Binjiang Police Affa Chapter 772 - 524: The Most Skilled Officer at Sailing and R

Chapter 772: Chapter 524: The Most Skilled Officer at Sailing and Repairing Ships!_2

"Why?"

"The dock is too large. The cargo ship waiting to enter the dock is 33 ters wide, but the dock is over 80 ters in width. After the cargo ship enters, its starboard side can be as close to the dock wall as possible, but the port side will be far from the dock wall on the left, which is not conducive to adjusting the ship’s position or securing it."

"Why didn’t they design the dock smaller when it was being planned?"

Han Xiangning really wanted to say that this wasn’t a dock that was simply excavated, but rather a natural Cha Port that was transford into a dock. However, the Linghai Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Governnt had already been promoting it as one of the few large-scale docks in the country, and the news of the main completion ceremony had already been broadcast on the provincial television, so naturally, she couldn’t reveal the truth.

After pondering for a mont, she introduced with a smile: "Being large has its advantages. If it’s not big enough, large ships cannot be repaired. Moreover, this dock can be divided. In the future, it can be split into two or even three smaller docks, capable of repairing three cargo ships of ten to twenty thousand tons at the sa ti."

A prefecture-level city actually built such a massive dock.

Only by being on-site could one truly appreciate the scale of the project.

Deputy Director Liu was shocked and had sincere admiration for the city leaders of Linghai. Seeing another van driving in, the person seated in the passenger seat got out and headed straight for the activity room ahead, while the other two opened the side door, busying themselves with organizing the diving equipnt.

"Director Xiao Han, are they divers?"

"Yes, they are divers from the Waterway Bureau’s salvage team."

"Han Yu and his team are repairing ships, not salvaging sunken ones. Why call for divers?"

"To ensure the safety of the ship settling on the dock piles."

Han Xiangning glanced back and patiently explained: "Once the dock piles are installed, and the dock is filled with water, Han Yu will go to the anchorage to board the ship and navigate it into the dock, directing the drainage for the ship to settle. If there’s a collision or damage to the ship’s hull during settling, there will be a compensation. The value of their ship is over seventy million, and considering the potential losses during the damaged repair period, it could exceed a billion. Even if we sold him and the two company owners, we couldn’t afford it. So, when the cargo ship is settling on the dock piles, divers must go down to confirm the position of the ship’s keel and the dock piles. Only after verifying that everything is correct can we continue draining the water and let the ship settle securely on these dock piles."

No wonder the Linghai City Committee and Municipal Governnt took it so seriously. No wonder Han Yu didn’t even have ti for an award ceremony.

Deputy Director Liu sighed: "It seems your spouse has a great responsibility."

Han Xiangning really wanted to say that settling a cargo ship was nothing; her San’er had once participated in the transfer of the "Big Shark" worth over a hundred million US dollars. During its loading onto the semi-subrsible ship, it also had to settle, amid the stormy "Big Shark" and semi-subrsible ship struggling to maintain stability on the sea.

But this had to be kept secret and couldn’t be shared recklessly. She simply smiled and added: "I almost forgot, the cargo ship soon to be docked for a major overhaul is quite advanced, featuring side thrusters on the bow, and several deepwater sensors under the ship. Getting divers was also to ensure the sensors under the ship wouldn’t be damaged."

Truly professional.

It seed that Deputy Director Wu was right when he said on the way to Binjiang that Han Yu was definitely the most skilled policeman in the entire provincial public security system in terms of operating and repairing ships!

There was no need to hurry back since he was already there.

Deputy Director Liu made up his mind to wait for the foreign ship to enter the dock, and after Han Yu was no longer busy, to hold the comndation ceremony on the "First Post of the Yangtze River" inscribed by provincial leaders. Only then would it be aningful. He decided not to talk about work and curiously asked with a smile, "Does hiring a diver cost a lot?"

"Underwater operations are very dangerous; hiring soone to go down once costs several thousand."

Han Xiangning smiled and continued, "Repairing foreign ships is highly specialized work with high profits and significant investnt."

If the profits weren’t significant, Secretary Ye and Mayor Qian wouldn’t have paid it so much attention. It was said they planned to greet the foreign ship when it docked, preparing to warmly welco the Captain and the crew. They even considered holding a grand farewell party when the ship was repaired and ready to leave the dock!

In short, the city had decided to vigorously develop the ship repair industry, with no intention of being a one-ti deal.

Zhou Huixin was thinking of adding a few words when Han Xiangning’s radio suddenly sounded.

"Chief Han, Chief Han, this is Zhang Asheng. Please respond if you hear ."

"Received, President Zhang. What’s your ssage?"

