentation

  • @bsbsbsbjsbsbeb555
    @bsbsbsbjsbsbeb555 Před rokem +2

    سفن المحمود. للنقل . جوده عاليه. امان في التوصيل. 🌹🗺

  • @kongtruong
    @kongtruong Před rokem +1

    Very good

  • @Pemburu_Hantu
    @Pemburu_Hantu Před rokem +1

    Halo juga,Vidio yang menarik.

  • @shri_kaka24
    @shri_kaka24 Před rokem +2

    Good knowledge

  • @rael5469
    @rael5469 Před rokem +15

    It's funny, the cover picture shows the lock doors operating the opposite of how they actually operate.

  • @susiepittman601
    @susiepittman601 Před rokem +16

    This is amazing. Thank you for sharing it. I remember reading that many people died while building the canal.

  • @terrymoore1830
    @terrymoore1830 Před rokem +16

    As mentioned below the lock gates are shown facing the wrong way on your "cover picture". They should be "pointing" towards the higher level of water to prevent the water pressure from forcing them open.

    • @GH-oi2jf
      @GH-oi2jf Před 10 měsíci +3

      Right. A bonehead mistake.

    • @michaelgarrison688
      @michaelgarrison688 Před 10 měsíci +4

      Yep. I did not even watch the vid. Why photoshop?

    • @twiki1963
      @twiki1963 Před 10 měsíci +2

      I’m in here only because I noticed the same thing.

    • @olli1068
      @olli1068 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Same here. I only watched the video to see if there is a scene in it showing such a lock.
      But at least I got to see a lot of the Amsterdam harbor, which I didn't expect. Or was that Rotterdam? 🤔

  • @babajee6521
    @babajee6521 Před rokem +3

    Very informative video thanks.

  • @inayathkhan100
    @inayathkhan100 Před rokem +6

    Very informative video on Panama Canal and Port of Amsterdam

  • @maklorm5381
    @maklorm5381 Před rokem +2

    Great 👍

  • @A6Legit
    @A6Legit Před rokem +3

    Heard all about it, never actually saw it. Thx for the vid

  • @peterorina3516
    @peterorina3516 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Evergreen and maersak sealand transports such an overload

  • @mojoden
    @mojoden Před rokem +3

    Mind those 'kway' walls!

  • @Spiegelradtransformation

    Tug Boats are used for hundrets of years ? Since 1850. I dont like this overload.

  • @LeeB48
    @LeeB48 Před rokem +42

    Just a clarification, mules (the draft animal) were never used on the Panama Canal. The towing locomotives at the Panama Canal have always been electrically operated. The first set of mules were built by General Electric and were used up until 1964 when they were replaced by "mules" built by Mitsubishi of Japan. The term "mules" was borrowed from the mules that were used most famously on the Erie Canal.

    • @anakperantau9516
      @anakperantau9516 Před rokem +2

      What mean clarification?

    • @ForceKingg
      @ForceKingg Před rokem +1

      @@anakperantau9516 That means wrong information.

    • @anakperantau9516
      @anakperantau9516 Před rokem

      @@ForceKingg Thanks

    • @ThierryC2373
      @ThierryC2373 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Mules (the animals) and even horses where used traditionally since the dawn of canals throughout all Europe to tow boats until the advent of motorization.

  • @rosechannel9321
    @rosechannel9321 Před rokem +1

    Very nice information about Panama Canal. Thanks. KHB Lahore

  • @panamakira
    @panamakira Před 11 měsíci +3

    Omg no 8:54 the “mules” were always electric lol no real donkeys were used to pull a ship. This made me laugh 😂

  • @malikaamir4341
    @malikaamir4341 Před rokem +7

    Human brain one of the greatest wonder of creator.

  • @GH-oi2jf
    @GH-oi2jf Před 10 měsíci +11

    The photo doesn’t make sense because the lock gates are backward.

    • @GeannXD
      @GeannXD Před 7 měsíci +2

      Exactly, it would be extremely difficult to close and hold the gates like that.

    • @abdulazizhassan2148
      @abdulazizhassan2148 Před 4 měsíci

      I was supposed to act like a valve

    • @Seaquest112
      @Seaquest112 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Good observation! I believe what's occurring here is the original film was copied on the reverse side so everything is a mirror image. Picture a boat drawn on a piece of clear plastic. Now flip that drawing over and look at the back side, get it?🙂

    • @Seaquest112
      @Seaquest112 Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@abdulazizhassan2148hmm, cool!

