Ningde Xiapu Maritime Department cooperated with local government to carry out oil spill emergency drill
06/Dec/2018
In order to improve emergency response capability, on November 22nd, Ningde Xiapu Maritime Department cooperated with the security supervision, environmental protection, port, and Yacheng Government to carry out the ship oil leakage emergency drill in Defu Oil Depot.
This drill was simulated when the “Jinzhou 288” ship was carrying out oil unloading at the dock; it happened oil leakage accident, which was causing sea pollution. The oil depot dock and the ship quickly started the emergency plan, closed the relevant valves, and arranged the deployment of the oil booms and oil absorbent pads and the spraying of oil dispersant. After nearly 3 hours of emergency disposal, the leakage was controlled and the marine oil spill was effectively controlled and cleared.
Through this drill, it was tested the performance of oil spills in oil depots , and the emergency response capabilities of various departments, oil depot employees, crew members and other parties were improved. After the drill, the law enforcement officers summarized the drill and proposed rectification opinions.