JAPANESE shipping giant MOL has staged a table top drill based on a scenario that a fire started in the engine room of a bulk carrier in the Kudako channel in the Inland Sea, resulting in the vessel running aground.
MOL conducts drill to test response to ship fire and groundingJAPANESE shipping giant MOL has staged a table top drill based on a scenario that a fire started in the engine room of a bulk carrier in the Kudako channel in the Inland Sea, resulting in the vessel running aground.
The drill was held in cooperation with the 6th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters of Japan Coast Guard. The vessel was managed by an overseas third-party ship management company, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement.
The exercise is intended to test the Japanese shipping line's emergency response structure based on the group's principles of protecting the environment by maintaining strict, safe operation and navigation standards. It also tested the response and communications between the relevant parties.
Immediately after receiving an initial report, MOL established an emergency control headquarters, began first-response measures, information gathering and communications among the concerned parties during the joint response drill.