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They connect the economy with the world market. They are the logistical backbone of Germany as an export nation and the hub for travelers and millions of tons of goods. Today it is the largest naval base of the Bundeswehr. that the port was expanded for civil purposes and quickly became an important transshipment point for goods. Today it is Germany's third largest seaport, after Hamburg and Bremerhaven. the city port, the container port, the northern port and the oil port, the largest crude oil transshipment point in Europe. In the seaport there are 38 berths available over a length of more than four kilometers for frigates.

The German Navy awaits its global deployment there. It is seven in the morning and Michael arrives at his workplace, the boatswain commands a special unit of the Bundeswehr, the technical divers of the Navy, his work in the port. he is to secure the harbor basin and keep the boats roadworthy, that is, under the surface of the water, the ladies now appear in a Brandenburg, we should send the trailers aft. At least check the propulsion system, for those an annual check is necessary. those who are not there, that's why we are doing it, we take care of it right here.

In the case of trucks with that means large trucks with small Becker trucks and three in addition to the control dives, the unit carries The divers also play a decisive role in the process only when the boat command has its result, they can decide whether The frigate can leave port and is meticulously prepared. The safety of the men is therefore the top priority because the tower has its own equipment. We have a number one, I know, I'm the boss and then the number is consecutive. The doors themselves must be responsible for the device. That is an uncertainty, that is why there is a

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It is clear that if you put a device in the water that is defective, an accident can occur. That's why we want the equipment for today's diving, phone, line, fins, caution, mask, underwater. camera and platform EU 301 Diving device that offers a lot of freedom of movement and is suitable for underwater work. The boys simply sit on the device, which weighs 43 kilos and with the order that we must submerge the ship underwater. The powertrain is special here. The visibility is 20cm and it's a bit difficult to find the right places and sometimes find them to document because you know the visibility here very well, but divers have been trained for years for exactly this kind of thing.

The trip takes a few minutes. Wilhelmshaven is the largest Bundeswehr site in Germany. The territory is equally important to Wilhelmshaven, where they are docked. The frigate Brandenburg stands on the Scharnhorst Bridge. The ship was commissioned in 1994 and has a length of 139 meters and a draft of up to 6.3 meters, which is equivalent to 53 knots. kilometers per hour The heavy equipment is loaded onto the seat belt first as our little one pulls on the backpacks and leaves the engines clear. Karl Rose was still aware of the children. Our starting point is a platform with two pieces. 240 hp engine, not enough, nor the advantage of the port with this platform is that I can dock through a tender and I can work with the champions directly from there.

I don't care, I might as well do it from that pi jump. but if of course I see the landline here and we have my title book around six meters and if you know the sex is deeper, I'm at nine meters, the best waterline, these stores or the guys with a full 43 team kilos would have to put the new meters. In six we go down completely to nine meters and for the first time we go up again. That's why we use the go to be able to jump into the almost straight water and leave the port, there are the divers.

They are largely protected from waves. However, they are exposed to the waves shown, up to 3 meters, the water level of the North Sea changes here due to the ebb and flow of experienced divers, but they do not take into account the rise. Nowadays they simply set a time since it is maintained, which is why the Navy also says that topless is as close to the stern as possible. The warship of more than 60,000 horsepower must reach the submerged propulsion unit as soon as possible. as quickly as possible because every meter that does not have to be submerged minimizes the risk.

There was also a reason for this operation. The more I need to work, the more I put in or on a projection Paraguay the view from the visibility conditions is larger. problematic because it is better to have only two people who can work calmly than if there are three or four people who are afraid and suddenly no one knows where, making it difficult to see the weight of the extensive equipment, the work underwater, even if the navy has progress has been made, the helmet, which weighs about 80 kilograms and was used just a few years ago, is a thing of the past.

