In order to improve the anti-pollution emergency response capability of dangerous goods terminal operators and promote the continuous stabilization of the water traffic safety situation, on the morning of April 13, the Municipal Harbor Administration Bureau (Local Maritime Bureau) and the Dangtu Sub-Bureau was combined with Huaqing Petrochemical to implement oil spill and fire emergency drills on dangerous cargo ports in Huaqing Petrochemical Terminal, Anhui Province and the nearby waters.
At 9:00 a.m., the on-site commander pressed the firefighters and the drill was officially begun. The drill was simulated when the accident ship was loading diesel on the Huaqing No. 1 barge of Huaqing Petrochemical Terminal, due to the delay in adjusting the loading level of the loading ship, it was caused the expose of the ships. At the same time, due to the illegal maintenance of the ship, it was ignited fuel. The steam caused fire and about 0.5 tons of diesels were leaked directly into the Yangtze River. Due to the surge, some diesel oil flowed past the layout of the oil booms before the operation and continued to spread to the river surface and drifted to nearby waters.
Dangerous situation is an order; the simulation accident ship was transmitted oil spill signal at the first time. At the same time, it started the “oil pollution emergency plan on board”, stopped the oil pump, closed the valve, and reported it to the maritime management agency. After received reports, the Dangtang water traffic safety inspection station in Maanshan City was immediately issued a navigational warning, implemented water traffic control, prohibited the upstream and downstream vessels from approaching to cause a second accident, and promptly sent personnel to the scene to direct and coordinate the strength of the cleaning operation. The firefighting team of the factory site arrived at the scene within 1 minute. In accordance with the provisions of the preplan, the two teams used fire-fighting water cannons and foam cannons on both sides of the dock to extinguish and dispose of the fire. At the same time, the front curtain of the dock was opened to isolate the temperature. Then the diesel fire pump and the fire-fighting foam pump were started and the pipeline pressure was raised. The fire fighter foam was simulated on both sides of the turret to extinguish the fire. Simultaneously with the simulation of firefighting and disposal, the completion of the second oil fence was completed. The water-pollution team dumped oil-absorbing mats, sprayed oil dispersant, recovered oil spilled by the oil skimmer and subsequently recovered the spilled oil absorbent mats and cleaned it with cotton yarn and oil absorbent mats in order to prevent the fuel from flowing into the river again.
At 9:45 a.m., after an nearly an hour emergency repair and emergency response on both sides of the ships, the diesel leak was controlled, the on-board fire point was extinguished, and the water spill was effectively controlled and cleared. The oil spill and fire emergency drill was achieved a complete success.
After the finish of the drill, the leaders of the Dangtu Sub-branch summed up and commented on the course of the drill, he pointed out that the drill was well organized, well-conceived, responsive, and effective. However, there were shortcomings and during the exercise. For example, if the southern turret does not reach the expected range, a warning light fails, and a request is made for Huaqing Petrochemical, it is necessary to face the problem, sum up experience, further improve the emergency plan, and effectively improve the anti-pollution emergency response capability; they need to carry out investigations of hidden dangers, fully solve problem rectification, and implement various safety precautions; Thirdly, we must strictly implement the company's main responsibility for safe production and strengthen the safety management of its ships and crew.
