Is Taizhou Dachen Island Ferry safe?

Safe. According to the official website of Zhejiang Maritime Safety Administration.

1. Deadline: July 25, 2023. Taizhou Dachendao Ferry Jiaojiang Maritime Affairs Office strictly implements the work requirements of superiors on strengthening the safety supervision of passenger ferry ships, focusing on ensuring the "six in place" and making every effort to ensure a stable safety situation for water passenger transportation during the summer.

2. First, mobilization and deployment are in place. Passenger ferry ships in the jurisdiction maintain high-frequency contact, supervision and guidance to ensure that all work requirements for summer passenger ferry safety management are implemented and implemented.

3. Second, the "physical examination" of operating passenger ships must be in place. Cooperate with local ship inspection agencies to conduct pre-holiday joint security inspections on seven operating passenger ships. Combined with weekly on-site supervision and inspection, we will comprehensively eliminate hidden dangers and defects in passenger ships.

4. Third, the investigation of dangerous situations and hidden dangers is in place. Comprehensively investigate the maintenance status of key equipment such as the ship's main engine, bridge remote control device, steering gear system, and backup power supply, and replace product quality management of spare parts to deeply eliminate hidden management safety hazards.

5. Fourth, on-site supervision is in place. Focus on inspections of ships at peak passenger flow, and resolutely put an end to overloading, sailing beyond wind resistance levels, and sailing with "sickness" on passenger ferry ships.

6. Fifth, remote monitoring of route waters is in place. In case of abnormal speed, steering and other problems of passenger ships, timely telephone and VHF reminders will be provided to effectively ensure the safety of passenger ship navigation.

7. Sixth, comprehensive emergency drills are in place. The focus is on requiring passenger ship crews to improve the drill plan, clarify the prescribed actions of crew members in each emergency position, and conduct practical drills after deduction and evaluation, so as to continuously improve the quality of emergency drills. Safety awareness and emergency response capabilities for water emergencies.