Men still have to be in top shape. You get a lot of lead weights depending on your body size and how big this suit is, you just have to compensate more, but with the equipment the remains report everything together, in addition to the diving equipment and the mask, which the divers. A knife on his shoulder, which also increases security. A diver stays with them. If you use it somewhere, you can use it to free yourself or your partner, so the equipment is typically military. If I have a private team, I have little equipment. and I am more relaxed and other systems are the same.

I cover a lot more things in advance before I can get in the water. In private, I have my bottle open, my eyes open and I'm ready. The other point is, of course. , even if I'm asking for money privately, I'm not a port-diving geisha motto, the good is what I want to see, so I have to do it, but otherwise I have to tell myself that if you do it around two hours A year before you are not in the water. As COO, Michael remains on board. The task of the experienced diver is to keep the team safe during operation to guide and discover in advance all errors that have been set incorrectly. that external but it can be configured the security suffers but under the device the problem is when the company's device is there and we do it, it can happen that here on the device here and that's why let's do it so that we connect like this and that means that they don't invent a combination of devices for that, there is no

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punishment for that, no, anything can happen, but the states could do that, it was a mistake, everything is clear.

What are you saying? that will submerge immediately if you get lost, stop telling us that we have a sound system, we will return tomorrow starting at 9 in Moscow the operation begins in the port dock the task is clear the divers Daniel Farb and René Kraft have to check the drive the frigate for damage and, if there is any anomaly, check that the rudder, blades, shafts and propellers are not damaged and are free. This is the only way the frigate can be fully maneuverable in port and this is the only way. can reach its maximum speed, as much as possible thanks to the tom, visibility, weather conditions and the skills of the divers now determine whether the operation is successful.

With the help of a telephone line, divers keep diver assistants and the operations manager on board. The diving raft is up to date. I looked at the screw but everything is fine. Now we're just riding the wave. Be careful, maybe we are still 25cm high. So we have a very modest view. At the moment, but although there is no problem, we have already had a good one. There is a master key on ships, that bowl where I can put everywhere, in each chamber, everything that also goes to the ammunition chambers or. one of the security guards or coin on duty or no one got lost, of course, stood out, they have been very meticulous in the mud, really willing to put all these pigs in the mud and win, and we really found that they were as happy as anything else because Otherwise it even started to happen and I think the one who had polo very quickly was actually very happy and everything was there to pick it up and put two cases of beer in front of us as a thank you for the lost master key.

It's routine after 40 minutes. The stern of the ship has been submerged in the water, which has a temperature of about 17 degrees. What will the divers report and will they return? Everything went for a long time, only one boss, no damage, everything is fine. He will bother at sea until he sees the window in the port. I would rather donate, the cameraman would bring 100 boats of the most important, check the propulsion system meticulously as always, but like I said, the propellers turn with Thomas. there, then it is very stupid when he wants to leave it and then nothing grew here slowly the couples then slowly leave behind the housewife since there the local raises his hand simply because we cannot see where we are and how they hit their heads on their hands above there is something more and more and then we can tell ourselves that's why the hand that comes out of roses is good, they have clearly shown our clear signal but and now they come out again what they have to report in addition to After the visual inspection, the divers took photographs which can be safely taken again later.

The dive can be analyzed and documented only when visual inspection and subsequent analysis of the images have shown that there is no damage. The control on board is secure. that everything is in order. Visibility was modest. Photographs were taken, otherwise something was noticed that would be relevant, as well as the external vegetation. We report the comment, everything is perfect, everything is fine, it turned out well, the most important thing. For me it is that all the boys returned safely, yes and of course they complied with the order. Michael and his operations team are satisfied, the operation went as planned and could be carried out in the allotted time. , learn everything, then go in, change your clothes and get along, get along, go back to land, take a break from the task there because in the afternoon there will be training in the pressure chamber where the men practice handling. environmental pressure and strong currents About 15 kilometers north of the seaport is the oil port with the largest and most active oil company in Germany.

