China News Service, Guangzhou, May 10th (Guo Jun, Li Ding, Ding, Ding, He Chenghua) The reporter learned from the Guangzhou Maritime Safety Administration on the 10th that from May 10th to 13th, there will be continuous heavy rains to heavy rainstorms in Guangzhou. This process will be the strongest, most extensive, and longest-lasting heavy rainfall process this year, and the risk of flooding is extremely high.
Guangzhou maritime department attaches great importance to flood control work, conscientiously implements various flood control work requirements, takes multiple measures to improve the efficiency of safety supervision, prevents safety risks in time, and makes every effort to ensure the safety of water traffic during flood season.
"We collect meteorological and hydrological information through multiple channels, and use various informatization means such as the supervision and command system, VTS system, and short messages to issue weather warning information in a timely manner, and urge ships and personnel operating on water to take preventive measures in advance." Guangzhou Maritime Safety Administration Command Center Director Guan Xudong introduced.
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It is understood that there are many bridges under the jurisdiction of the Guangzhou Maritime Safety Administration, and the flood season will increase the safety risk of ships hitting the bridges.
In response to frequent floods and dense bridges in the watershed, the Guangzhou Maritime Safety Administration has strengthened the remote dynamic inspection of the waters of the bridge area, and severely cracked down on illegal behaviors such as anchoring, overtaking, and U-turns in the waters of the bridges, so as to maintain a good navigation order in the waters of the bridges.
At the same time, strengthen the organization and control of ship traffic, take timely measures to prohibit and restrict ships, and strictly prohibit ships from risky navigation in bad weather, so as to ensure the safety of ship navigation.
In addition, the Guangzhou maritime department strictly implements the duty system, reasonably deploys emergency forces to strengthen on-duty, responds to emergencies at any time, and makes every effort to ensure the safety of people's lives and property.
The Guangzhou maritime department reminds the crew members: please pay close attention to the dangerous weather forecast information, understand the flood situation in the river basin in real time, strengthen the on-duty watch, drive carefully, and ensure the safety of water navigation.
In case of distress, call the water distress call number "12395" in time.
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