Mokpo Coast Guard, Emergency Marine Pollution Control at Dongmyeong Port

Mobilizing Available Forces Including Spill Response Vessels and Coastal Rescue Boats to Implement Containment Measures

Mokpo Maritime Police Station (Chief Kwon Oh-seong) detected marine pollution in Dongmyeong Port, Mokpo City, on the 12th and took emergency containment measures.

According to Mokpo Maritime Police on the 13th, at around 10:23 a.m. on the 12th, while conducting a land patrol, a rainbow-colored oil film (200×100m) was discovered on the sea surface within Dongmyeong Port.

While searching for the pollution source, the police confirmed the oil film at the stern of moored fishing vessel A (24t, registered in Mokpo), collected samples, investigated the accident details, and launched emergency containment operations.

Mokpo Coast Guard is collecting pollution samples within Dongmyeong Port.
[Photo by Mokpo Coast Guard Station]

The maritime police deployed available forces such as containment vessels and coastal rescue boats to carry out containment measures, and after patrolling the waters from the passenger terminal to Dongmyeong Port and the yacht marina pier, confirmed that there was no additional marine pollution.

At that time, the check valve connecting the port and starboard fuel tanks of vessel A was closed. It was confirmed that due to waves causing the vessel to roll side to side, fuel could not move between tanks and instead flowed back through the fuel inlet on the deck, discharging into the sea.

A Mokpo Maritime Police official said, “We urge thorough pre-inspection of vessels and marine facilities to maintain a clean sea.”

The maritime police plan to further investigate the cause of the spill and handle the matter according to relevant laws and regulations.

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