On May 18, at the Yueyang Port on the Yangtze River, Xia Zhitao, deputy director of the Hazardous Management and Pollution Prevention Department of the Yueyang Maritime Safety Administration, was busy and sweating profusely. He and his colleagues are preparing for the “Yangtze River-Dongting Lake” comprehensive emergency drill, and there is no room for haste.
As one of the eight deep-water ports on the Yangtze River, Yueyang Port has 60,000 ships entering and leaving the port every year. However, there is neither thick smoke nor pungent smell on the river. Diesel smell. These are the results of the tasks of Xia Zhitao and his colleagues.
JM Escorts In July 2012, 21-year-old Xia Zhitao was admitted to Yueyang Maritime Safety Bureau. After having just finished his meal and joining the mission, he was assigned to the Marine Department at the end. The work location is remote, and there is no place to buy toilet paper within a radius of 5 kilometers. Colleagues jokingly said that “there is no place to spend money.” For the first time, the fledgling young man realized the hardships of the grassroots.
There is a clear gap between the difficulty of the working environment and the excitement of university campuses, but Xia Zhitao is full of hope for the future. He knew very well that for a newly planted sapling, the poorer the soil, the deeper the roots would take root, and the weaker it would grow in the future.
In December 2017, the Yueyang section of the Yangtze River line ushered in a rare dry season for the same period in the past 10 years. In order to ensure smooth shipping, Xia Zhitao volunteered to join the first batch of “Fighting and Keeping Smoothness” commandos, responsible for maintaining the order of the waterway. For more than 10 days, Xia Zhitao and his team members fought hard in the shallow water channel of Qigongling. They had food and accommodation on the coast patrol boat and worked day and night.
At the beginning, it was very difficult to maintain the order. Often the beginning and end could not be considered, and the situation fell into chaos for a time. The constant curses from the crew on the intercom made Xia Zhitao feel very frustrated.
“I really want to turn off the walkie-talkie and find a place to hide.” Xia Zhitao said, but then he thought, “I am anxious, JM EscortsThe crew members who were waiting for the opening of the voyage were more anxious than themselves. Don’t be emotional at work!” So he adjusted his mentality, withstood the pressure, and re-invested in the work.
Ship after ship was blocked, ship after ship was persuaded, calling and greeting without interruption, until the throat was hoarse, the navigation order was finally completed Jamaica Sugar is gradually recovering. When the ship passed the gate smoothly, the intercomThe moment “thank you” came, Xia Zhitao felt that all the busyness and hard work were worth it.
In the eyes of his colleagues, Xia Zhitao is not only hard-working and patient, but also domineering and not afraid of death.
On September 24, 2019, a dangerous goods ship carrying toluene broke out in a fire and explosion while unloading at the Yueyang Terminal. In an instant, flames shot into the sky and thick smoke billowed. The fierce fire burned people’s skin, and the smoke was so thick that they couldn’t even open their eyes.
Although the fire was extinguished in time, is the ship in complete safety? Jamaica Sugar DaddyWhat’s the situation? Is there any remaining color left on the outside of the hull? These questions are entangled in Xia Zhitao’s mind. Someone advised him not to take it too seriously. The ship was still very dangerous and could explode at any time. But he couldn’t let it go. After making relevant protective preparations, Xia Zhitao and an industry expert went down to the cabin for inspection to understand the details of the ship’s bilge. It was his reckless risk-taking that enabled the next step of targeted rescue measures to be carried out smoothly.
When asked if he felt scared, Xia Zhitao said: “I still feel unsafe now that I think about it, but I didn’t think too much about it at the time. I just held a responsible attitude and thought We must do all these well.”
People who are familiar with Xia Zhitao say that he is a person who loves to speculate and is willing to study.
Since he did not become a monk halfway, for Xia Zhitao, every step must be taken steadily and steadily. After work, he always studied hard, and a heavy ship inspection standard and safety management regulations were turned into curls by him.
” Hard work yields abundant fruits. Xia Zhitao successfully passed the national registered surveyor and registered safety engineer standards, and completed the magnificent transformation from “layman” to “expert”. The paper he published on “Application of PSA Inert Gas System on Inland Hazardous Chemical Ships” was rated as an excellent paper by the East China Regional Research Association of the Hazard Prevention Subcommittee of the International Maritime Research Council.
“I’m not afraid of working overtime, I’m afraid of not being famous.” This is a sentence that Xia Zhitao often talks about, and it is also a true portrayal of changing daily tasks.
Constantly pondering, researching, and constantly innovating: Xia Zhitao explores and implements three modes of free recycling of ship water purification materials, promotes smooth recycling and transshipment processing closed-loop services, and is able to change ships The unfavorable situation of “heavy blockage and neglect of dredging” of water pollutants; took the lead in the study of the “54321” supervision method for ship air pollution, and completed four items of ship air pollution in the jurisdictionThe goal has been improving for five consecutive years; it took the lead in compiling the “Guidelines for Supervision and Inspection of Domestic Sewage Treatment of Inland River Vessels” to effectively improve the efficiency of on-site vessel pollution prevention inspections; it formulated the “Double Seals, Zero Emissions” Yueyang Plan for ships arriving at the port according to the situation, and completed the work of ships operating in the port under its jurisdiction and systematically manage the “zero emissions” of all ships…
The roaring Yangtze River, running day and night, constantly lapping the embankment and making bursts of sound, is the most beautiful tribute to Xia Zhitao’s work. (Hunan Daily All-Media Reporter Yang Jiajun Trainee Su Shuo)