Yuhuan Ro-Ro Ferry Co., Ltd. held a comprehensive maritime search
and rescue drill at the anchorage of No. 3 Yueqing Bay. The drill was
set up more scenarios such as ship fire, sea life rescue, and sea rescue.
By simulating actual combat methods, they test the emergency
dispose ability, adaptability, and coordination of emergency accidents.
The drill was simulated when a 31-person "Donghai No. 1" ro-ro
passenger liner, which was sailing from Yuhuan to Yueqing, it was
encountering heavy fog. The passenger ship collided with a cargo
ship, and seven passengers on the ship fell into the water. At the
same time, the hull overflowed with oil and they immediately
requested assistance.
After received the report, the Local Maritime Search and Rescue
Center launched an emergency plan to organize rescue ships to
rush to the scene. Ten minutes later, the "Sea Patrol 0761"
ship arrived at the scene of the accident and assumed the
command and coordination task. Subsequently, a number of
patrol boats were in place to evacuate and transfer passengers
and crew members, and they also started to search and rescue
the drowning personnel.
Less than half an hour, all the drowning passengers were rescued.
However, at this time, the passenger ship was tilted, and the car
on the cargo deck on the tail of the ship was caught in a fire.
The fire tugboat that was on standby quickly drove to the
vicinity of the passenger ship and used a water gun to
extinguish the fire. At the same time, in order to prevent oil
spills from polluting the sea after the collision, the professional
decontamination ship began to deploy the oil booms and
sprayed the oil dispersant to remove the oil on the sea surface.
At 12:00, the fire on board was successfully extinguished and
the oil spill situation of the accident ship was effectively controlled.
The drill was ended perfectly.