Source: Xinhua Net
On May 21, the sailing match of the 2nd National Youth Games was successfully completed. During the nearly seven-day competition, Qinhuangdao Maritime Safety Administration dispatched “MSB Patrol 04307” and other patrol yachts to guard at sea for nearly 30 hours, with a cruising range of nearly 300 nautical miles, safeguarding the success of the event.
It is reported that Qinhuangdao Maritime Safety Administration attaches great importance to the marine safety services for major marine events. During the sailing match of the 2nd National Youth Games, Qinhuangdao Maritime Safety Administration fully took advantages of its water safety supervision function, dispatched more than 50 security personnel, strengthened 24-hour weather warning and emergency duty, and continued to provide more than 200 port and shipping enterprises and civil rescue stations and emergency disposal member units in the jurisdiction with weather warning and navigation warning notice, ensuring the prompt and effective emergency response; comprehensively used VTS (vessel traffic management system), AIS (vessel automatic identification system) and other means to monitor the waters of the event, continuously broadcasted the maritime safety information through VHF (VHF radiotelephone) to remind other unrelated vessels to avoid the waters of the event, so as to create a high-quality navigation environment for the smooth progress of the competition; strengthened the on-site supervision of the key shorelines such as the shore beach near the waters of the event, and increased the strengths and frequency of the on-site supervision, so as to provide comprehensive security for the contestants, boats, visitors, and the shore service personnel of the event.
The 2nd National Youth Games Sailing Match is the highest standard sailing race hosted by Qinhuangdao in recent years. Liang Zhen, head of the maritime patrol law enforcement detachment of Qinhuangdao Maritime Safety Administration, said, “The successful holding of large-scale events is also of great value and significance to promote the popularization of Qinhuangdao marine sports, improve urban taste, demonstrate the city’s charm and contribute to economic and social development. As the water traffic safety department, Qinhuangdao Maritime Safety Administration will spare no effort to create a good water safety environment for related activities and continuously contribute new strength to the implementation of Qinhuangdao’s “four cities’ strategy.” (Chen Lihui)
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