2019 Hubei Province's water traffic safety and ship pollution prevention emergency drill
was kicked off at the Niutouling Pier of the Shiyan Port.
The drill was included life rescue, ship rescue, ship fire fighting, and prevention of ship
oil pollution. This drill was simulated two cargo ships occurred collision accident near the
Niutouling Wharf, causing damage to the ascending ship cabin, and one crew member
fell into the water. Then the ship exploded in the cabin during the self-rescue process,
causing fire and fuel leakage. The captain of the ship immediately reported to the Shiyan
Water Search and Rescue Center for requesting rescue.
After received the accident report, the Shiyan Water Search and Rescue Center
immediately launched the emergency plan and set up the on-site command
department to organize the troops to carry out the rescue quickly and orderly.
“ehaixun 0709” ship and “ehaixun 0718” ship were dispatched to the scene to
search and rescue the crew members and evacuate the distressed crew for fire
fighting operations. The fishery boat 42994 transferred the drowning personnel
to the 120 ambulances; "Yunyang Qingshui 01" ship was deployed oil booms
and thrown oil absorbent pads to control and clean up the oil spills at the
accident site; the environmental monitoring ship of the ecological environment
department sampled the accident waters. After more than an hour of rescue,
the danger of the accident ship was effectively controlled and the water surface
traffic order returned to normal.