The Ocean Cleanup - Firefighting Equipment (aka FiFi)
Every other month or so, support vessels have to test their firefighting (aka FiFi) equipment. The ship I was on for The Ocean Cleanup, called the Maersk Tender, had the capacity of pumping an impressive amount of water—for those who like stats, that’s two pumps, each spraying 1,200 cubic meters of water each hour with a throw length of 120 meters and a height of 60 meters!
Near the end of our trip, the Chief Engineer warned me he was going to do the test and of course, I made sure I had the drone up and ready to capture this moment. I didn’t expect to get such amazing rainbows at the same time, but I am definitely not complaining. What a beautiful test!
A week after the FiFi test, when we arrived back onshore in Victoria, BC to do a crew change so we could head right back out and keep our operation going, the world had different plans for us. There was an emergency with a nearby container ship that had sailed through rough weather entering the Strait of Juan de Fuca, losing 109 containers before anchoring several kilometers off the southern coast of Vancouver Island. After anchoring, a fire started in the containers.
Maersk offered support to the Canadian Coast Guard, and it turned out that the Maersk Tender and Maersk Trader (both contracted by The Ocean Cleanup) were the only vessels with firefighting capabilities for hundreds of miles. With all parties agreeing, The Ocean Cleanup crew ended up departing the vessel to a nearby hotel while the amazing Maersk crew went to assist and help cool the hull of the ship until the fire was put off. After a few days and a much-needed break on land for me personally, we headed back out to continue removing floating plastics from the ocean.
Maersk Supply Service
#TheOceanCleanup #GreatPacificGarbagePatch #PlasticFreeOceans #CleanOceans
The Ocean Cleanup - Firefighting Equipment (aka FiFi)
Every other month or so, support vessels have to test their firefighting (aka FiFi) equipment. The ship I was on for The Ocean Cleanup, called the Maersk Tender, had the capacity of pumping an impressive amount of water—for those who like stats, that’s two pumps, each spraying 1,200 cubic meters of water each hour with a throw length of 120 meters and a height of 60 meters!
Near the end of our trip, the Chief Engineer warned me he was going to do the test and of course, I made sure I had the drone up and ready to capture this moment. I didn’t expect to get such amazing rainbows at the same time, but I am definitely not complaining. What a beautiful test!
A week after the FiFi test, when we arrived back onshore in Victoria, BC to do a crew change so we could head right back out and keep our operation going, the world had different plans for us. There was an emergency with a nearby container ship that had sailed through rough weather entering the Strait of Juan de Fuca, losing 109 containers before anchoring several kilometers off the southern coast of Vancouver Island. After anchoring, a fire started in the containers.
Maersk offered support to the Canadian Coast Guard, and it turned out that the Maersk Tender and Maersk Trader (both contracted by The Ocean Cleanup) were the only vessels with firefighting capabilities for hundreds of miles. With all parties agreeing, The Ocean Cleanup crew ended up departing the vessel to a nearby hotel while the amazing Maersk crew went to assist and help cool the hull of the ship until the fire was put off. After a few days and a much-needed break on land for me personally, we headed back out to continue removing floating plastics from the ocean.
Maersk Supply Service
#TheOceanCleanup #GreatPacificGarbagePatch #PlasticFreeOceans #CleanOceans