China News Service, Guangzhou, July 23 (Guo Jun, Luo Chunyan, He Anjun) On July 23, this year's No. 7 typhoon "Chapaka" was tenacious. It detoured Guangdong and Guangxi. After the wind weakened and dropped to a tropical depression, it turned into the sea again. The Beibu Gulf waters.

From 8 o'clock on the 23rd, the Qiongzhou Strait ro-ro passenger transportation was completely suspended.

  The reporter learned from the Pearl River Navigation Administration of the Ministry of Transport of China that as of 14:00 on July 23, the sea gust of Qiongzhou Strait reached level 9.

In accordance with the Level III defense response requirements of the Ministry of Transport of the PRC, the Pearl River Navigation Administration has planned and deployed early, coordinated with transportation, port and shipping departments, port and shipping companies, and ships to take response measures, promptly evacuate vehicles and passengers arriving at the port, and implement timely restrictions and stoppages. Transportation measures to ensure the safety and order of ro-ro passenger transportation across the Qiongzhou Strait.

  Before the typhoon struck, the Straits Office of the Pearl River Navigation Administration and the maritime departments on both sides of the Qiongzhou Strait held a video conference to discuss the shutdown and wind prevention work, to conduct a pre-judgment study on the various possibilities of the change in the trend of "Chapaca", and to formulate corresponding response plans .

According to the response plan, organize cross-strait port and shipping companies to carry out the evacuation of vehicles and passengers before the shutdown. On the basis of ensuring the normal schedule, flexibly use the waiting ships to evacuate the vehicles and passengers arriving in Hong Kong overtime to ensure that the vehicles and passengers arriving at the port pass in time. Ocean.

  After the complete suspension of the Qiongzhou Strait ro-ro passenger transportation, the Pearl River Shipping Administration arranged special personnel to closely follow the on-site situation of the port areas on both sides of the strait and the situation of ships avoiding wind, and organized port companies to do a good job in the clearance of the port area during the suspension period, and failed to catch the flight on subsequent arrivals. The vehicles and passengers should be persuaded to leave to prevent irrelevant persons from entering the port; ship companies are strictly required to implement the suspension requirements to arrive at anchorages in time to avoid wind.

At the same time, strengthen the communication with the meteorological department, keep abreast of the weather changes in the Qiongzhou Strait, make timely adjustments to the response plan, and carefully prepare the emergency plan after the resumption of navigation.

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