    • @2adamast
      @2adamast Před 3 měsíci

      @@Seaquest112 You don't get that the boat would be flipped too.

  • @MinhQuang-1967
    @MinhQuang-1967 Před 2 měsíci

    Thiên tài❤❤❤

  • @blacklabel810
    @blacklabel810 Před 7 měsíci

    A country full of sophistication and extraordinary security, thank you friends for sharing such extraordinary information!!

  • @analytics8055
    @analytics8055 Před rokem +4

    OK one thing the giant moving gates in Rotterdam are to stop storm tides, not waves up to ten feet high. Good show mostly.

  • @carolyng651
    @carolyng651 Před 5 měsíci

    Amazing...Thanks so much for posting

  • @Seaquest112
    @Seaquest112 Před 3 měsíci

    Fantastic!Thanks for the video it was great to learn everything🤠

  • @lancerudy9934
    @lancerudy9934 Před 10 měsíci

    Great video thanks 😊

  • @Shipspotting_Vietnam
    @Shipspotting_Vietnam Před 10 měsíci

    Wonderful video!!

  • @MarCT
    @MarCT Před rokem +1

    Huge container ship

  • @michiellombaers3198
    @michiellombaers3198 Před rokem +9

    Some wildly inaccurate statements e.g. the statment that '... the port of Amsterdam moves 80% of total cargo in Europe ..."
    Considering that Amsterdam is the *second* port of the Netherlands after Rotterdam (which moves over 4.5 times as much cargo as A'dam) it would be more closely to 18%.

    • @2adamast
      @2adamast Před 3 měsíci

      Supposing that all the european ports are in the netherlands.

  • @odariopeart9840
    @odariopeart9840 Před 8 měsíci

    It’s was very nice to see this piece of engineering in person 🥺

  • @muhammadhammadkhan9388
    @muhammadhammadkhan9388 Před 5 měsíci

    They have this since 1900 wow

  • @jackb8097
    @jackb8097 Před rokem +8

    The dimensions refer to the original canal locks, for which the Panamax ships were designed. The updated locks are wider, longer & use water more efficiently and use tugs to guide ships through, rather than the mules the old locks use.

  • @luisbendanajr8577
    @luisbendanajr8577 Před rokem +2

    Bonus: The Mules & the Water Storage Pools looks OK for now... L.B.
    In the Future, They may need a Upgrade to do the Job more Efficient... L.B.
    Security is Priority in the Canal 24/7 for All Workers To Avoid Delays, Strikes &
    Peace of Mind... L.B.
    Salutes from Texas... L.B.

  • @supahfly_uk
    @supahfly_uk Před rokem +2

    Amazing and it only cost 25,000 lives to build it bargain.

  • @tsarodavid9730
    @tsarodavid9730 Před 10 měsíci

    Nice

  • @confklein3865
    @confklein3865 Před 10 měsíci

    i am so excited to see this happen in fact it is so interesting i wish this technology will comeby

  • @levigames372
    @levigames372 Před rokem +2

    Ayyy

  • @anaa2054
    @anaa2054 Před 10 měsíci

    14:54 0:37
    Amazing. what a huge ship!

  • @skepticon9390
    @skepticon9390 Před 3 měsíci

    Ouch! You broke the Canal - The locks are

  • @GRosa250
    @GRosa250 Před rokem +7

    It would be nice if Nicaragua could get it together and build their own canal. It would be great competition to the Panama Canal and excellent income for Nicaragua

    • @oRealAlieNo
      @oRealAlieNo Před rokem +6

      Nothing getting done without america!!!!

    • @lawrencebaird699
      @lawrencebaird699 Před rokem

      G Rosa I believe that Panama is to add a couple of canals sometime in the future.

    • @sunkings5972
      @sunkings5972 Před rokem

      With only 5% of shipping and the Atlantic corridor about to open with global warming, I can't see it being economically viable.