In a few minutes a large tank farm from Denmark will arrive here. He is the loadmaster and coordinates the delicate docking maneuver. The Reinach locomotive is 268 meters long. Thomas Kleine places the boat in the correct position with a walkie-talkie, he can move sideways to the edge of the pumping. station, but it doesn't go as planned. The information Thomas Kleine received appears to be incorrect. I just saw in my journal papers that I didn't have any for all the editors I had to take and. that's why the carrier became 42 43 44. Not bad because we realized that over time I would have docked the ship now if there was a problem or I can only determine the correct position if the data is correct.

And this is marked with a. Then the pilots and tug captains must maneuver the huge tanker exactly there, just a few centimeters away, because only then can the extinguishing nozzles be placed for a time. ship from a long time ago but now he has to put his foot safely that we always say, he has to return to be right here, it would be easy to put it then now this position that on the famous foot he has now done The laymen are divided and that is why now the ship It was tied up, so to speak, with advantages and disadvantages.

After the error in the documents was recognized, the docking maneuver was not always like this. There was fog, so the boat wouldn't enter and suddenly they wouldn't allow it, they wouldn't let us turn it around anymore and then we had to dock it, only we couldn't see the boat 15 meters in front of us. The two were this close when the SCM IBL wall came painted and then the job has to be done no matter what, he just can't do it. Turn and leave because the area is closed, the ship is. In position, the lines are attached to the dock.

Only now can the park officer do everything possible to ensure that the crew can leave the ship, but towards the road the walkway and access bridge can be lowered by the employees that Benny Geißler controls. the correct position using a remote control The maneuver seems easy but requires experience, since depending on the load level, the height of the tanker usually varies by several meters. Corrections are necessary so that the gangway lowers in the correct place and the ship do not suffer damage. Loadmaster Thomas Kleine helps with the instruction. This is also important because pilots must get off the ship quickly.

The next order is waiting. Plus, no one can pilot it. Ship Departure According to international standards, the regular crew must remain on the ship throughout the loading process. Roll master Thomas Kleine comes on board and clarifies the details. With her crew, the tanker, built in 1998, sails under the English flag and has a maximum cargo capacity of 130,000 tons, is one of the medium-sized tankers. Currently the ship has loaded 44,000 tons of crude oil. They will now be unloaded in Wilhelmshaven. When aoil tank docks, each process is regulated to the smallest detail by national and international standards. This also includes the behavior of the crew in port.

On board included. What seems mundane is essential to a safe and smooth process. The schedules are unnecessary. No one can or wants to afford unnecessary delays. I have read that we have safety regulations here. He marks the points one by one, the same ones that I received from him, you also marked them so that we are together at the same level. After Thomas Kleine has clarified the formalities, he may allow the possibility of removing them, but. So far, not even the loose containers are in position, 15 kilometers further south, at the Bundeswehr naval base. Meanwhile, the frigate Brandenburg will soon put to sea for a training mission, but the ship, which is more than 20 years old, will. , this time she still has engine problems.

The alarm was activated in one of the diesel engines, electrical engineer David Hohmann and his team must find the fault. Well, the small one and yes, so far we have one of these. operations 91 the problem was changing 52 the fresh water pressure of the previous tail the water is in the problem probably only the sensor so Problem the control center of the frigate is the heart of the ship all technical problems are reported here now the problem we ended up with 5 2 here is the schematic representation of this and so that no one 52 we have a new expansion tank then we all have fresh water or if you have a water cooled engine so far there should be enough water in it .

It has remote monitoring and this monitoring does not currently show the alarm. The problem is that there is enough water in it, so this alarm should not go off. Accordingly, now we will measure the sensor, presumably or the encoder is defective. something in the wiring between the highest level and here the encoder we have to take a look at it, otherwise what is in it, how it works, everything must be the temperature, whatever, when I want to leave, everything is clear, I know that the order is clear, now the electrical engineering has to be official where only he still finds the problem, he goes to the situation briefing with his team, ok, I just arrived on time, you are crazy, you only said bet sheet in 5.2, We have a newly created alarm in the levels, however, in this century, here you better take care of it. measure it if it shouldn't be like this.

