Han Xiangning needs to "oversee the overall situation" and can't be as hands-on as before. The docks where the two accident ships moored are quite far apart, and it wasn't until the afternoon of the second day of investigation that she learned Han Yu had also arrived.

She didn't think it was a pity that Han Yu didn't go to the Capital to watch the parade; instead, she was very happy. After all, who wouldn't want their beloved by their side?

It's just that due to the special nature of their work, they can't always be together and can only communicate by phone.

With her permission, Han Yu boarded the cargo ship that had just gone for a trial voyage and collided to join the second investigation team, attending the entire inquiry by the second investigation team.

The results were shocking.

The cargo ship "Atuha" that collided with Jiang Han 21 was built by Jinling Shipyard, and the trial captain and crew were also arranged by Jinling Shipyard. And Jinling Shipyard, like Hanwu Changjiang Passenger Transport Company, is a subsidiary under the China Yangtze Shipping "Group" General Company!

Flooded Dragon King Temple, their own passenger ship collided with their own built cargo ship, what kind of situation is this...

After Han Yu figured out the ins and outs, he returned to shore to find Director Zhang Junyan, who had been organizing rescue on the Yangtze River for two days, and asked, "Director Zhang, they're all Changhang Company's ships, does it really matter who's more responsible, big or small? Is all the arguing meaningful?"

Director Zhang Junyan looked back behind him, pulled Han Yu aside, and asked, "You're with the police from Jianfu's Smuggling Crime Investigation Bureau, which is part of the same smuggling crime investigation system. If you had a conflict with them, like having a dispute over case jurisdiction, would you promote the practice and give way?"

"No, Jianfu is so far from Binjiang, they say it's vertical management, claiming to be family, but in fact, it's not."

"There you have it."

Director Zhang Junyan patted his arm and said meaningfully, "Jinling Shipyard is in Jiangcheng, Hanwu Passenger Transport Company is in Hanwu, the two are so far apart, the passenger company's passenger ships don't even get repaired at Jinling Shipyard. How would they treat the passenger company as family, and vice versa."

Han Yu smiled wryly and said, "But I always feel a bit odd."

"The passenger company has a general manager responsibility system, and the shipyard has a factory director responsibility system. Nicely put, they both have to be responsible for their own enterprises. More bluntly, no one wants to be held accountable, so the investigation that needs to be done still has to be done, and responsibility still needs to be divided."

"Doesn't this become internal conflict then."

"There's no choice; everyone wants to survive."

Everyone wants to survive!

These words hit the mark.

Han Yu suddenly realized that this accident really needs to be carefully investigated because it involves which of the two companies under the Changhang Company will live or die.

For Jinling Shipyard, is it easy to receive orders from German shipowners?

Although this cargo ship is only 99 meters and 4700 gross tons, which doesn't count as a big ship, it's a foreign trade order. The competition in the international shipbuilding industry is so fierce, and if this accident causes the shipowner not to want this ship, how great would the loss be, it could even lead to bankruptcy.

Even if the German shipowner is willing to accept this accident ship, it's not the original price.

Moreover, the impact of the collision is not just about whether this ship can be delivered; it will directly affect whether more orders from foreign shipowners can be received this year!

After all, if you can have an accident during trial voyage, who would dare let you help build ships again.

No orders, what will the shipyard use to pay so many workers their salary, what to repay the bank loans?

For the Hanwu Changjiang Passenger Transport Company, this accident also related to the survival of the enterprise. If it has to bear full or main responsibility, then it has to compensate the shipyard's losses. Already suffering severe losses, where will the money for compensation come from?

At the same time, policy trends must be considered. The superior has long not favored Yangtze River Passenger Transport, only due to the large scale, with so many cadres and workers, they don't know how to deal with it for a while.

If you can't strive to succeed yourself, and an accident of collision happens at this critical moment, causing casualties, it becomes hard for leaders to account to their superiors. It's difficult to predict whether in a fit of anger, they might order all passenger ships to cease operations.

The Changhang Police Bureau seems like a "third party," but in fact, it coexists and co-prospers with several major Yangtze River Passenger Transport Companies. If these passenger companies go bankrupt, many Changhang Public Security Officer will also be laid off.

In other words, Changhang police are one family with Yangtze River Passenger Transport Company, with no relationship with Jinling Shipyard, you can imagine the stance of Changhang police on this matter.

Just as Han Yu was feeling increasingly uncomfortable thinking about this, Director Zhang Junyan quietly asked, "How's the investigation going, does the 'Atuha' have any responsibility?"

"It has responsibility, and quite substantial responsibility at that."

"Be specific."

"Firstly, just like 'Jiang Han 21', 'Atuha' violated regulations by navigating in fog. When they completed the trial voyage and returned to Zhengyi Oil Tanker anchorage, visibility was only 100 meters, yet this wasn't given due importance. They continued navigating in fog and didn't sound signals as required."

Han Yu paused for a moment, then continued, "Secondly, their choice of route was wrong. They didn't cross the Yangtze River within the cross-navigation area prescribed by 'Yangtze River Lower Reach Divided Channel Navigation Rules.' They crossed the river early at the Zhengyi Red Buoy Curved River section, occupying the route of down-going vessels. This directly caused both ships to be on a collision course within the navigation lane."

Director Zhang Junyan stared closely at Han Yu and asked, "They violated traffic rules, crossed the road outside of crosswalks?"

"Pretty much."

"So, in terms of wrong route selection, they drew with Jiang Han 21 for not listening to traffic control and deciding to cross the bridge on their own."

"Using Director Feng's words, a single hand can't clap. These two major violations between both parties have a strong causal relationship with the accident."