Beijing, March 14 According to the news website of the State Oceanic Administration, State Oceanic Administration (SOA) today explicitly requested the Guangdong Provincial Oceanic and Fishery Bureau, and State Oceanic Administration, the South China Sea Branch of close attention to the development trend of South Korean cargo ship shipwreck and disposal in a timely manner to organize the monitoring of marine environment monitoring.

March 13, 2012 5:00 p.m. Korean cargo ship Athena (KENOS, ATHENA) waves near the waters cover in Guangdong Province distress tilt sank the cargo ship carrying 7000 tons of sulfuric acid and 140 tons of residual fuel oil.

Upon receipt of the accident report, the State Oceanic Administration attaches great importance to study the immediate deployment of emergency work. The South China Sea Branch of State Oceanic Administration, immediately dispatched to monitor the incident area to carry out marine environmental monitoring.

March 14, 7112 China’s maritime surveillance aircraft to the accident sea cruise monitor. , State Oceanic Administration, explicitly require Guangdong Provincial Oceanic and Fishery Bureau, and State Oceanic Administration, South China Sea Branch to pay close attention to the boat incident momentum of development and disposition of timely organize the monitoring of marine environmental monitoring, and closely monitoring the oil spill may lead to shipwreck sulfuric acid and other hazardous chemicals leak nearby waters, and make the communication of information, timely release of the marine environment monitoring information to relevant departments and the general public, effective protection of the production and life safety of the relevant waters.

Currently, the State Oceanic Administration is seawater sample analysis and detection, the relevant information will be released.

【新闻快讯】13日13时30分左右，在广东汕尾海域，从韩国运货到我国广东珠海的韩国籍化学品船“雅典娜”号失去动力，面临沉没危险，汕尾边防支队官兵与当地渔民紧急施救。该货轮载有7000吨硫酸及140吨剩余燃料油。广东海事局称，“雅典娜”沉船前关闭了所有阀门，截至14日下午海域环境监测结果暂未发现化学品泄漏，船上所有船员在弃船后已被全部救起。

据事故船船长陈述，事发时“雅典娜”右压载舱进水，船舶右倾，船上装有散装硫酸，共计16个舱室，共7000吨。弃船前，船抛左锚，并且关闭了货仓和油舱阀门。接到有关事故情况的报告后，国家海洋局南海分局立即派出监测人员对事发海域开展海洋环境监测。目前，海事部门正密切加强对现场的监控，与参与救援各方研究沉船的打捞方案，沉船的相关救助防污染处理工作仍在有序进行。