On the morning of June 12, the 2019 Jiujiang Yangtze River water joint emergency drill was successfully
held in Jiujiang Petrochemical Port Area. The drill was jointly organized by Jiujiang Maritime Bureau, Jiujiang
Port and Shipping Administration, Jiujiang Branch of Changhang Public Security Bureau, Sinopec Jiujiang
Branch and Huangmei County Port and Navigation Administration. More than 100 people including more
than 10 wading units and related boats participated in the drill.
The drill was closely follown the theme of “anti-risk, hidden dangers clearing, and accidents prevention”.
It has set up three subjects: fire rescue, oil spill emergency, and oil pipeline leakage. It fully demonstrates
the ship's anti-pollution emergency response power and emergency disposal abilities in the waters of the
Jiujiang section of the Yangtze River.
The drill was simulated a fire in a cargo tank of a moored tanker in the temporary anchorage area of Daijiaying.
After received the alarm, Jiujiang Maritime Bureau and Jiujiang Port and Shipping Administration urgently
organized on-site rescue, and dispatched Changhang Public Security and Jiujiang Petrochemical Tugboat to the
scene,firefighters boarded the ship to investigate the fire, found out the fire, and evacuated the trapped people.
Subsequently, two fireboats attacked the oil tanker fire. After more than ten minutes of continuous fire suppression
and cooling, the fire was successfully extinguished and all the people in distress were rescued. During the fire
fighting process, the tanker appeared to have oil spills. The on-site command immediately deployed oil spill recovery,
and the decontamination ship carried equipment such as oil skimmer, oil absorbent pads and oil booms to the scene
to carry out oil spill emergency response. After nearly 20 minutes of recycling, the oil spill area of the tanker was
effectively controlled and the oil spill on the river surface was completely removed.
Subsequently, the drill site was transferred to the 5# terminal of the refinery to simulate the leakage of the metal
hose of the reloading material of the barge, and some of the leakage oil entered the waters surrounding the barge,
causing pollution of the Yangtze River waters. The operation department of the Jiujiang Petrochemical Terminal
immediately organized the rescue. The oil pipeline shall be subjected to emergency operations such as pressure
relief and closure to prevent further pollution, and repair personnel shall be arranged to repair the faulty pipeline
equipment. After being disposed of on site, the slop oil is effectively controlled.
The drill was orderly, disciplined, and responsive. The subjects in each subject were set up reasonably and tightly
connected, and lasted for one and a half hours. This fully demonstrated that the duties,closely cooperated, and
integrated of Jiujiang Yangtze River Shipping Emergency Department and the social assistance forces. It has
improved the rapid response effect abilities of water vessel rescue, water pollution prevention and terminal oil
spill emergency response, and provided a strong guarantee for promoting the construction of the Yangtze River
Economic Zone Water Emergency Collaboration Zone and building a safe Yangtze River and a green Yangtze River.