Riverside Police.

Chapter 361

Chen Zikun's lover, Meng Hualei, used to work in a veterinary station in a town in Gangzha District. When Chen Zikun was suspended without pay, she also quit her job and went to Donghai to help the old man with the project.

After Chen Zikun came back, she didn't want to stay in the East China Sea alone. Last month, with the support of the old man and the help of colleagues from the old unit, she opened a store in Bailonggang that specializes in selling veterinary medicine and chicken feed, and started her old business.

During the day, I look at the store while taking care of the children. As soon as the sun goes down, I go back to the dormitory to cook.

There are only three passenger routes left at Bailong Port Passenger Terminal, and there is only one boat for these three passenger routes every day.

There are fewer and fewer leaders and employees at the terminal, and those who can return to Binjiang Port have returned to Binjiang Port, and a lot of office rooms and dormitories have been vacated.Especially the once lively dormitory area has become deserted now.And her and Chen Zikun's dormitory was in the front row of Han Yu and Han Xiangning's dormitory.

I don't know if it's too deserted and lonely, or because she is pregnant with a baby and loves children very much. Han Xiangning helps take care of Meng Hualei's son, Xiao Junjun, after work.

While watching TV and chatting about how Xiao Junjun should go to kindergarten next year, whether he will be sent to the city or in Bailonggang, Han Yu and Chen Zikun drove back together in a police car.

"Xianyu, didn't you go to the branch office, why did you come back with Professor Chen?"

"I went to the barge to have a look."

Han Yu leaned over and teased Xiao Junjun who came flying out. This little guy was as naughty as Dongdong when he was a child, and he liked to ride in a police car.

Han Xiangning looked at the clothes on his body, and asked curiously, "Why are you wearing the work uniform of our unit, where is your police uniform?"

"The police uniform is in the car."

Han Yu suddenly realized that he forgot to change his clothes, opened the car door, took out his police uniform, and explained the ins and outs of coming back so late.

Han Xiangning couldn't believe it was true, and asked in amazement: "That flag of convenience not only has major flaws, but the captain and crew may have used fake certificates?"

Han Yu smiled and said, "Yeah, the problem is very serious and I'm already stuck."

Meng Hualei didn't know much about these things, so she asked curiously, "Ning Ning, what is a flag of convenience?"

"It is a merchant ship that is not registered in its own country but registered in another country, and does not fly the flag of its own country, but the flag of the country of registration."

"Why should a ship in one's own country register in another country?"

"I want to save money and make it convenient. Some countries, mainly small countries, have low registration fees and taxes. They don't even levy income tax on foreign shipping companies and shareholders. They don't impose restrictions on the employment of crew members, and they don't interfere in the operation and management of ships. , so one-third of the world's merchant ships fly flags of convenience."

Meng Hualei murmured after thinking, "The captain's certificate may be fake. What on earth are those ship owners and shareholders thinking? They dare to let a fake captain sail the ship."

Chen Zikun turned around and looked at Han Yu who was smiling and silent, and said, "Hua Lei, the captain doesn't have to sail."

"The captain doesn't steer the boat?"

"The captain is the person in charge of the ship, and he has to take care of everything. It is impossible to do everything by himself."

"Who sailed that boat, mate?"

"The chief mate doesn't seem to need to sail the boat, Yu Zhi, am I right?"

Han Yu smiled and explained patiently: "On most ocean-going freighters, the chief mate is generally responsible for cargo stowage, loading and unloading, handover and other transportation management work and the maintenance of equipment belonging to the deck department."

Meng Hualei asked, "Where's the second officer?"

"The captain is actually on duty during the voyage. The main job of the second officer is to be on duty during the voyage and berthing, and at the same time be in charge of the driving equipment."

Han Yu handed the police uniform to the senior, and continued: "The third officer is also on duty when sailing and berthing, and is also responsible for ship lifesaving, fire-fighting equipment, medical medicine, etc. Just like our police station, there is a specific division of labor. .”

The more Meng Hualei listened, the more confused she became, and she asked puzzledly, "Then who is in charge of sailing?"

"The captain makes the voyage plan. Who is on duty during the voyage and who directs the voyage. The helmsman is the helmsman, that is, the first-class sailor. There are usually five or six first-class sailors on a large ship, and they all know how to sail."

"So it was the sailors who steered the boat. I always thought it was the captain who steered the boat. I thought it was the captain who steered the boat!"

"The captain also needs to be able to steer a boat. It can be said that being able to steer is a basic skill of the crew."

Han Yu thought about it and smiled again: "Sister-in-law, it's actually not as difficult as you think. When sailing on the sea, the sea is endless and the water is so deep, as long as you don't deviate from the route. The main thing is to pay attention when entering and leaving the port, because entering and exiting There are many ships in the port and it is easy to collide."

Han Xiangning was deeply touched by this, and couldn't help laughing: "Sister-in-law, don't look at the captain, first mate, and second mate of the seagoing ship. They sound very good, but in terms of precise driving, they are far behind the captain of the inland river tugboat team."

Meng Hualei subconsciously asked: "Captain Fan's boat is better than your Yuzhi?"

Before the senior could speak, Han Yu confirmed with a smile: "Captain Fan and Captain Wang used to drive tugboats and tow more than a dozen barges. A dragon is not so easy to control. If you want to turn a corner, you have to wag your tail. In the river Navigation is a little bit better, driving into the canal is more difficult because the channel is narrow and the water is shallow."

