The drill was simulated a collision between a merchant ship leaving the port
and a fishing boat entering the port, it was caused one crew member of
the merchant ship and one from fishing ship to fall into the water. The
fishing ship was in danger of sinking, and there was a risk of oil spill
contaminating the sea. The drill was included life rescue on water
and ship oil spill emergency response.
At 3:00 pm yesterday, the Maoming Maritime Search and Rescue
Center received an alarm. After verifying the danger, they
immediately activated the emergency response plan for marine
emergencies, assigned marine cruisers to the accident area,
formulated specific life-saving measures and organized their
implementation. At the same time, they contacted Dianbai
Fishery Administration and Zhonghe Anti-pollution Company
to immediately assign fishery administration and anti-pollution
vessels to the scene for emergency treatment. After the
search and rescue ships arrived at the scene, the "Hai Xun
09500" ship was used as the on-site command ship to direct
the ship to search and alert the waters near the accident.
The Shuidong Maritime Department used drones to assist
in sea search and rescue work; "Zhonghe 01" ship from
Zhonghe Anti-pollution Company carried out oil booms
for deploying and controlling on the accident vessel,
closely observed the ship's oil spill, and prevented
accidents in the sea contaminated by oil spills. After
more than an hour of joint rescue, all the drowning
crew members were successfully rescued. There
was no oil spill on the sea. The emergency drill
was ended successfully.