Following the accident in which a sightseeing boat with 26 passengers and crew was distressed off the coast of the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, the Akita Coast Guard Vessel provided urgent safety guidance to the owners of the tour boat.
The Akita Coast Guard Vessel visited Oga City on the 25th and instructed the owners of sightseeing boats operating along the coast of the Oga Peninsula.
For tour boats operating based in Oga Marina, in collaboration with the staff of the Akita Transport Bureau, ▽ Is there any damage to the appearance of the tour boat, ▽ Is there a life jacket for the capacity on the ship, etc. I confirmed.
Then, he handed a pamphlet to the captain and called on him to comply with the ship's operation management rules and to make a thorough decision to cancel the operation in bad weather.
This tour boat has a capacity of 10 passengers and crew, and is a course that goes around the bay of Funagawa Port from Oga Marina and returns to the marina again, and is scheduled to operate from 29th to mid-October this month.
Captain Kin Osamu Kondo said, "I would like to establish a system that does not cause accidents like Shiretoko and strive for safe navigation."
In addition, Yoshiya Asakura, Chief of the Transportation Division of the Akita Coast Guard, said, "I would like to continue to call attention so as not to lose awareness of safety."