"Yu Zhi, you can't drag such a fleet?"

"If I get out of the way, I can tow five or six barges at most, and I won't dare to tow any more."

As soon as Han Yu finished speaking, Han Xiangning couldn't help laughing and said: "Actually, this is not the most difficult thing, it's hard to push. So there is a sky outside the sky, and there are people outside the people."

Now she is the police wife of Changhang Public Security, so she has to understand these things.

Meng Hualei couldn't help asking, "Push?"

"It's a fleet of barges in the front and tugboats in the back. We have few Binjiang and more Xuzhou side. It is estimated that half of the pushing fleet on the river is from Xuzhou side. There are coal mines in Xuzhou, and those on the top The push fleet is mainly for coal.”

Han Xiangning grinned, then turned around and asked, "Salted fish, you and Team Leader Xu have found so many defects, and you suspect that the certificates of the captain and crew may be fake. Have you asked the ship agent to contact the owner?"

"I got in touch, do you know who the shipping agent is?"

"Who?"

"Tang Wentao."

"Such a coincidence!"

"It's not a coincidence, there are only a few shipping agencies in Binjiang."

"That's true. He contacted the ship owner. What did the ship owner say?"

Han Yu stroked Xiao Junjun's head and said with a smile: "The Hong Kong shipowner said that they 'do not have the ability to identify the authenticity of the certificate', so they failed to find out in time and wanted to avoid punishment."

Chen Zikun asked in a low voice: "Yu Zhi, so you can basically confirm that the certificate is fake?"

"When I came back, Team Leader Xu and Section Chief Yang called the captain and crew suspected of using false certificates to the Harbor Supervision Bureau to talk. They saw that the ship was detained. The Harbor Supervision Bureau had enough time to verify the authenticity, so they dared not take chances and admitted They’re using fake papers that they paid for.”

"What did that captain do before?"

"He used to be the third officer, and he has three certificates of competency. Several crew members were fishermen before, without formal training, and have never served on ocean-going cargo ships."

"It is impossible for the shipowner to be ignorant of these circumstances."

"The owner should know."

Chen Zikun asked puzzledly: "Since the shipowner knows about it, why do they still use them?"

Han Yu sighed softly, and said helplessly: "In order to save costs and reduce expenses, the senior crew, especially the captain, how much money they pay each year, if you find two knives, you only need to pay one-third a year. As for For ordinary crew, it is definitely more expensive to find a certified crew than an uncertified one.

In fact, from the perspective of cost saving, they can hire mainland crew.However, some Hong Kong shipowners would rather give money to people from Southeast Asian countries than find equally cheap mainland crew. "

Thinking of Fang Guoya's joke with Chen Zikun before, Han Xiangning couldn't help laughing and said, "Sister-in-law, this is just like your father would rather subcontract the project to a small contractor outside than let the fellow who helped him make a fortune."

This is an embarrassing fact.

Meng Hualei scratched her neck, and said embarrassedly: "I also asked my father, and my father said that if the work of steel bars and formwork is contracted by our own people, they will all become contractors, and no one will follow them in the future." He did it."

You can't talk about your father-in-law behind your back...

Chen Zikun hastily returned to the original topic: "Yuzhi, since the captain and the crew have admitted to using false certificates, what will we do next?"

Han Yu didn't answer this question, but looked at Senior Sister with a smile.

Han Xiangning said without hesitation: "The crew violated international conventions and our Chinese crew regulations. According to the regulations, false certificates should be confiscated and a fine of 2 yuan to 10 yuan should be imposed. If there is any illegal income, the illegal income should be confiscated. People like them , must be severely punished.”

"Where's the captain?"

"The crew regulations clearly stipulate that the captain must ensure that the ship and the crew carry certificates, documents and relevant navigation materials that meet the statutory requirements. Although the captain used false certificates, he turned out to be the third officer and the actual person in charge of the ship. Responsible."

Han Xiangning thought for a while, and then said: "So not only should he be punished for using false certificates, but he should also be held accountable for his de facto captain. In addition to the punishment just mentioned, he will be fined more than 2000 yuan and less than 2 yuan. A penalty of temporarily detaining three certificates of competency for not less than six months but not more than two years."

Meng Hualei couldn't help but ask, "Is the ship owner responsible?"

"Also, the crew regulations expressly stipulate that crew employers are not allowed to recruit personnel who have not obtained the certificates stipulated in these regulations to work on board. A fine of not less than 15 but not more than [-]."

Meng Hualei was taken aback when she heard this, and secretly sighed that she is indeed a fine expert in fines, and talking about these things is like a treasure.

Chen Zikun was also in admiration, and couldn't help laughing and asked: "So your bureau can issue hundreds of thousands of fines this time?"

"How could it be only a few hundred thousand."

"more than?"

"Of course it's more than that. This is just a punishment for the crew using fake certificates and the shipowner recruiting fake crew. There are still so many defects on their ships, and they will be punished if the defects are detected."

"So 100 million may not be enough!"

"If you add the port fees incurred during the detention period, the cost of quickly finding a qualified captain and crew to replace it, the cost of repairing those major defects, and the loss of compensation for the cargo owner due to the delay in the delivery date, this ship owner is estimated to be in vain this year."

Han Xiangning didn't think that the Hong Kong shipowner deserved sympathy. Thinking about the sister Jiang he met today, he couldn't help but conclude: "So no matter what you do, you must abide by the law and don't engage in crooked ways, or you will have to pay the price sooner or later."

(End of this chapter)