On the morning of January 17, Haicamg Marine Department organized an oil spill
prevention emergency drill in the Hailong Wharf. The drill was simulated the when
the "Xinluquan 9" tanker was berthing at the 21# berth of Hailong Wharf, it was
occurred accidental collision, then it was caused oil spill. The ship and the terminal
immediately started the oil spill emergency plan, contacted the cleaning units to
quickly arrive at the scene for emergency response, and the maritime, dock,
crew and cleaning units cooperated in a multi-party manner to prevent oil spillage
by deploying the oil booms, and removing the oil on the sea surface by using spray
equipment and oil absorbent pads, finally the oil spill was effectively removed and
recovered, and the drill was successfully completed. Subsequently, the law
enforcement officers of Haicang Maritime Department commented on the
overall situation of the drill, and put forward opinions and suggestions on some
details of the exercises, then they asked the terminal units and ships to timely
rectify the problems which was found in the exercise and improve the emergency
plan, and continuously improve the anti-pollution emergency response capability.