On 21 May, under the joint escort of port, pilotage, maritime, tugboat and other parties, the "super cold storage at sea" - "MACOMA" LNG carrier safely docked at the terminal of Zhangzhou LNG receiving station in Houshi port area of Xiamen port. LNG) carrier safely berthed at the terminal of Zhangzhou LNG Receiving Terminal in Houshi Port Area of Xiamen Port. This is the first LNG carrier to be berthed at Xiamen Port, marking the commissioning of the first LNG receiving terminal in the port.
LNG carriers are called "super cold storage at sea" because they carry liquefied natural gas at -160 degrees Celsius. It is reported that the "Makoma" 294.9 metres long, 46.4 metres wide, this voyage port of departure for the Australian Gladstone, carrying 66,000 tonnes of gas to the port of Xiamen. Xiamen Port Authority, in order to ensure its smooth berthing, port and port management departments forward coordination and cooperation, urged the relevant enterprises to fully test the facilities and equipment, guiding enterprises in advance to sort out the port declaration process of dangerous goods operations, the development of safe operation programmes, improve the emergency response plan, and make good preparations for the acceptance of LNG carriers.
The entry of "Makoma" into the port coincided with high winds and high waves, which made the ship's pilotage extremely difficult to manoeuvre, and every order to steer the ship had to be made in the shortest possible time to make the most reasonable decision. Huang Wei, deputy director of Xiamen Port Pilotage Station, introduced that the pilotage team precisely adjusted the heading according to the real-time wind and current changes, overcame the adverse effects of wind and current pressure difference, safely controlled the ship's position to navigate in the specialised channel, and completed a series of difficult manoeuvres, such as turning around and accurately berthing the ship.
"LNG carriers are highly dangerous, and the pilotage operation for entering and exiting ports and berthing has very strict requirements in the international arena, and is one of the most difficult special pilotage." Huang Wei said that the operation filled the technical blank of Xiamen Port in the pilotage operation of LNG carriers. It is reported that the pilotage station in advance of the organisation of technical backbone for many batches of operation training and simulation of operational drills, joint related units held many coordination meetings, according to the ship data, hydrometeorology, tidal current, navigation conditions, etc. developed a comprehensive pilotage plan and emergency response plan and repeated demonstration.
Located in the Xiamen Port after the stone port area Longjiao operation area of Zhangzhou LNG receiving station is a key energy project in Fujian Province, but also after the establishment of the National Oil and Gas Pipeline Network Group, the first LNG receiving station completed and put into operation. "As an important piece of the puzzle for Xiamen Port to build a 'world-class port', it fills the gap of Xiamen, Zhangquan and Quan area without LNG receiving station, and also enhances the port's service level." The relevant person in charge of Xiamen Port Authority introduced that the dock where "Makoma" berths is the first phase of the project, which can reliably berth 150,000-tonne LNG carriers, with an annual gas supply capacity of 3 million tonnes of LNG, replacing nearly 5.4 million tonnes of coal, and reducing emissions by 4.92 million tonnes of carbon dioxide and 180,000 tonnes of sulphur dioxide, equivalent to the planting of 24 million trees per year, which is both a good and a good solution. This is equivalent to planting 24 million trees per year, which has both good environmental and economic benefits.
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