Once you measure the entire power line from the FIS board to the encoder, there must be a fault somewhere. Only then, as soon as the failure stops, let's see what we do. Well, do you have any questions? Then the two soldiers get to work. Obama has Hohendorf and the corporal has to come find the mistake. The diesel engines are at the stern of the boat, very low in the belly. It is not clear, they can only go through the elimination process. However, with a diesel engine of this size, there is more than one potential. The source of the error is greater because it is always high.

First of all, the two technicians verify. whether the encoder actually receives power. There is nothing in it. Normally, it is always under power, so there is voltage and when the g ba always has an effect when it no longer makes contact, because it has little. For example, then the power goes out, then you see that there is very little in there, a bit of frame that reaches the top, it is definitely not broken, now it's time to keep looking because if it is not the transmitter, the errors can be found in everywhere, it may be in the line, it may be in the connections, something is happening somewhere or something has been broken, it may also be that a line is broken somewhere, you have to find out now.

It takes a long time, so you might as well go quickly. Here you have another option. The two technicians do not wait for a chance hit, but rather use a map of the city to delimit where the error could be. 73 52 are here, an important one because almost at the end, from the motor, you're now looking at the voltages in the head. The clamps connect the cables. If they are placed correctly, contact is made and there is a measurably strong voltage. Since it is a 1200 hp motor, there is very little space in the small terminal box. We definitely have the two connections, that is, in them it is not right, it may be that it is no longer screwed well, it is a little loose and.

Then he makes contact. Yes, I know, we already interrupted the perpetrators on Monday. Yes, of course, that's because the engine couldn't work normally. Of course, the boat is 24 years old, so it doesn't normally run. breaks down so from time to time we have to remove the engines that were no longer the first here, so that can happen sometimes it's time for a report, we just wanted to report that we have found the fault with 5 2 well the new glamor that we have now we would install new ones for the electrical innovations once they are finished and then they would notify us to rage while the technicians work on a test run of the diesel engine, the navy divers face a new exercise like this.

We are going to dive deep in a few weeks and that's why I want to see if you can still do it in the depths. We haven't done it in a long time. Kamal Bechthold Hünniger Becker will give me additional information. Strength and color are my personal to make the camera. clear so that we can also make it clear. The pressure chamber is used to treat decompression sickness in diving accidents and for training so that

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divers can better withstand the pressure underwater and know what to expect in case of a deep run because. The simulated diving process cannot be canceled without risk.

Michael checks the intercom and oxygen in advance. I have already said before that now we are going to dive first at 50 degrees. We'll go deeper again a few weeks after the couples at Lake Starnberg. And before going up to 50 meters, I had to observe how it behaves when the camera pages are active, then you have to communicate until then, look at the construction questions. , math homework, same places, not so much about laughter, so I just got used to the nitrogen because then you also know how the symptoms start so you can deal with it later if something has something and if you do it like that. that the entire section is submerged for a singing time, we have prescribed 18 meters per minute and you have to stick to the first 20 meters the first ten meters completely relaxed then I give it a little gas if any of the things rise while I breathe oxygen that start fighting and immediately experience the mask in one sitting, you take off, calm down and pay attention to my instructions, ask about the exact times set, Michael will be your team.

Dive to a depth of 50 meters. How will the men react to the stress Richie orders? to close the main chamber You can also close Yes Yes, you can dive with the window closed As I said, the first ten meters are very exciting, okay, divers have hundreds of missions behind them in the first meters There should not be any difficulty now It's slowly building uphill because you can, guys, now you have to level up and that's what I see, just taking the pieces, it's like that, I say the first few meters are completely relaxing, from 20 meters onwards, it says it even you can get a deeper level. one understands that that means he's like a martin you always say like 20 meters ten meters more than martin then you realize you're a little drunk that's how you can express it sometimes it's problematic for us when we think about it in depth that way and 40 50 meters because I have a task, I had to keep my head up.

