Tanker Collision Table Top Response Drill
The three-hour drill, from 1PM (local time) to 4PM on Friday 14th October 2011 involved the Raysut as well as the 3rd Regional Coast Guard Headquarters and other organisations. It was aimed at further strengthening MOL's emergency response structure based on the MOL Group Corporate Principles: protecting the environment by maintaining strict, safe operation and navigation standards.
The exercise also was designed to confirm the necessary response procedures and smooth, precise communication so critical in case of a large-scale marine incident near the coast of Japan.
In the drill scenario, the Raysut, under way in Tokyo Bay (off Yokohama), had collided with a coastal containership, which was also under way. The drill was conducted based on the assumption that there had been explosions in the Raysut's pump room and cargo tank, and fire had occurred after the collision.
It started with an initial incident report from the product tanker. MOL immediately reported to the 3rd Regional Coast Guard Headquarters and organised an Emergency Control Headquarters, confirmed first-response tasks and procedures, such as information gathering and communication among concerned parties, initiating countermeasures for the fire (requesting firefighting operations from the Maritime Disaster Prevention Centre), and holding a media response drill.
MOL holds biannual table-top drills. The company continues to sharpen its group-wide emergency response readiness procedures by sharing know-how accumulated in these training sessions throughout the MOL Group fleet.
