Press Release
April 1, 2010
OIL STOP AUTO BOOM IN HONG KONG March 2010
In March 2010, the Oil Stop Division of AMPOL visited the Hong Kong Electric Company (HEC) Electric Power Generating Plant on Lamma Island, Hong Kong SAR. The purpose of the visit was to provide training and commissioning of a package of oil spill response equipment sold by Oil Stop to HEC. The package included 1000 feet (300 Meters) of Harbor Model Auto Boom on a hydraulic powered reel, a disc/brush type oil skimmer with a transfer pump, a 2500 gallon Towable Oil Bladder and a 3000 gallon Open Top Reservoir. The Oil Stop factory representative provided one full day of classroom training on the operation and maintenance of the equipment, followed by a full day of boom deployment exercises.
Part of the exercise was to demonstrate how Auto Boom could be deployed using any vessel with adequate power. The inflation blower was operated from this “sampan” type boat during the single point inflation demonstration.
The purpose of the containment boom is for „insurance? booming of fuel barges that frequently come to the terminal of the power plant.
It was further demonstrated that the boom could be handled, attached to moorings on the face of the dock, and anchors could be placed and set from this single vessel.
For more information contact AMPOL 1-800-482-6765 or Oil Stop 1-504-361-4321