JAPANESE shipping giant NYK has conducted a crisis-response drill based on a fictional scenario of a serious accident on an LNG vessel managed by NYK, the company announced.
The drill was part of the company's "Remember Naka-no-Se Campaign", which is conducted every year employees of the importance of safe operations and commemorate the oil spill in July 1997 from VLCC Diamond Grace.
The scenario is as follows: After a blackout aboard the LNG vessel while underway the ship collided with another resulting in its stranding. The LNG vessel could not refloat because seawater was flowing into its ballast tank.
First step was for NYK to establish a crisis-management headquarters in response to an urgent report from the LNG vessel.
Then NYK reported the accident to the Japanese Coast Guard.
Then NYK handled the accident at its crisis management headquarters by seeking direction from the Japanese Coast Guard and related parties in order to recover power and refloat the vessel.
NYK then sent press releases as the situation unfolded, answered media queries, and held a mock press conference at which NYK vice president Tadaaki Naito, NYK corporate officer Tsutomu Shoji and NYK LNG Shipmanagement president Hiroshi Yonezawa made comments.
"By conducting the drill with the Japanese Coast Guard, we were able to reconfirm the importance of an immediate response, a quick collection of information, and the importance of immediate, precise explanations to the public," said the NYK statement.
NYK continues to conduct business by activity attaching great weight to safe operations and environmental conservation.
WORLD SHIPPING
08 September 2014 - 20:43
NYK conducts crisis-response drill on LNG vessel with Japanese Coast Guard
JAPANESE shipping giant NYK has conducted a crisis-response drill based on a fictional scenario of a serious accident on an LNG vessel managed by NYK, the company announced.
WORLD SHIPPING
08 September 2014 - 20:43
NYK conducts crisis-response drill on LNG vessel with Japanese Coast Guard
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