Chapter 768: Chapter 522: Xiang Ning Issued Another Ticket!
Cargo ships cannot simply enter the dock as they wish. They must first undergo inspections by various departnts including the Port Supervision, Customs, Quarantine, and Border Inspection. Moreover, it is necessary to wait for the water inside the dock to be drained in order to properly arrange the dock piles based on the position of the ship’s keel.
The dock piles are still currently on the blueprint.
To expedite the production of the dock piles, Boss Wang and Boss Wu painfully subcontracted the tasks.
Under the coordination of the Leadership Group for shipyard repairs in the developnt zone, machining enterprises in and around Sanhe are all rushing to manufacture dock piles. Carpenters from various construction sites within the developnt zone are also urgently processing the wooden parts according to the blueprints.
It proved that three years ago, Han Yu’s involvent in the "Big Shark" transfer project was invaluable. Without the experience from manufacturing dock piles and setting the "Big Shark," Han Yu wouldn’t have dared to mobilize President Wang and President Wu for this massive project.
Engineers from two small shipyards and from Cosco Shipyard gained invaluable experiences, and they marveled at how designing and creating dock piles was not as difficult as they had initially thought.
They are now dispersed to various machining enterprises to supervise the production on-site.
They need to ensure quality while also being pressed for ti; all dock piles must be manufactured and transported to the site for installation before 9 a.m. tomorrow.
Han Yu was also busy. Once the blueprint design was ready, he boarded a tugboat from the Port Authority’s fleet, directing crew mbers to tow the floating dock gate to the dry dock’s "threshold," and subrge it by filling with water.
This task is crucial as it directly affects whether the dry dock doors can be closed.
If they cannot close the doors, or if they cannot stop the water, it ans the dry dock cannot be used, and naturally, the major repairs on the foreign ship cannot continue.
While Han Yu was extrely busy, Han Xiangning and hurriedly arrived port supervisory safety inspectors processed onboard procedures at the border inspection station in Sanhe. Along with Tang Wentai and Guo Weitao, who also completed the boarding procedures, they took the Supervision 39 to the ship’s anchor point and climbed aboard the foreign ship using the pilot ladder lowered by the crew.
Tang Wentai is now not only the Deputy Director of Linghai Developnt Zone Managent Committee but also the translator for the Port Supervision Bureau.
As for Guo Weitao boarding the ship, it was at Han Yu’s request.
As a Water Police officer, he cannot be ignorant about large ships.
It was a great opportunity to use the Port Supervision’s boarding inspection and have his senior colleague introduce him to new experiences on a foreign ship.
This was Guo Weitao’s first ti boarding an ocean-going cargo ship, and he was imdiately overwheld by its size.
The foreign ship was really huge, over two hundred ters in length with seven large cargo holds, and surprisingly, there was even a helipad marked on the cover of the central cargo hold!
Seeing him as amused as Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden, Tang Wentai whispered, "This is an ocean-going cargo ship, it travels to many countries around the world. In developed countries in Europe and Arica, pilots sotis transfer to and from ships via tugboats, other tis via helicopters."
"Developed countries’ pilots take helicopters onto ships?"
"That’s quite normal."
Tang Wentai chuckled, adding, "When cargo ships navigate in the waters of developed countries, if any crew mber gets sick or injured, they also contact shore personnel via radio for rescue, and the rescuers would arrive by helicopter."
Guo Weitao expressed his amazent, "Are European and Arican countries that advanced?"
"Yes." Tang Wentai thought for a mont then smiled, "Crew mbers serve on the ship for seven to eight months before they take turns resting. Sotis, foreign shipowners also spend money to hire helicopters to bring new crew mbers aboard and pick up those whose service period has ended."
Capitalist countries are really extravagant, even willing todeploy helicopters to transport crew mbers.
Guo Weitao couldn’t believe it was true, and he couldn’t help asking, "Director Tang, how much does a captain like this earn yearly?"
"Converted to RMB, at least over a million."
"A yearly inco over a million!"
"That’s also quite normal; the salaries of crew mbers on ocean-going ships are originally high."
As they were talking, the "Boss Lady" who was walking in front suddenly stopped.
The Australian Chief Officer who ca down from the pilot house turned and reminded, "Ma’am, watch out for the stairs ahead."
Tang Wentai was about to step forward to translate, when Han Xiangning who had improved her English over the past two years casually looked around and said in English without batting an eye, "Got it, thanks."
The ship was not only large but also tall.
There were five floors in the superstructure at the stern of the ship; even Guo Weitao, who considered himself to be in good shape, felt sowhat tired after climbing up to the fifth-floor pilot house in one go, while the two elderly safety inspectors from the Port Supervision Bureau were completely out of breath.
The captain, in his forties, was a Chinese from Singapore, warmly greeting everyone in Mandarin, ensuring there were no communication barriers.
While the two safety inspectors were checking the relevant certificates, Han Xiangning suddenly asked, "Captain Li, what cargo did you carry before?"
"Iron ore, here are the records."
"How many tons?"
"Sixty-four thousand tons."
"Did you offload the cargo at Jiangcheng Port?"
"Yes, is there a problem?"
"Let
first take a look at the voyage log." Han Xiangning smiled slightly, checking the records provided by the captain with her colleagues.
The pilot house was truly spacious and advanced; many of the instrunts and equipnt could only be seen on television. While Guo Weitao was curiously looking around, the "Boss Lady" suddenly remarked, "Captain Li, your ship is very clean."
The captain hesitated, montarily unsure how to respond.
As Guo Weitao wondered why the "Boss Lady" was asking these questions, Han Xiangning’s expression beca serious, "Captain, may I see the records for the cleaning of the cargo holds and decks?"
"Director, what would you like to know?"
"What do you think?"
"Director, we’re here to repair the ship, can you perhaps be a bit lenient?"
It seems this Singaporean captain, who frequents the Chinese route, has also learned so bad habits, even knowing how to seek leniency!
Such things might be possible elsewhere and might even be settled with money, but this place isn’t like others, this is the Linghai Waters.
Han Xiangning was not about to be polite with him, she stared at him seriously and sternly asked, "Captain, to speak frankly, our Chinese ports unload very quickly, possibly the fastest in the world, but our ports also don’t pay much attention to environntal sanitation during loading and unloading, causing coal, ore, and other cargoes to spill everywhere.
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