Sanya held a sea, land and air comprehensive marine pollution prevention emergency drill
18/Jul/2018
On July 4, Sanya City 2018 Marine Pollution Prevention Comprehensive Emergency Drill was held in the waters of Sanya Bay. The drill was mobilized the strongest emergency disposal professional and social forces in the Qiongnan area, including Sanya Maritime Bureau, Sanya Municipal Government Emergency Office, Safety Supervision, Transportation, Ocean, Fire, Rescue, and Cleanup Units, which was more than 100 people, 12 Ship and a seaplane.
In this drill, when two ships carrying bulk liquid dangerous goods were transported, one of the cargo oil pumps leaked oil, Due to the leakage of the lighting line temporarily during maintenance, the flammable and explosive gas that accumulated in the cargo pump room was ignited, and the explosion-proof vibration caused the flange of the unloading hose of the wheel end to loosen, finally the cargo oil leaked into the sea, and one crew member accidentally fell into the water during the evacuation process, it was seriously affected the life and property safety of the accident ship and surrounding ships. It was also threatened environmentally sensitive waters such as the Sanya Bay beach, the situation was very urgent.
After the dangerous situation was occurred, the Sanya municipal government immediately launched the “Emergency Plan for Pollution of the Marine Environment of Ships and Related Activities in Sanya City”. The Deputy Secretary-General of Sanya Municipal People’s Government Xing Zengming served as the chief commander, and the Deputy Director of the Sanya Maritime Affairs Wang Guo served as the on-site commander. It was successfully organized the five emergency response subjects such as accident response, ship fire fighting, personnel search and rescue, marine oil spill containment by deploying oil booms, and oil spill removal by using oil skimmer. It was effectively checked the member's disposal abilities, such as accident warning, command coordination, emergency communication, and accidents monitoring, traffic alert control, oil spill disposal, casualty transfer and medical aid. The simulation scenes were real and practical.