Buan Coast Guard Conducts Tabletop Exercise on 'Nighttime Grounding and Flooded Vessel Accidents'

Deriving Practical Issues in Complex Situations... Seeking Countermeasures

"Prompt Action Following Manual Without Panic in Unexpected Situations"

Buan Maritime Police Station (Chief Seong Giju) announced on the 18th that they conducted a tabletop exercise in the 3rd-floor conference room, simulating a complex situation where a fishing vessel ran aground and was submerged on a reef near Imsudo, Buan-gun, during nighttime.

According to Buan Maritime Police, this exercise was a tabletop exercise (TTX) for a complex maritime situation, aimed at identifying practical issues and devising response measures.

On the 18th, Buan Coast Guard Station conducted a third-quarter tabletop exercise to prepare for nighttime grounding and sinking vessel accidents.
[Photo by Buan Coast Guard]

This tabletop exercise aims to improve the situational judgment ability of on-site commanders when a complex maritime accident occurs at sea. It enhances understanding of the situation handling procedures and response capabilities through organic coordination between the regional rescue headquarters and on-site rescue forces.

The Maritime Police set a hypothetical accident scenario based on actual ship accident cases that occurred in the jurisdictional waters: a 70-ton trap fishing vessel with 10 crew members on board running aground on a reef and becoming submerged during nighttime.

The exercise proceeded through stages starting from the initial report reception, ▲accident situation dissemination ▲movement of rescue forces to the site ▲formation of the regional rescue headquarters ▲on-site life rescue and search ▲submersion situation ▲and recovery.

The focus of the exercise was on sharing action items between the regional rescue headquarters and on-site rescue forces and resolving the given complex situation according to established procedures.

During the situation, issues that could arise in an actual accident were identified, and response measures were prepared through focused discussions.

When the rescue team, patrol vessels, and police station rescue teams arrived at the scene, they deeply discussed ▲initial response and rescue plans for the grounded and submerged vessel ▲waterproofing measures according to the shape of the ship’s hull breach ▲additional accidents such as marine pollution ▲and accident recovery plans.

Seong Giju, Chief of Buan Maritime Police Station, said, “Through repetitive training, we will do our best to ensure that when an actual maritime accident occurs, we will not be flustered by unexpected situations and will have the capability to take swift action according to the manual so that the public can use the sea with peace of mind.”

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