The Investigation of the Causes of 60 Tons of Fuel Oil Leaking into the Yangtze River Caused by External Wheel Collision

In the early morning of June 26th, the "Mismine" ship of the Netherlands Antilles collision with another bulk carrier at the Nancao channel near Jiuduansha of the Yangtze River estuary. The hull was damaged and there were more than 60 tons of heavy cargo on board. Fuel oil leaked into the river. After the accident, Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration immediately launched an emergency plan. Multiple patrol boats rushed to the scene to maintain order and organized salvage technical forces to detect, seal, and transfer pumping damage to the accident ship to prevent further fuel leaks. . At the same time, the port cleansing forces were deployed to carry out large-scale water pollution cleanup operations. As of 12:00 on the 27th, 31 sewage cleaning vessels participating in the decontamination process cleaned up about 15 tons of oil contaminants on the river surface.

It is understood that immediately after the accident, the Shanghai Waigaoqiao Marine Department immediately assigned a maritime patrol boat to the scene to organize emergency handling and guarding; the Wusong Marine Traffic Control Center timely disseminated safety information to remind passing ships to pay attention to safety and assist in monitoring oil pollution. Situation; An expert group led by experts in marine investigation and oil pollution disposal was promptly established to investigate the accident and assess the consequences; dispatched emergency salvage ships and a number of socially polluted ships rushed to the scene of the accident to clean the ground; assigned multiple maritime patrol boats and The rescue helicopters conducted inspections of the sea near the Yangtze River estuary to monitor the migration path of oil pollution on the sea in order to promptly take effective cleanup actions when oil pollution could occur.

At the same time, the maritime department also informed the departments of environmental protection, water affairs, and oceanography to monitor the water quality, and notified the city's raw water dispatch center and the Jiudan Wetland Protection Area to prepare for prevention.

At present, the oil pollution on the surface of the accident water area has been initially controlled and cleared, and the cause of the accident is still under investigation.

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