On December 18, Zhaoping Maritime Department cooperated with
Hezhou Maritime Department, Hezhou Municipal Transportation Bureau,
Zhaoping County Transportation, Environmental Protection, Safety
Supervision, and Tourism and other departments to carry out the
2018 ship and port oil spill pollution emergency accident drill in the
open waters of the Zhaoping Port Area Tourism Distribution Center.
In the exercise, there were 4 ships including “Sea Patrol 10528” ship
and “Guijiang 01” ship and other two ships, it was also dispatched 3
law enforcement vehicles and more than 30 participants.
The drill was simulated an old tourist ship has about 20L of oil spills near
the dock. After the "accident" occurred, the captain immediately
reported the oil spill situation to the travel company and the Zhaoping
Maritime Department and requested maritime support. After received
the police, the Maritime Department immediately sent law enforcement
officers to bring oil absorbent pads to the accident waters for emergency
treatment guidance and traffic warning. At the same time, they
coordinated the nearby vessels to participate in the on-site rescue, and
used the oil absorbent pads to block and adsorb the oil,and recycle the
oil to the shore.After all parties' intense cooperation, an "accident" that
may cause environmental pollution was effectively controlled and the
exercise was achieved a complete success.
As one of the characteristics of Zhaoping tourism, River is more arduous in
the task of prevention and emergency response of ships in polluted waters.
Through the organization of oil spill emergency drills, the relevant units have
improved their rapid response, emergency dispose and coordinated operations
of emergency ship oil spill; it was effectively accumulated practical experience
in dealing with emergencies, and jointly maintained the ecological environment
of Zhaoping waters.