CIMC completes application test of smart tank container multimodal transport

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From April 6th to April 20th, 2008, CIMC’s smart tank container successfully completed the commercial application test of sea-land multimodal transportation. The tank containers are produced by CIMC’s subsidiary plant in Zhangjiagang CIMC Sanctum, and Fuzhou Mingfa Transportation Company is responsible for the transportation business. The test route is a round-trip sea-land multimodal transport test from the Yangtze River Delta region to the Pearl River Delta region. After completing a series of static debugging and testing, the smart tank container departed from the Zhangjiagang Sanctum factory on April 6, 2008. It was transported by land to Taicang Wharf and shipped along the Yangtze River. It arrived at Shanghai Wusongkou Wharf on April 10 and entered the East China Sea. , Via Zhejiang Zhoushan Islands, Zhejiang Taizhou waters, Fujian Matsu Strait, Fujian Taiwan Strait, arriving in Guangdong Shantou waters on April 12, shipping via Shenzhen Daya Bay and Hong Kong waters, entering the Pearl River on April 13, passing Humen, Dongguan, April 14 Arrive at Guangzhou Huangpu Wharf. On April 15, 2008, from Guangzhou Huangpu Wharf -> Along the Pearl River -> Dongguan Humen -> South China Sea -> Hong Kong -> Shenzhen Daya Bay Shipping -> Guangdong Shantou Sea -> Fujian Taiwan Strait -> Fujian Matsu Strait -> Zhejiang Taizhou Sea area -> Zhejiang Zhoushan Islands -> into the Yangtze River -> Shanghai Wusongkou -> Taicang Wharf -> Along the Yangtze River -> Zhangjiagang Wharf -> Land -> Arrived at Zhangjiagang Sanctum Factory on April 20.

Intelligent tank container land transportation

Intelligent tank container sea transportation

With the acceleration of my country’s industrialization process, the production and transportation of energy and chemical materials have increased sharply, and my country has become the country with the largest transportation volume of energy and chemical materials in the world. In recent years, vicious accidents such as leakage, loss and explosion of hazardous chemicals during transportation have occurred from time to time, causing great property losses and extremely bad social impacts. On March 29, 2005, on the Huai’an section of the Beijing-Shanghai Expressway, a tanker heading from Shandong to Shanghai collided with an oncoming Jiefang truck and fell to the ground. The tanker was fully loaded with about 32 The rapid leakage of a ton of liquid chlorine caused 29 deaths due to poisoning, and 285 people were sent to hospital for treatment. Tens of thousands of nearby residents were forced to evacuate, causing a direct economic loss of more than 17 million yuan. On June 24, 2005, an acrylonitrile leakage accident occurred when a tanker truck overturned in Huaian on the Beijing-Shanghai Expressway. In Shaanxi, vehicles carrying dangerous chemicals overturned in the river, causing the leakage of dangerous chemicals and the driver escape. The accident was dealt with after more than two hours, causing pollution of the entire river, complete destruction of downstream water quality and causing downstream damage. Ecological disaster. During the one-month period from mid-March to mid-April 2006, safety accidents occurred frequently in the production, transportation, and use of hazardous chemicals. Some caused serious casualties, evacuated the masses, and caused the production and living order of the local people. Serious impact. According to preliminary statistics, 13 hazardous chemical accidents have occurred since mid-March, including 6 hazardous chemical production, 4 transportation, 2 use, and 1 operation, with a total of 18 deaths.
For the water transportation of hazardous chemicals, there have been more than a dozen pollution accidents from ships containing bulk NLS substances in the Yangtze River Delta in recent years; according to the types of accidents, there are accidental spill pollution, operational spill pollution, and pollution during navigation. There have also been pollution incidents at the wharf. Once highly toxic and hazardous materials such as styrene and chloroform are miscible with water, they will form vapor and spread to the surroundings, making it difficult for rescuers to approach them quickly. In addition, there is no solution for how to eliminate the effects of highly toxic dangerous goods after falling into the water. Methanol and phenol cannot be degraded after entering the water for many years. Once the liquid chlorine is dissolved into the Yangtze River, the river water will be seriously polluted. Cities such as Jiangyin, Jingjiang and Zhangjiagang have tap water outlets located on both banks of the Yangtze River and supply millions of people with domestic water. These water inlets have no protective measures. Once pollution occurs, the consequences will be serious.

