Fishing ports devastated after storm

Storm No. 13 with terrible winds has caused heavy damage to the infrastructure of fishing ports in Gia Lai. Units are making efforts to restore operations.

According to Mr. Dao Xuan Thien, Director of Gia Lai fishing port, storm No. 13 caused fishing boats anchored to take shelter from the storm at Quy Nhon fishing port to drift into the port, hitting the ramp and wharf, causing the main truss system of the classification house along the wharf to bend, damaging the breakwater along the new wharf, and more than 80 square meters of breakwater at the old fishing wharf were hit, causing the protective concrete layer to come off, exposing split rocks and cement.

Storm No. 13 left Quy Nhon fishing port (Gia Lai) in ruins. Photo: CCQN.

The corrugated iron roofs in the two seafood sorting houses of Quy Nhon fishing port were blown away and completely blown away; the rafters and purlins were damaged with an estimated area of ​​about 3,000 square meters. In addition, strong winds broke three electric poles in Quy Nhon fishing port, causing the electrical wiring system and telecommunication signal lines to break, causing a power outage from the night of November 6 until now. The surveillance camera system installed by the province on the electric poles in the port was lost, currently only two cameras were found still attached to the electric poles.

Quy Nhon fishing port's cage house had its roof completely blown off and all the corrugated iron sheets blown away. Photo: CCQN.

In addition, the fishing port operator's house, the security guard house at the Quy Nhon fishing port gate, the roof system, rolling doors and main doors were blown off by the wind, 2 doors were damaged, the ceiling collapsed, and 1 aluminum glass door in the office was damaged.

During the night of the storm, strong gusts of wind completely collapsed the guard house and the roof system at the main gate of the fishing port. Currently, the unit has temporarily closed the main gate at 34A Tran Hung Dao Street for repair and cleaning; all activities go through the side gate of the fishing port at 26 Ham Tu.

All the kiosks of the grocery stores, the safes and safes had their rolling doors and iron doors blown off, the entire truss system and the corrugated iron roof were blown away. The damage to the goods inside has not yet been estimated. The entire roof system of the front of the food service area had its corrugated iron roof blown off.

All the kiosks of grocery stores and safes in Quy Nhon fishing port had their rolling doors and iron doors blown off. Photo: CCQN.

The corrugated iron roofing system, wharf lighting system, and fishing gear house of De Gi fishing port were also severely damaged in storm No. 13. Strong winds blew away the corrugated iron roofing system of the wharf. The lighting systems and electrical wires along the wharf were broken and completely fell down. The entire corrugated iron roofing system of the fishing gear house was blown away.

The roof of the operating room and the toll collection room at the De Gi fishing port gate were blown away by the strong wind. The office building was damaged and the glass of two doors was broken. The number of boats anchored inside the De Gi fishing port that sank was 8, including a fishing boat of De Gi fishermen and 1 fishing boat of Hoai Nhon fishermen (registration number and owner unknown).

More than 80 square meters of breakwater at the old fishing wharf of Quy Nhon fishing port was hit, causing the protective concrete layer to come off, exposing split rocks and cement. Photo: CCQN.

The fishery classification house of Nhon Ly fishing port was also blown away by the storm, part of the corrugated iron roof and purlins were blown away, the corner of the classification house was hit by waves causing serious subsidence, creating a hole about 4m deep, the mouth of the hole about 6m2. The electrical system was paralyzed because of a broken electric pole, the drainage system collapsed in many sections. The operator house, fishing gear house, toilet, tank, and freshwater supply system of Nhon Ly fishing port were damaged. One wall of the fishing gear house collapsed, the toilet was damaged.

“It is estimated that Quy Nhon fishing port suffered damage of about 14 billion VND; De Gi fishing port suffered damage of about 4 billion VND and Nhon Ly fishing port suffered damage of about 2 billion VND,” said Mr. Dao Xuan Thien.

Quy Nhon fishing port infrastructure severely damaged. Photo: CCQN.

According to Mr. Nguyen Anh Dung, Deputy Director of Gia Lai fishing port and Director of Quy Nhon fishing port, in the 2 days after the storm, the unit focused all its efforts on cleaning up, cutting iron, dismantling damaged port gates, freeing electric poles, collecting broken electric wires; the unit is hiring a roof crane to cut and remove purlins and braces for the fishing port house to ensure operation.

“Currently, Quy Nhon fishing port still maintains fishing boat operations, still allowing boats to leave and enter normally. The fishing port is running generators so that staff can do the work of letting boats leave and enter the port,” said Mr. Nguyen Anh Dung.

At Tam Quan fishing port, Mr. Dang Van Dan - Director of the fishing port said that storm No. 13 did not cause any damage. The port infrastructure of Tam Quan fishing port was also not damaged.

A fallen electric pole paralyzed the electricity and water supply at Quy Nhon fishing port. Photo: CCQN.

“Currently, Tam Quan fishing port is still operating normally. Yesterday (November 8), more than 10 boats went out to sea, and only on November 10 did many boats go out to sea. During the rainy and stormy season, the number of fishing boats going out to sea is also lower than in other months of the year,” said Mr. Dang Van Dan.

“We have requested the Gia Lai Department of Agriculture and Environment to consult the Provincial People's Committee to temporarily arrange funding for the unit to repair the electricity and water system and the classification house area to quickly serve the exploitation and circulation of aquatic products, meet the assigned tasks and prepare to welcome the EC delegation for inspection,” said Mr. Dao Xuan Thien, Director of Gia Lai fishing port.

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