On December 21st, 2019, at 1:30 PM, the Panamanian container
ship NIGATA TRADER was about to depart from berth 06 in Dayaowan
at Dalian Port. Due to a crew error, oil spilled out of the ship
causing pollution in the nearby waters. At the same time, NIGATA
TRADER was in a hurry to depart to met its operational goal,
however its hull was heavily contaminated which must be cleaned
before it enters it next port in Japan.
Around 2:26
PM the same day, our company's general manager, Chen Ming,
received phone calls from the shipowner and the ship management
company asking for help. After understanding the situationa and
the requirements, at 2:40 PM, Everwin GM Chen Ming immediately
called the captain of our company's emergency response ship,
"Yongsheng 6," to turn back and head towards Dayaowan as quickly
as possible to arrive on the scene. At the same time, he
organized onshore professionals through the phone to assign
tasks. At 3:03 pm, the on-site commander, Yuan Xu, and the
technical operators Nie Guoxiang and Hu Tongzhou boarded NIGATA
TRADER. At 3:30 pm, our emergency response ship "Yongsheng No.6"
arrived at the scene of the accident and quickly began to
contain and clean up the oil spill.
Nine hours after
the initial call from the Shipowner, Everwin successfully
cleaned up the ship hull and helped NIGATA TRADER leave the
port. At 12:30AM on December 21st, 2019, NIGATA TRADER departed
from the port.