MOL holds table-top drill to test shipboard emergency procedures

TOKYO's Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) recently completed table top drill based on the scenario of its training ship Spirit of MOL being involved in a collision, fire, and oil spill incident just off Manila which involved about 60 participants from the Tokyo head office and MOL group companies.

The drill presumed that the ship was under way in the Manila Bay and collided with a small tanker. Fuel oil was leaking from a breach in the hull at the point of impact, and a fire broke out in the galley while the cooks were preparing lunch said a company statement.

The drill started with an initial incident report from the training ship, after which MOL organised an Emergency Control Headquarters, handled first response tasks such as information gathering and communication among parties concerned, and held a media response drill.

During the drill a company vice president was made commander of Emergency Control Headquarters and included in the exercise were head office personnel as well as those from corporate planning, general affairs, public relations, marine safety and technical staff.

MOL Group ship management company MO Cable Ship, Ltd also took part, along with local concerned companies firms, MOL Philippines and Magsaysay-MOL Marine.

MOL holds bi-annual table-top drills based on various scenarios around the world. The company continues to further sharpen its group-wide emergency response readiness procedures by sharing know-how accumulated in these training sessions throughout the MOL Group fleet.
 
(Source: www.schednet.com)