It is understood that many bridges on specialized highways in coastal areas are important passages
from Quanzhou downtown to various counties and cities. The traffic volume is relatively large, and
there are many ships passing by in the waters of the bridge area. It is a common problem faced
by the highway department and the maritime department to ensure the safe operations of bridges
and ships.
Through this event, the two departments have conducted in-depth exchanges on the overlapping
areas of their business areas and safety management, which is conducive to achieving a win-win
cooperation in ensuring the safety of maritime traffic and highway bridges, and it will lay the
foundation for the next step in the highway and maritime departments to establish a safety
cooperation mechanism.
In the afternoon of the same day, the activists visited the Quanzhou Oil Spill Emergency
Equipment Depot of Fujian Maritime Safety Administration in Fengwei Town, Quangang
District, and learned in detail about the emergency unloading, containment by oil booms,
recovery, storage and transportation, oil spill dispersion, and adsorption materials(including
oil absorbent pads,oil absorbent booms) and supporting equipment equipped in the depot.
Afterwards, the activists took the marine patrol boat "08613" from the marine patrol base
and sailed along the main channel of Meizhou Bay to the Xiaocuo operation area. During
more than one-hour cruise, the highway department personnel learned about the form,
content and others of maritime law enforcement of the maritime department.