@yevhen9202: Was watching cargo ships sail around Vancouver through my zoom lens and noticed something I’d never paid attention to before: water flowing through the holes near the bow as they moved. Does anyone know how this design helps the ship? #CargoShips #VancouverHarbour #interesting
releasing the water from the ballast tank to help navigate shallow river, filling ballast tanks,, helps stabilize being fully loaded at sea.
2026-06-17 22:43:44
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Cap’n Salty :
Anchor wash. But also many of the hydraulic pumps on the bow are also cooled by the same water. When in narrow waters, ships have to have anchors ready which is why the wash is on.
2026-06-22 01:47:13
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Tj Olson :
This particular ship is washing the anchor. Depending on where the water is coming from it might be ballast water or bilge pump water and some cases it could be coolant water.
2026-06-20 00:58:56
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GATOR ❌ :
Releasing water from the forward ballast tanks.
2026-06-17 21:15:50
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John Hart :
those are hydro jets.... for shallow water propulsion.
2026-06-21 03:01:54
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Bubba :
Commercial ships have what’s commonly call a “dry” fire main system. Simply means the pumps are not normally running and the pipes are dry. If they run the pumps they must discharge the water somewhere. You are seeing them discharge it from the Anchor Wash nozzles. They run these to wash the mud off the anchor.
2026-06-21 03:26:56
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dondearman :
pump out ballast water to raise ship because water is not deep enough
2026-06-17 14:05:53
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Princess Joy feat Gretel&Sheba :
Ships wash off their anchors after raising them. It is common procedure.
2026-06-21 19:12:28
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Jerry jones :
Washing the anchors off
2026-06-17 15:45:17
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Scott “Redwolf” Raymie :
They are washing the anchors.
2026-06-18 17:22:46
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Guess :
its been holding it all day and really had to go
2026-06-17 23:00:30
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Moose Goose739 :
Skeeter release. That is why they are around water
2026-06-17 23:15:21
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snagglle :
engine cooling
2026-06-19 14:41:45
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BBD1469 :
Rinsing the salt water off the anchors?
2026-06-17 22:21:24
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weertyyppo :
Anchor chain wash
2026-06-19 11:49:55
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WTFawk1962 :
it is anchor washing but in this case it is most likely being used to keep flow on the emergency fire pump whilst running it on test etc
2026-06-21 21:00:00
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Stachut99 :
Anchor flush or ballast water being replaced or repositioned inside the Hull.
2026-06-17 15:03:05
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grumpy007 :
lowers forward resistance
2026-06-17 02:35:32
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Ungodly aracist logistician :
They are flushing the hawse pipes, to clean mud and junk off the chain and anchors. Standard procedure after anchoring. This is sea water (or whatever water they’re in at the time). This is NOT ballast water.
2026-06-18 11:18:13
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madsandiego :
bilge pumping
2026-06-21 07:52:29
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airrescue92 :
Ballast. Cooling. They use water for all kinds of stuff.
2026-06-22 06:50:02
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BanesBane :
they are in a drought and that ship is filling the river back up
2026-06-22 15:50:43
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Bruce Van Deventer :
Sinus cleanse
2026-06-23 02:41:28
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