A notice of administrative penalty issued by the Marine Department of Daxie, Ningbo, was received by the ZX10 after it was suspected of carrying aviation kerosene into and out of the port without truthfully reporting to the maritime authorities. This is the first time that dangerous chemicals have been falsely declared and concealed in Ningbo since the launching of the "Special Rectification Action for Transport of Hazardous Chemicals on Water" by Zhejiang Maritime Safety Administration on June 16.
It is reported that during the special rectification action, the maritime departments will promote the formation of a precise supervision pattern for the entire process and chain of the dangerous chemicals transportation on water through comprehensively conducting the "large-scale investigation, large-scale rectification, great promotion" of dangerous chemicals transportation on water in six aspects and sixteen specific measures, including strictly supervising the performance of duties, consolidating the main responsibility of enterprises, strictly controlling the declaration management, reinforcing the ship management and control, strengthening the comprehensive management, and improving the emergency response capacity. The departments will seriously investigate and deal with illegal acts such as concealed and false declaration of dangerous chemicals carried by ships, to effectively improve the emergency response capacity of dangerous chemicals accidents on water.
Since the launch of the activity, Ningbo Maritime Safety Administration has conducted on-site supervision and inspection of 18 ships carrying dangerous chemicals, safety inspections of 11 ships, and discovered 91 security inspection defects.