The safety of hazardous chemicals is a matter of great concern to all countries in the world, especially the occurrence of some serious accidents has made countries pay more and more attention to the safety of hazardous chemicals in order to prevent the hazards of hazardous chemicals. National governments or regional organizations have formulated corresponding regulations. Such as the “Regulations on the Prevention of Hazardous Chemical Accidents” in the United States, the “Saveso Directive II” of the European Union, my country’s “Regulations on the Safety Management of Hazardous Chemicals”, “The Road Traffic Safety Law of the People’s Republic of China”, and “Regulations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods on Roads” “Wait. In order to strengthen the safety management of road transport of hazardous chemicals and prevent road transport accidents of hazardous chemicals, the Department of Hazardous Chemicals of the State Administration of Work Safety held a symposium on road transport safety of hazardous chemicals in Beijing from July 16 to 17, 2005. The Ministry of Public Security has issued Ministerial Order No. 77-“Administrative Measures for the Purchase of Highly Toxic Chemicals and Road Transport Licenses.” The Measures regulate the purchase and transportation of highly toxic chemicals by road. Among them, the new speed limit regulations on expressways and highways attract the most attention, clearly stipulating the period of license issuance; establishing a database to strengthen management; highway speed limits are 70 to 90 kilometers; Constitute a crime to pursue criminal responsibility.

However, whether it is the “Regulations on the Prevention of Hazardous Chemical Accidents” in the United States, the “Saveso Directive II” of the European Union, or the “Regulations on the Safety Management of Hazardous Chemicals” in my country, they all deal with the production and storage of dangerous goods from a management perspective. , Transportation and use are regulated. Since accidents of hazardous chemicals will cause huge disasters, and there is currently no complete real-time tracking, real-time monitoring, real-time alarm and emergency response mechanism, many maritime carriers do not allow dangerous chemical tank containers to be on board. The implementation of mixed transportation, but only by road transportation, which greatly increases the transportation cost. In China’s railways, since there has been no feasible real-time tracking and monitoring guarantee system for dangerous goods transport containers, at present, dangerous goods tank containers are not allowed to be loaded on rails. The feasibility is still in the stage of demonstration, which also restricts the development of railway freight transportation. At the same time, it also greatly increases the cost of transportation.

On April 17, 2006, the Office of the Work Safety Commission of the State Council issued the “Notice on Recent Hazardous Chemical Accidents”, which summarized the main causes of hazardous chemical accidents and the main problems that caused the hazards including: severe overloading of transport vehicles , The quality of vehicles and tanks is poor; employees lack the necessary safety knowledge and drive illegally; the carrier is unqualified and transports in violation of regulations; production and filling companies violate regulations and rules; road transportation safety supervision is not strict, and road control measures are unfavorable; accidents occur Information cannot be obtained in a timely and effective manner; when an accident occurs, information on the location of the accident cannot be obtained in time due to artificial delay or special circumstances; details of the goods being transported cannot be obtained in time; rescue measures are ineffective. In response to this situation, the State Administration of Work Safety, the Ministry of Transport, and the Ministry of Public Security jointly put forward the guidelines for “Science and Safety”, hoping to use advanced technology to reduce the occurrence of accidents and improve the efficiency of rescue and handling in the event of an accident.

Since accidents of hazardous chemicals will cause huge disasters, there is currently no complete set of real-time tracking, real-time monitoring, real-time alarm and emergency response mechanisms. Therefore, the development and implementation of a set of real-time tracking, monitoring, and early warning and alarm systems for hazardous chemical leakage detection and condition monitoring are extremely significant. Once a hazardous chemical leak occurs in a hazardous chemical transport container, vehicle, ship, etc., this system can detect the full situation of the leak in real time, including the type of media, the level of the leak, the location of the leak, the time of the leak, etc. At the same time, it can monitor the carrier medium and transport carrier, including medium temperature, pressure, liquid level, transport carrier speed, acceleration, space attitude, environmental temperature and humidity, etc., to realize the status of the medium and the transport tool during the transportation of hazardous chemicals. Condition monitoring of collision, overturning, overspeed, etc. In addition, with the continuous improvement and strengthening of international anti-terrorism requirements and measures, it is required to realize the real-time monitoring of the entire transportation of hazardous chemicals as soon as possible. By installing switch detection sensors at each tank port, the safety of cargo transportation during transportation can be judged and prevented. Steal, avoid and prevent malicious attacks and other terrorist incidents. Through the configuration of GPS/GPRS system and satellite communication system, the whole process of monitoring and tracking hazardous chemicals in the whole transportation process can be realized. While ensuring the safety, reliability, efficiency, and environmental protection of cargo transportation, it also realizes the transparency of supply chain information, providing a real-time information flow basis for asset management and modern logistics. This system ensures the expansion of transportation routes for hazardous chemicals, realizes large-scale shipping and railway transportation, greatly saves transportation costs, and improves social benefits and efficiency. This system ensures the safety of the transportation of hazardous chemicals. It realizes the detection, tracking and monitoring of the transportation of hazardous chemicals through technical means. Through local real-time alarm and remote real-time alarm, it is equipped with an emergency response mechanism to reduce and avoid accidents. occur.