The port business of the Yueyang section of the Yangtze River is busy and the cargo
throughput of dangerous goods is extremely high. The average annual throughput
is more than 700 million tons. Once it was leaked into the water, it will cause serious
damage to the ecological environment of the waters. In order to protect the water
environment of the Yangtze River, implement the requirements of “Safety Production
Month” ,effectively control and prevent ship pollution and to effectively improve the
emergency handling capacity of ships such as oil spills, loss of control, and personnel
falling into water. On June 14, 2018, Linxiang Maritime Department jointly cooperated
with Nanjing Changjiang Oil Transportation Co., Ltd. jointly to hold a joint ship
emergency drill in the Yueyang section.
At 15:00, the drill was simulated when the "Xinpingjiang 1005" tanker was carried
out loading and unloading operations in the terminal, due to the negligence of
personnel on duty, it was caused about 300 kg of water to the deck in the
second-cages of left-hand-cages contained. Immediately after received the
alert, the maritime department immediately started the contingency plan and
checked whether the oil was into the river or not in the accident waters.
Then the maritime department was together with the members of the emergency
response team to conducted oil contaminant and removal by using oil booms
and oil absorbent pads.
At 15:23, when the chief of the “Xinpingjiang 1005” ship was accidentally slipped into
the river during the process of cleaning up anti-fouling equipment, the maritime
department immediately dispatched two rescue ships, “Sea Patrol 12242” and
“Sea Patrol 12270,” to arrive at the scene quickly to assist in the search
and rescue operations and successfully rescued the drowning crew. Due to the
relatively weak body of the crew, the maritime law enforcement officers carried
out on-site rescue of the crew members who had fallen into the water and promptly
sent them to the hospital.
At 15:41, the “Xinpingjiang 1005” ship reported to the maritime department that the ship
had left the port, the two main engines were shut down and the ship had been temporarily
anchored at the external port of Terminal No. 8. The engineers from the engineering
department checked the cause of the failure and the ship was display 2 number spheres
according The "Regulations". Maritime law enforcement officers immediately issued navigation
warnings and implemented temporary traffic control on the site.
At 15:51, the failure of the ship's double main engine was successfully eliminated. The
uncontrolled ship was berthed in the safe water area and the alarm was lifted. Chen
Zhengxiang, the director of Linxiang Maritime Department commented on the drill.
Through this exercise, the emergency and personnel search and rescue capabilities
of the area have been further enhanced, and the operation of the ship's pollution
emergency linkage mechanism has been deepened, and it was ensured that the
continuously stable security situation in the area.