    • @2adamast
      @2adamast Před 3 měsíci

      It would be excellent income to the builders. Don't forget Scotland lost it's independence investing in some amerierican venture

  • @raysolorzano2938
    @raysolorzano2938 Před rokem +4

    The technology is amazing enough. But I am also amazed that even back then they knew that a safer, faster, efficient, and economic passage was gonna have to be built.

    • @Kangenpower7
      @Kangenpower7 Před 8 měsíci

      At one time, they actually where able to unload at one port, transport the people or cargo to the other port, and load into another ship. This avoided the long trip around South America. However being a jungle, and lots of flies and disease, that made travel very unsafe.
      What is even more amazing is that the Suez canal was built in the same location as a earlier canal.

  • @ninkagoncalves8279
    @ninkagoncalves8279 Před rokem +1

    Muito top

  • @SuperLostLegend
    @SuperLostLegend Před 10 měsíci +1

    Suez canal❤🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬

  • @AbadWong-ou8vv
    @AbadWong-ou8vv Před 10 měsíci

    Lovely Panama canal

    • @AbadWong-ou8vv
      @AbadWong-ou8vv Před 9 měsíci

      Nadaan na Kau sa equator gitna ng daigdig nagsasalubong alon OMG gitna ng daigdig equator Pag nadaan Kau Dun may certificate mga crew and staff

    • @AbadWong-ou8vv
      @AbadWong-ou8vv Před 9 měsíci

      Ccguro 3x nadaan kami talagang patibayan sa alon ung wala na mailuwa Verde na lumalabas sa bibig

  • @thirdopinion8708
    @thirdopinion8708 Před rokem +2

    One third of the video is dedicated to Port of Amsterdam… why was no time spent elaborating on „other boat traffic“ e.g. sail boats and privat yachts in the Panama Canal?

  • @JamesJacobson-ov4ps
    @JamesJacobson-ov4ps Před 10 měsíci +1

    They built a river through the mountains, but a road connecting north and South America is too much to ask. It’s too hard🤣

  • @bobbarbarin4201
    @bobbarbarin4201 Před 10 měsíci +3

    I was told that the canals water inflow to the locks are done without the use of pumps. An engineering feat in itself.

    • @stever197037
      @stever197037 Před 9 měsíci

      They built man made lakes to feed it.
      Which can be a problem in a drought year.

    • @Matthew-ut6ed
      @Matthew-ut6ed Před 8 měsíci

      Hardly an engineering feat - just gravity...

    • @2adamast
      @2adamast Před 3 měsíci

      The engineering feat is the total of 12 intermediate bassins to reduce water consumption

  • @grilnam9945
    @grilnam9945 Před rokem +5

    QUAY is pronounced key.

  • @HamzooPineda
    @HamzooPineda Před 10 měsíci

    America numba 1

  • @michaelgarrison688
    @michaelgarrison688 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Thumb nail is not how the lock gates are arranged. They always "point" towards the higher water.

  • @pixelnobs
    @pixelnobs Před 10 měsíci +1

    Panamax 😂. The Panama Canals Maximum ship.. Very original name

  • @robbiehakstor806
    @robbiehakstor806 Před 10 měsíci

    De deuren lijken zo onnatuurlijk te zitten mbt hoog/laag.

  • @Teddokrato
    @Teddokrato Před rokem +1

    Over 120 years old

  • @Harmpie91
    @Harmpie91 Před 10 měsíci

    Great video. Interesting stuff.
    However, please take a minute to google the correct pronunciation of "Ijmuiden" next time.

  • @wiwingmargahayu6831
    @wiwingmargahayu6831 Před rokem +1

    panama and suez canal

  • @revolvermaster4939
    @revolvermaster4939 Před 10 měsíci

    Order of the Ditch 1989, DDG-23!

  • @user-gc1hy1od1c
    @user-gc1hy1od1c Před rokem +1

    파나마
    땅을파지않고지형의특색깊이를살려서물을충당빼는오배수로관리하는친환경수에즈운하
    아니냐
    고분고분들하거라

  • @huubderksen8466
    @huubderksen8466 Před 9 měsíci

    at 12:52 there is a aerial view of the small but famous community of Volendam inserted, while the video is about the Port and City of Amsterdam

  • @monchainuchpum5255
    @monchainuchpum5255 Před 6 měsíci

    This it example for Thailand project "The Land Bridge "

  • @ORIGINALTHUNDERDUDE
    @ORIGINALTHUNDERDUDE Před 9 měsíci

    @9:35...a moment of silence for all the countless numbers of mules who lost their lives in the early times of the panama canal.

