Sunken oil tanker found, says gov

By Ire Joe Laurente

Mar 21, 2023 12:56 pm

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro: The oil tanker that sank off Oriental Mindoro on Feb. 28, 2023 and caused a massive oil spill that affected the coastal areas of at least four provinces had been found, according to Gov. Humerlito Dolor in a post on his social media page on Tuesday.

Dolor showed footage taken by Japan's remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) that captured the image of the MT Princess Empress some 400 meters deep from where it sank off Balingawan Point in Naujan town.

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