China News Service, Taizhou, October 3 (Zhou Jian, Zhang Ting) In the past few days, along the coast of Taizhou, Zhejiang, the sea surface has been billowing with layers of white waves, and the sea breeze has been blowing in the face with a cool feeling. As soon as the sky dawned, the Taizhou Maritime Safety Bureau's patrol boat slowly left its berth and sailed through the waves toward the waters where fishing boats were most densely packed. In the command center, the law enforcement team members stared closely at the screen. The dense dots of light on the screen were fishing boats casting nets at sea.
The cold air is coming during the National Day holiday, and strong winds of level 7 to level 9 are expected on the coastal sea surface in Taizhou's jurisdiction. It also coincides with the peak fishing season and the peak period of island tourism during the National Day, so commercial and fishing boats meet frequently. Faced with this question, Taizhou Maritime Safety Administration chose to move the risk prevention and control frontier.
Coast patrol boat cruising. Photo courtesy of Taizhou Maritime Safety Administration
"Key waters, key periods, key ships, none of them can be loosened." Taizhou Maritime Safety Bureau law enforcement officer Yao Junwei waved his hand, and a drone soared into the sky and cut through the morning wind. Maritime cruising, which used to rely on coast guard boats, now has the "eyes in the sky" of drones, which are flexible and cover a wide range. They are linked with coast patrol boats and on-site law enforcement, so hidden dangers can be discovered earlier and dealt with faster.
On shore, the smart maritime platform and video surveillance system are also "open". The maritime department monitors the navigation dynamics of commercial fishing vessels in real time through electronic inspections and video inspections. Dynamic inspections of key vessels and risk warnings are simultaneously carried out, and online supervision and on-site law enforcement are coordinated. So far, a total of 141 remote electronic cruises have been carried out, and 4,751 ships have been inspected.
Looking at the Dachen Island Passenger Terminal, passengers are boarding the ship one after another with their luggage, while maritime law enforcement officers are standing by the dock, checking the number of people one by one, counting the passengers who are boarding the ship, and boarding the bridge for a second check before sailing. The maritime department strictly implements the leader-led and 24-hour duty system, dispatches additional law enforcement officers for on-site supervision during peak passenger flow periods at passenger ferry terminals, supervises the implementation of safety systems such as self-inspections before sailing, passenger real names, head count, and signing of documents for sailing, and is well prepared for emergency response to emergencies.
Maritime staff maintain order. Photo courtesy of Taizhou Maritime Safety Administration
The key to maritime safety lies in people. Maritime law enforcement officers also went deep into the front lines of docks, ports, fishing ports and ships, boarded ships to publicize and issue the "Commercial Fishing Vessel Anti-Collision Safety Reminder", urged crew members to strictly implement the lookout, listening and duty systems, and standardized the use of communication and navigation equipment such as automatic ship identification systems and VHF wireless phones.
"We heard the reminder as soon as the ship docked, and we felt more confident." At the Jiaojiang Fishing Port Pier, Lao Zhou, the captain of the fishing boat who had just returned to the port, said with a smile.
