Recently, ship anti-pollution emergency drill was carried out, which was led
by Xiamen Port Authority, Xiamen Maritime Bureau, Xiamen Environmental
Protection Bureau, Xiamen Port Group were the jointly participated, and
they invited Xiamen Port related dock enterprises to observe together.
This drill was simulated when the "Fangzhou 31" tanker was berthing at
Hairun Terminal, the ship's duty personnel mishandled the oil pipe valve,
which causing heavy oil to leak into the sea and spread to the adjacent
international container terminal, then occurred the accident of oil
pollution into the sea. During the exercise, both the Hairun Terminal
and the International Container Terminal initiated their emergency plans
respectively, and carried out emergency operations of the accident,
and then accident report, wounded rescue, and heavy oil spill clearance
at sea were conducted in an orderly manner. After received the report,
from the Xiamen Port Authority and the Xiamen Maritime Bureau quickly
launched their emergency response plans. The “Cleaning No. 1” ship
and “Cleaning No. 2” ship immediately went to the scene of the accident
site for perimeter warning, traffic control and deployment of oil booms,
it was purposed to control the spread of oil and carried out oil spill clean up.
Through this drill, the company and related units have effectively tested
the emergency and accident handling capabilities of ship anti-pollution
accidents, as well as the operability of emergency plans and the reliability
of emergency facilities. In the next step, the Xiamen Port Authority will
urge the participating terminals to address the problems exposed by the
exercise, further improve the emergency plan, and enhance the handling
and coordination capabilities of the various emergency forces.