If I make a wrong decision like I'm in a deep state of intoxication, it's already there, that's why I'm training to be here in it. depths so that the guys know what kind of look I have a Stevens avenue so you can work against or you can say stop, stop on the top floor, I have a deep noise, I have the problem so that then I can start that the guys go back up and they no longer change color, everything is clear, we already reach ten in the evening, supposedly I always accelerate a little at ten meters, an impression of about 2 bars is exerted on the body, even without practice.

This can be easily tolerated by a healthy person. It is not noticeable, but the body is exposed to the approach, the pressure increases by one bar at the latest at 40 meters, which is difficult for the inexperienced. Divers are very stressful, it is not uncommon for the first signs of physical failure to appear here. The men slowly reach the 50-meter simulated target. The pressure is five lanes, which is extremely tiring for the body. If the team appears too quickly, potentially deadly nitrogen bubbles can form in the men's veins. This will stop and the hot air will optionally be compressed.

Now that we can take out air and we feel good because it is also noticeable in the temperature that it is about to drop below 29 degrees on many fronts, at the same time the air becomes noticeably thicker as it moves, everything is clear on board . To break down nitrogen, soldiers now get additional oxygen. Huber. Now I have the oxygen that they now have, the 19.8 is perfect. If Here 21 the oxygen content in the air increases with alarm, then I have to work against it, which means that I have to introduce more air with the lever and with the lever I can simply let the air out and add the circuit to the games chamber and thus there will be no oxygen next year, when the oxygen proportion rises too high, it is easily flammable and there is only a very small spark missing, either something, the thing can then, yes, a fire can break out, so at the last minute on the step, then it reaches six meters, it is still closed.

Then you will be able to breathe more oxygen when the garden with masks is all over. Of course the last minute when you leave the camera the Sami in the next sentence answers not only years ago it is simply because we want people to answer the complete sentence to determine if The language center is still there because if I say no, it is not a language center, that's why I have to say the complete sentence so that we can see everything clearly, because when they appear quickly, bubbles can form not only in the blood but also in the tissues and with it Damage to the nervous system I'm very good now I'm fine here in the pressure chamber It's enough for you to briefly say yes, I'm fine now or everything is clear, don't worry, in a scenario it's critical, possibly it could be the lungs or bone or something else, I would have to do it, but This time everything seems to have gone well, no matter how good you felt, everything was clear with you, you also noticed that the casualties came out and you said yes.

I don't get a strong low frequency high, like I said, that's just why we're dealing with it. You just notice what it feels like when the pressure hits you, that the air is thick, if only you knew I could have measured it, the denser the air gets, even in the chamber at 50 meters, you can try to whistle, you just don't anymore you can be airy. I can already feel the hand well like a slave, you did everything right, everything. Everything went well and we felt very comfortable, but now I have lunch time and 12, of course, I think again that there are no restrictions, but the body, of course, is exposed to very high pressure where one says that you will notice that Lo They have been done about 1,500 meters north of the seaport, in the oil port terminal.

The extinguishing heads on the tanker are already installed. The extinguishing bridge in the oil port of Wilhelmshaven can be extinguished with a total of ten heads per hour. up to 40,000 cubic meters of oil from a tanker truck, three fire extinguishers must now be attached to the chest. The most important thing is that the extinguishing heads are placed correctly 100 times, because only then will not a single drop of oil be missing. Open the sales station. The whole thing is just to make sure we don't have any further contact between the two editors, capital damage, that's just the damaged system, of course, that needs to be avoided.

