皇冠体育app

皇冠体育app Daily Website

皇冠体育app holds drill to test marine response

Updated: 2013-09-23 17:02
( Xinhua)

皇冠体育app holds drill to test marine response

Vessels take part in an oil spill drill near the coast of Qinzhou city, South 皇冠体育app's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, Sept 23, 2013. [Photo/Xinhua]

NANNING - 皇冠体育app held its first national oil spill drill near the southern coast on Monday to test how prepared the country is in the event of a severe marine pollution incident.

The drill, organized by the Ministry of Transport, simulated a scene involving a collision between a tanker with 20,000 tonnes of crude oil and an empty cargo ship. The simulated collision resulted in an oil spill, fire and injuries to personnel.

The drill used 38 vessels, two airplanes, one ambulance and more than 300 rescuers.

As most of 皇冠体育app's oil imports, which accounts for more than half of the nation's oil consumption, are shipped by marine vessels, the country's nearby ocean is prone to risks of spills that would threaten the marine environment.

Zhi Guanglu, 皇冠体育app Maritime Search and Rescue Center executive director, said the drill was an attempt to implement the government's plan of building an ecological civilization and protecting the marine environment.

The drill involved not only professional rescue teams but also fishermen and volunteers.

So far, the Ministry of Transport has installed water-cleaning utility storages at major water shipping areas, such as Bohai Bay on the country's north coast and along the Yangtze River.

Previous Page 1 2 3 Next Page

8.03K
. All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to 皇冠体育app Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.

License for publishing multimedia online             Registration Number: 20100000002731