In the winter fog and strong wind season, navigation safety reminder tips

Mondo Tourism Updated on 2024-01-28

Winter fog strong wind season

Sail carelessly

Tips for navigating safety during the winter fog and strong wind season.

It's winter fog and strong wind season again.

Ships are easy to meet.

not visible".

Every year from October to February of the following year is the winter fog and strong wind season in Shanghai Port, which is also prone to frequent water traffic accidents. Bad weather such as strong winds, fog, and cold waves last for a long time and are ferocious, which has a serious impact on the safe navigation of ships.

Sailing in an environment with poor visibility can easily lead to difficulties in ship lookout, land mark positioning, and identification of water objects, and it is very easy to cause water traffic accidents such as ship collision and grounding. Heavy fog will also affect the propagation of radio wave sound signals, and then affect the normal use of the corresponding navigation and navigation aids of ships, seriously threatening the safety of life and property on water.

All ships and units must attach great importance to it, pay attention to the weather, formulate contingency plans, strengthen duty, and take preventive measures in advance to ensure the safety and orderliness of water production activities, and ships must not take risks to sail.

In order to do a good job in the safety publicity and implementation of the winter fog and strong wind season, put an end to the paralyzing and careless psychology of boat people, and improve the vigilance of navigation safety, the law enforcement officers of the Huangpu Maritime Safety Bureau walked into the mouth of the Chuanyang River, boarded the bow of the ship, and designed a quick question and answer for the boat people's friends.

Let's see if you know these questions...

In the winter fog and strong wind season, navigation safety reminder tips

Meteorological information early warning reception mode

In the winter fog and strong wind season, it is necessary to strengthen the early warning reception of meteorological information. Listen to the weather forecast in advance and pay attention to the safety navigation notices and navigation warnings issued regularly on the official website of the maritime department, WeChat***, etc., and pay attention to the high-frequency navigation warnings during the voyage.

Before the ship sails, it is necessary to do a good safety self-inspection

Check the equipment of the engine room and cab in advance, check whether the AIS, radar, watertight door and airtight door and other equipment are functioning normally, and do a good job of binding and reinforcing the movable equipment and spare parts of the cabin. If the berthing pier is to check the cable in time to prevent the cable from breaking.

This should be done in the event of a sudden loss of visibility and a closure

Choose safe waters to anchor as soon as possible and stay away from the anchor prohibition area, strengthen on-duty duty, maintain VHF high-frequency listening, keep a safe distance from surrounding ships, obey the command of the command center, abide by the prohibition and restriction measures, and do not risk sailing in the fog.

Huangpu River visibility distance navigation requirements

If the visible distance of the Huangpu River is less than 1,000 meters, it should be navigated at a slow speed; Less than 500 meters, large ships are prohibited from sailing, and pleasure boats, yachts and ferries are prohibited; When it is less than 100 meters, all ships are prohibited from sailing.

When the fog comes, it is necessary to take active precautions

It is necessary to strengthen lookouts and grasp the navigation environment in a timely manner, which is the first element to ensure safe navigation. At the same time, the vehicle is prepared for sailing, and combined with the visibility and navigation environment, the ship adopts a safe speed, so that the ship driver has enough time to take effective measures. Turn on the relevant equipment, change the autopilot to a manual rudder, turn on the navigation lights, fog lights and fog horns according to the regulations, open the doors and windows of the bridge, and turn on the radar to identify the actions of other ships.

Remember

It is illegal for ships to sail in fog

Foggy navigation is other violations of maritime navigation, berthing and operation rules, and shall be punished in accordance with Article 103 (13) of the "Maritime Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China" and Article 18 (13) of the "Provisions of the People's Republic of China on Maritime and Maritime Administrative Punishments", taking into account the severity of the specific circumstances.

The maritime safety administration shall order corrections, impose a fine of not less than 20,000 yuan but not more than 200,000 yuan on the owner, operator or manager of the illegal vessel, impose a fine of not less than 2,000 yuan but not more than 20,000 yuan on the captain and responsible crew, and temporarily withhold the crew competency certificate for 3 months to 12 months; If the circumstances are serious, the owner, operator or manager of the illegal vessel shall be fined between 20,000 and 200,000 RMB, and the crew competency certificate of the captain and responsible crew member shall be revoked.

Keep in mind

In case of emergency, please call the following**

In the event of a dangerous accident, self-rescue measures should be taken in time and call for maritime search and rescue**, immediately report to the competent maritime authority and ask for help.

All ships sailing through the waters of the core area of the Huangpu River can pass in case of emergency during navigationVHF channel 08Make a call for help, or callCommand Center of Huangpu Maritime Safety Bureau24-hour duty**:

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Text: Huangpu Maritime.

Editor: Qiu Caihong.

Proofreading: Geng Jieyu.

Reviewer: Wei Li.

*Please indicate that it is from the official account of Shanghai Xuhui.

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