"Reported to the Ninghai Maritime Department that I am the'Fan'an 81' tanker. My tanker collided with the wharf while berthing at the Wushashan bulky wharf. The stern was damaged and occured oil leakage. The amount of oil spill is unknown and no one was injured. At present, We have carried out marine oil pollution emergency treatment..." On September 18, a rush of telephone ringing broke the tranquility of the duty room of the Ninghai Maritime Department of the Ningbo Maritime Safety Administration. After receiving the police, the Ninghai Maritime Department quickly activated the "Xiangshan Port Oil Spill Emergency Plan." and then they immediately instructed the ship to stop the leak, transfer the fuel in the cabin, prepare fire extinguishers, and coordinate the professional cleaning auxiliary ship to confine and control the accident ship to prevent oil spillage.
At the same time, the wharf cleaning volunteers responded quickly after receiving the news, and immediately called in oil absorbent pads,oil booms, oil skimmers and other oil spill emergency equipment, and cooperated with professional cleaning staffs to recover the oil spilled on the sea. With the joint efforts of all the oil spill response personnel, the ship's oil spill was effectively controlled and the danger was relieved.
