Huangpu River passenger ships comprehensive emergency drill

11/Nov/2020

The Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration launched the 2020 Huangpu River passenger ship comprehensive emergency drill. This drill was included the initiation of emergency response, the implementation of traffic control, the handling of passenger ship collisions, the emergency towing of the ship, the handling of damage to the riverside, the rescue of the drowning personnel, and safe transfer of the passengers , medical rescue for the injured, oil spill removal and recovery, and public opinion monitoring and response these 10 subjects,
 
At 14:03, the drill was started on the Huangpu River in the waters of the No. 3 U-turn area, it was simulated that the "Oriental Pearl X" ship was out of control and its stern touched the bow of the imported ship "Chengtou Environment xx", it caused 2 passengers to fall into the river and rub the Pudong Riverside, then a little oil pollution fell on the river and other scenes.
 
After receiving the report, the command center immediately carried out disposal according to the emergency plan, they assigned 4 marine patrol boats of Huangpu Maritime Safety Administration, coordinated with Yangpu Maritime Safety Administration to reinforce marine patrol boats one time, and controlled the order of upstream and downstream traffic in the simulated dangerous waters. According to the danger of out-of-control of the cruise ship, the cruise ship mutual rescue mechanism was initiated, the sister ship "Zhonghua x" was notified to go to rescue for the transfer of passengers on the ship, and the cruise ship and maritime search and rescue volunteers were notified to search and rescue the overboard personnel; then they  treated damage to the riverside and oil spill by suing oil booms and oil absorbent pads, they successfully launched the water and land linkage emergency plan and public opinion response procedures, effectively tested the implementation of emergency measures, and improved the emergency response capability. At 15:03, various subjects were successfully completed and post-evaluation was carried out.




 

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