The Guangxi Maritime Department launched the first smart "dual-line" linkage and integrated cruise since the Pinglu Canal was opened to navigation.

China News Service, Qinzhou, September 19 (Huang Yanmei, Jiang Ruiqing) In order to protect the safe and smooth operation of the Pinglu Canal river-sea intermodal transportation system and build a solid water safety defense line, the Guangxi Maritime Department recently organized the first smart "dual-line" linkage integrated cruise after the Pinglu Canal was opened to navigation, using a combination of online smart sensing and offline on-site inspections to inspect the navigation safety status of the Pinglu Canal entrance section.

This cruise set up two working groups, namely electronic inspection and water inspection, to carry out operations simultaneously. The electronic inspection team uses intelligent systems such as smart maritime systems, CCTV (television surveillance system), VTS (vessel traffic management system), and smart canal platforms to conduct online inspections, monitor ship dynamics, water levels, weather, and channel operations in real time, remotely verify information on ships, crews, and cargo in the channel, and push the inspection results to the water inspection team in a timely manner.

The water patrol team took the "Haixun 10382" ship to conduct inspections in the Qinzhou Water Service Area, Beibu Gulf Bridge, Maoweihai No. 1 Anchorage, Legou Operation Area River-Sea Intermodal Transport Berths and other waters. They boarded "Beigang Post 11" and other passenger ships to inspect fire-fighting and life-saving equipment, passenger boarding and disembarkation channels, etc.; they also simultaneously checked the channel navigation order, navigation beacons and bridge sign settings, inspected floating obstructions in the channel, and inspected the reconstruction of the river-sea intermodal berths on the spot.

As the backbone project of the New Land-Sea Corridor in the West, the Pinglu Canal has built a three-dimensional sensing system of "land, water, air and sky". Relying on the smart canal platform, Beidou positioning, radar, VDES (very high frequency data exchange system), video surveillance, hydrometeorological sensing and other equipment, it gathers multi-source data from ships, crews, waterways, locks, water levels and meteorology to achieve dynamic monitoring of the whole area.

The Qinzhou Maritime Safety Administration said that in the next step, the bureau will continue to give full play to the effectiveness of the "land, water, air and sky" three-dimensional perception system, use the smart supervision model on a regular basis, implement the "early warning push-vessel response-on-site verification" closed-loop processing process, and promote the transformation of the supervision model from "post-event disposal" to pre-warning, mid-event management and control, and post-event traceability, improve the quality and efficiency of canal navigation supervision, and make every effort to ensure the safety, efficiency, and green navigation of the Pinglu Canal.