"The Captain, Chief Officer, and Second Officer are studying waterway maps provided by the agent. Our area’s waterway was recently dredged and the map hasn’t been updated. They only recognize the old waterway maps, saying our area’s waterway is too shallow. They are afraid of grounding again and dare not bring the ship over for repairs."

"It’s perfectly normal. As a Captain, he must be responsible for the safety of the ship. Even if Salted Fish goes aboard to pilot, it doesn’t an the Captain is free from responsibility."

"The current issue is that he doesn’t trust us and is trying to contact the shipowner, wanting to ask the shipowner to arrange another place for a major repair."

Plans always fall short of changes.

But then again, how could such a large project not encounter so unexpected problems?

Han Xiangning, holding the walkie-talkie, asked, "What do you need

to do?"

Zhang Asheng didn’t want to let the duck that was already in his mouth fly away and asked urgently, "Are you in the shipyard now?"

"Yes."

"I have called Salted Fish, but he might be busy and hasn’t replied. Can you ask him if he could board the ship and explain to the Captain? If he really can’t make it clear to the Captain, please ask the Captain to co to 001. There is depth detection equipnt on 001, and we can show the Captain just how deep our waterway is."

"Okay, I’ll contact him right now."

"Hurry, otherwise they’ll contact the shipowner."

"I know, you just keep the Captain calm. Salted Fish is busy in the shipyard and is covered in mud. He definitely needs to change his clothes first. Also, to board the ship, he needs to go to the Border Inspection to process the paperwork, and the Captain will need to do the sa to disembark. Even if we hurry, it won’t be quick."

"Do it as quickly as possible."

"I know."

Boss Wang and Boss Wu have invested so much, and the officials of Linghai regard it highly.

Like everyone else, Han Xiangning didn’t want to see a good project fall apart over this little issue. After greeting Deputy Director Liu, Deputy Director Wu, Director Zhou, Director Wang, and others, she picked up the walkie-talkie to call the newly set-up broadcast room, asking the broadcast room to use the loudspeaker to notify her junior colleague.

As the de facto person in charge of the foreign vessel repair project, Han Yu was even more reluctant for sothing to go wrong.

He quickly issued instructions to several engineers, took a truck to the dock piles, went to the prefab house to wash up briefly, changed into the pilot jacket his elder school sister had given him, processed the boarding formalities at the on-site Border Inspection officer’s station, and then hurried onto the floating dock gate to board the Supervision 39, hastening towards the sea vessel anchorage.

The young man was indeed very busy, so much so that he didn’t even have ti to greet Deputy Director Wu.

Deputy Director Liu looked around and asked with a smile, "Director Han, if everything goes smoothly, when can the foreign vessel enter the dock?"

Han Xiangning calculated for a mont and then raised his head to say, "Based on the current construction progress, the dock piles should be installed by 4:30 this afternoon. After installation, we need to conduct a check, which should take about half an hour. The dock can be flooded on schedule by 5:00 pm, and the flooding will take about five hours.

Moving the dock gate away after flooding should take about half an hour. Although we just dredged our waterway, it’s quite narrow, less than a hundred ters wide, and the cargo ship is so long, its body will definitely have to be turned across the waterway, and the depth on both sides of the waterway is indeed sowhat insufficient."

If the cargo ship can’t enter the dock, it can’t be overhauled.

This is directly related to Linghai’s economic developnt!

Zhou Huixin couldn’t help but ask, "Then what should we do?"

"Wait for the tide," replied Han Xiangning with a charming smile, confidently, "We have two tides a day here, and the morning tide is higher. If everything goes well, the cargo ship should be able to enter the dock around six o’clock tomorrow morning."

Zhou Huixin relaxed a bit, then after a thought, asked, "Salted Fish is responsible for piloting, is he confident?"

"If he wasn’t confident, he wouldn’t dare to agree."

Knowing Director Zhou was sowhat concerned, Han Xiangning smiled while gesturing and explained, "At that ti, there will be two fully rotatable tugboats assisting: one in front, standing up against it, and one behind, pulling it. Plus, the cargo ship’s bow has thrusters, which are equivalent to a tugboat, so the safety of entering the dock should not be a problem."

Zhou Huixin turned to look at the river and pressed further, "The foreign vessel has a deep draft; it will navigate in the waterway where ships are coming and going. Is the safety of water traffic guaranteed?"

"With

around, water traffic safety is ensured. Once we define the ti for entering the dock, I will have the bureau issue a navigational notice. When the foreign vessel sets sail from the anchorage, our Supervision 39, Supervision 41, Binjiang Police 001, Yangtze Police 110 will all be mobilized to patrol upstream and downstream of the cargo ship and tugboats," Han Xiangning responded confidently.

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