Maritime emergency preparedness exercise to test responses to ferry mishaps
02 Sep 2016
Lianhe Zaobao, 2 Sep 2016 - Article featured the annual emergency preparedness exercise “FEREX 2016” conducted by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), together with more than 450 personnel from 15 agencies and companies. Fifty SP students volunteered as trapped passengers in the exercise. SP’s Diploma in Nautical Studies first-year student Yan Kai Jie, who aspires to be a ship captain, shared his reasons for volunteering and the lessons learnt. Similar story was reported in myPaper.