Now it will be seen if the tanker is in the right place. A new docking would cause many problems due to the tight schedule. The operation of the bridge in Wilhelmshaven requires extremely powerful pumps on board ships. Can even large oil tankers be completely shut down within 24 hours? Only with this high technical level will Wilhelmshaven be able to cover a quarter of Germany's oil needs. Time lost in docking due to incorrect data must now be recovered by deleting it. In the oil port's fan control center, the exact time the removal process takes is calculated. Here each step and also the subsequent transport of the oil are monitored 24 hours a day.

The couriers on board coordinately measure the temperature of what is on board. and we enter it into our system because if we remove it, the volume changes accordingly and then we calculate if the tank space the boat really needs. If we have it free because each boat has a different temperature, we have a warm or cold temperature. cave, so we always get all the temperatures and all the data on board before westart the loeb. In preliminary planning, the volume of oil to be pumped from the tanker is already calculated and is recalculated for each load for safety reasons. we say 75 or the boat is registered with 75,000 and then it brings but it also happens that then it brings more or less or if I can get the oil.

If it's really hot, I'll say we'll have a heated line too, so we might have to call the dispatcher from time to time because we need more room in the tank, so we can figure out where we could put it, but ultimately it's the dispatcher's decision and Then we are left, after consultation, where we can only do this when the central office gives final approval Benny Geißler and his apprentice Niklas Radix open the extinguishing heads on the tanker. Sayings for classes are our carrier safety pushers. Now we have our three of four editors have been activated so that the path to the.

Next Friday we can start with special points. Yes, that was activated. The time has come. The companions have to clear the way quickly so we can start and yes, they need it, it has to be done quickly and that is already the case. almost up to the minute the top adjustment is free 19.10 everything is clear with stop thanks the almost 45,000 we need for the 640 patch which is calculated at 2 o'clock so that should be at that time or so whoever works here should be happy about The Work is recalculated, but there are also economic reasons for more planning.

The tanker crew must know exactly when they can leave port again, because incorrect planning on this scale can lead to additional costs. 20,000 euros. 44,000 tons of crude oil There is still laughter on board and now it must be quenched as soon as possible, because despite the energy transition, Germany's thirst for oil remains enormous. Every day the country consumes around 300,000 tons of oil. 35 tanks with a total volume of around 1.6 million cubic meters are available for temporary storage. From there, the raw material is continuously pumped through two underground pipelines to Cologne and Hamburg. We hope it works out for you that Toshiba has recovered so quickly.

The apprentice also got the refinery receiving the crude oil. Located in Cologne, 360 kilometers away, the raw material is transformed, for example, into gasoline. The small delay can be compensated by extracting it more quickly to the south. Oil port in the naval port, technicians are still busy repairing the diesel engine of the Brandenburg frigate. There is a small component with a clamp. The alarm was activated in the control center. The technicians have arranged a replacement. Then follows the test run of the huge diesel. They don't want him to be left out. Wester's mistake is that everything sounds like the company's goal, but of course we always want everything to work. two to see the one that is always rushing to come, says having it ready means in plain language that the Navy is playing it safe and somehow the job is broken, they have made it, new ones are being installed and now they are being prepared for test run Everything should be encapsulated and ready for test run.

The company made the water in Gauls brighter in both states and then runs the startup process. The water container says: get up and take the engine. It turns off as soon as it is taken out of the machine, it immediately becomes apparent if the repair was successful. If the diesel starts, for added safety, technicians also turn the engine compartment back on. Electrical engineering only has to officially report Hohmann to the control center to obtain information about the mode 52 counter rails. The functional test is clear thanks to a miracle. Every three or four months it happens that we have sayings, but that's how it was.

For example, it is a classic passenger ship and the guys presented it very well and you have to be very calm. The error was detected before the frigate's engines were fully operational again. As the afternoon progresses, electrical engineering. Officer Hohmann now has to report to the frigate commander. Yes, yes, yes, in 52 it is clear again that we are 100 percent, but very good, thank you very much, thank you, everything is gone.