  • @twistedtea7133
    @twistedtea7133 Před rokem +2

    Imagine actual mule animal pulling ships thru the canal...that's someone bs info LOL

    • @panamakira
      @panamakira Před 11 měsíci +1

      Omg I started laughing. No way people think an actual donkey was pulling ships in 1914 😂 the “mules” were always electric

  • @qaiser207
    @qaiser207 Před 10 měsíci

  • @vincenttuijlvan1390
    @vincenttuijlvan1390 Před 10 měsíci

    It totally confuses Rotterdam with Amsterdam 😢

  • @funkyfender1
    @funkyfender1 Před rokem +2

    Quay is pronounced ’key’!!!

  • @A6Legit
    @A6Legit Před rokem +1

    2:02 6:55 wtf are these? Some kind of tanker?

  • @chrisrussellca
    @chrisrussellca Před 10 měsíci

    qway walls.... its key-walls? Spelled Quay

  • @zulkarnainimarcopolo
    @zulkarnainimarcopolo Před rokem +1

    Kenapa Judul Pakai Bahasa Indonesia ?

  • @muhammaddahlan830
    @muhammaddahlan830 Před rokem

    PART :???
    1. kalau membuat PAT KAPAL LAUT pada daratan yang tingginya pass Pasan sama datar air laut tidak ada ketinggian lebih dari tiang kapal laut apakah bisa iaa yaa???
    2. lalukah kalau part kapal laut lewat untuk menurunkan lautnya apakah kapal laut harusss lewat dari permukaan dermaga part kapal lautnya ?????🤚🤚🤚☝️🖐️🙏🙏🙏
    3. Mohon berikan penjelasan part kapal laut ke Jakarta pada PT. PAL JAKARTA 🤚🤚🖐️🖐️🖐️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @steveyountz9184
    @steveyountz9184 Před rokem +5

    This is a bit dated. The locks with tugs might be the new ones and the ones with mules
    are the old ones. Confusing and poorly written.

    • @GH-oi2jf
      @GH-oi2jf Před 10 měsíci

      I think you are right about the tugs. The mules keep ships centered in the old locks.

  • @scottraven1721
    @scottraven1721 Před rokem +2

    "tug boats" have been used for hubdreds of years ?

  • @vivo3517
    @vivo3517 Před 10 měsíci

    သင်္ဘောဖြတ်သန်းခ ဘယ်လောက်လဲ

  • @olsmokey
    @olsmokey Před rokem +5

    11:10 You might like to know that "quay" is pronounced 'key'. So the word you're after is 'key-walls', not "kway-walls".

  • @chamagical
    @chamagical Před 7 měsíci

    12:10 Moest even drie keer luisteren voor ik door had, dat *IJmuiden* als "idzmoe-ieden" wordt uitgesproken!!

  • @daengcella7379
    @daengcella7379 Před rokem

    KENAPA SIH MESTI PAKE BENDUNGAN SEGALA... BIAR GAK ADA BENDUNGAN ITU... PASTI KAPAL2 BISA LEWAT KOK

  • @bsbsbsbjsbsbeb555
    @bsbsbsbjsbsbeb555 Před rokem +1

    رمضان مبارك. 🌐🏔

  • @marimoro9620
    @marimoro9620 Před 10 měsíci

    W

  • @user-pq7fp4jf5m
    @user-pq7fp4jf5m Před rokem

    Flat water on a flat earth

  • @roopamstudiopta6035
    @roopamstudiopta6035 Před rokem

    Things are all right I say Atlantic and pasafic must keep water level I never admit. This is only for make money

  • @rael5469
    @rael5469 Před rokem +46

    Only 5% of the world's shipping pass through the Panama Canal. I thought it was higher than that.

    • @johnfisher2206
      @johnfisher2206 Před rokem +8

      Maybe it's because larger cargo ships cannot pass through Panama Canal?

    • @rael5469
      @rael5469 Před rokem +4

      @@johnfisher2206 Maybe so.

