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VTS three times reminded, three pairs are still blindly operating the boat to hit the dock.....

author:Ah Tsai Ah Qian

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"PL" ship, 193 voyages, Changshu - Qinhuangdao.

On April 27, 2020, he arrived at the anchorage of Qinhuangdao and anchored.

Anchored at 0510:00 on April 28, ready to berth 301, draft DF4.10m/DA6.85m, westerly wind 5, light waves, visibility 5 nautical miles. It is planned to cross the southern end of Channel 150, turn right and sail in the 308 floating direction, and enter Berth 301 from The 215 Channel of Coal Phase III.

At 0600, the positive horizontal 108 floated, the ship position 3950.2N/11941.3E, heading 332 °, speed 11.9 knots. At 0610, heading 338°, speed 11.2 knots, 2.9 nautical miles away from 308, SLOW AHEAD.

0612, heading 344°, 10.4 knots, DEAD SLOW AHEAD.

At 0618, the distance from 308 floated 1.5 nautical miles, heading 347°, 7.4 knots, parking.

At 0622, DEAD SLOW AHEAD; found a fishing boat on the right side of the 308 float, at a distance of 1 nautical mile, and observed that the fishing boat was basically motionless.

At 0631, stop, right full rudder; then positive rudder, set.

At 0632, positive horizontal 308 float, three report vTS "308 floating on the line", HALF AHEAD, heading 328°, speed 6.6 knots. It was prepared to divert from the No. 308 pontoon to enter the 215 channel of the third phase of the coal, but due to the influence of the fishing boat, it could not be transferred to the 215 channel in time, and instead drove from the 191 channel, and prepared to turn right back to the 215 channel after the 310 float.

At 06321/2, Qinhuangdao VTS reminded the "PL" that the course was not right, and the three pairs replied "Turning"; the VTS once again reminded the ship that the position had passed the turning position, which was the direction to go to the second company, and the three pairs replied that "prepare to turn back to the 215 channel after the 310 float".

At 0633, the right full rudder.

06331/4, the rudder; VTS reminds the captain that after turning, it may enter the shallow water area, and it is recommended to turn around in the harbor pool to ensure safety.

At 0634, set the course.

0635, over 310 float, heading 013°, speed 6.3 knots, right full rudder, DEAD SLOW AHEAD, 600 meters from the oil dock corner. The captain was ready to turn right and sail back to Channel 215.

06351/2, stop, DEAD SLOW ASTERN, closely followed by parking.

06353/4, SLOW AHEAD, continue right full rudder.

At 06361/2, the first mate reported that the bow was 200 meters away from the dock. At 0637, turn right, speed 6.2 knots, stop followed by reverse FULL ASTERN, rudder.

At 0638, speed 4 knots, turn right, bow 80 meters away from the oil dock, drop the right anchor section brake.

At 0639, touch the cable pier of the 103 oil terminal, the head direction is 086 °, the ship position is 39 ° 55 ′.07N/119 ° 39 ′.20E, the contact angle is close to 90 °, and the speed of the ship is 2 knots when touching.

0642 hours, parking. At 0650, with the assistance of two tugboats, they turned around from the mouth of the harbor pool.

At 0720, close to berth 301.

VTS three times reminded, three pairs are still blindly operating the boat to hit the dock.....

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