Maoming port is a port that mainly transports bulk petroleum products and chemicals. There are 500,000-30,000-ton wharves 12, and it has the first 250,000-ton single-point mooring crude oil loading and unloading system in China. In 2008, the throughput of petrochemical products reached 1 1 10,000 tons, accounting for 80% of the total port throughput.
The tidal flat area of-10m isobath within the jurisdiction of maoming port is 628 square kilometers, and only 30.3% of it has been developed. Especially in the deepwater port area of Bohe Xingang District, relying on the Liantou Peninsula, the harbor is calm. The-10m isobath is only 700m offshore, the-15m isobath is 2.5km offshore, and the-20m isobath is only 1 1 km offshore. It can reach the water depth of-22m with a little dredging. Maoming port not only has the superior conditions for developing the heavy chemical industry near the port, but also has the unique conditions for building a large-scale national strategic oil reserve and a loading and unloading transit base for energy raw materials (crude oil, refined oil, coal, ore, etc.). ) In South China and even Southwest China.
In order to ensure the emergency response to oil spill at sea, Maoming Municipal Government promulgated the Emergency Plan for Oil Spill in maoming port Waters in 2003, which ensured the emergency response to oil spill in maoming port. Since 2009, the hardware construction of oil spill emergency facilities in maoming port has developed rapidly and achieved gratifying results. First, the largest oil spill recovery work ship "Mao Petrochemical No.7" in western Guangdong will be put into use at the end of the year; Second, the "Maozhan Oil Spill Emergency Equipment Library" invested by the Ministry of Communications has been approved; Third, the completion of maoming port oil spill emergency base.