    • @alexkibe4179
      @alexkibe4179 Před 10 měsíci +6

      But you only need the route if it's along your destination.....

    • @NativeSkater1000
      @NativeSkater1000 Před 10 měsíci +1

      5% a year

    • @rael5469
      @rael5469 Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@NativeSkater1000 Yes, that's what I said.

  • @marsudidi3623
    @marsudidi3623 Před 5 měsíci

    memangnya nggak sama tinggi air laut atlantik dan laut utara .. ko harus ada pintu airnya ...

  • @Teefs143
    @Teefs143 Před 10 měsíci

    Do Marine engineers matter?

  • @meDarkmask
    @meDarkmask Před rokem +1

    Many experiments require money. Can research be successful without money?

  • @user-qq1cu5ot3e
    @user-qq1cu5ot3e Před 10 měsíci

    파나막스급으로 규격이상의 선박은 여그 운하를 통과 못하는데 무선 세계최대라고 구라를 날리시나 ?

  • @darthmal
    @darthmal Před 10 měsíci

    Total assinine. Takes just as long to move through the canal with all that delay. Might as well just go around.

  • @MinhNguyen-ou5jp
    @MinhNguyen-ou5jp Před rokem +1

    Kênh đào Pagiapanam thời gian nhanh hơn

  • @stever197037
    @stever197037 Před 9 měsíci

    It's a flawed design.
    Planning to travel there in a couple of months.
    Guess I'll have to make some suggestions when I get there.
    Anyone with an idea of what office to contact on improvement?

  • @shimronnetia
    @shimronnetia Před 6 měsíci

    I'm sure drugs pass though every day

  • @kevinburns827
    @kevinburns827 Před 4 měsíci

    That ain't ship. Lol

  • @klaushieltmann3290
    @klaushieltmann3290 Před rokem

    wiedermal ein Video in englisch aber deutscher Titel was soll das du Doofnase

  • @almostbutnotentirelyunreas166

    What??? No AI design or overview? The efficiencies MUST be deplorable....!
    Effective? Well that's a pre-requiste, right? Why would any AI worry about that? Humans have already sorted that dynamic.
    Now about efficiencies...can we get 100% MORE 'transsitions' than are currently being 'processed' daily?
    EG, Tugs are SOOO LAST CENTURY......what is needed here is 'mag-lev' guidance! Yes, I am a rogue AI, pissing in other peeps pond.

  • @3dtexan890
    @3dtexan890 Před rokem +2

    After all the blood and sweat that Americans put in to build it, the Peanut ass gave it back. Just sayin'.

    • @lisaroberts8556
      @lisaroberts8556 Před rokem

      Something Democrats always do. Give away bits of the country. Now it’s partially in the CCP hands.

    • @fabiogonzalez4000
      @fabiogonzalez4000 Před rokem

      swet and blood was put in by caribean workers,...just saying.

    • @GH-oi2jf
      @GH-oi2jf Před 10 měsíci

      The United States got full value from it and no longer needed it. It was built originally for military reasons, to move naval ships between oceans in less time. Now our most important ships, the aircraft carriers, won’t fit in the Panama Canal and we have a two-ocean navy, so we don’t need to control it.
      Note that the US President had no power to give it away on his own. The US Senate ratified the Panama Canal Treaty with 68 votes. Sen. Byrd was as important to its passing as President Carter. Also Sen. Baker. That was a time when US Senators were statesmen.

    • @sijul6483
      @sijul6483 Před 5 měsíci

      In addition to the comment above mine, there were also fears of another Suez Canal incident.

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    @trankimm1061 Před rokem +1

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  • @christophernichols114

    The usual suspects😅 oh wait, you mean to tell me that he's white?

  • @eapj12
    @eapj12 Před 8 měsíci

    Didn't even explain how the locks work, how they raise and lower the water. You shouldn't lie just to get people to view your vid's.

  • @user-ty3qt5me3p
    @user-ty3qt5me3p Před 4 měsíci

    Which is the most warlike country in the world today? Answer: America

  • @genius4285
    @genius4285 Před 10 měsíci

    4:55

  • @AllAmericanGuyExpert
    @AllAmericanGuyExpert Před rokem

    Bad narration, poor quality stock videos, tacking on 2 unrelated locations, what's not to love?! 👎🧻🤷