A few days ago, the Provincial Local Maritime Development Center and the Municipal
Transportation Bureau jointly launched the 2019 Nanping City water transportation
comprehensive emergency drill in the waters between Dazhou Island and Yangkeng
Bridge in Yanping District. The subjects were including evacuation and transfer of
personnel, search and rescue of drowning personnel, prevention of ship drifting, fire
fighting and fire prevention and pollution prevention of ships by deploying oil booms
and oil absorbent pads. It was tested the water emergency response and rescue
abilities of local maritime management personnel and water transportation practitioners.