US tanker in fuel transfer leaves PH after failing to get 'diplomatic clearance'

By Mahatma Randy V. Datu

Jan 12, 2024 4:11 pm

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT: A US-registered oil tanker carrying some 5 million gallons of military fuel was forced to leave the country after it failed to obtain a diplomatic clearance from the Philippine government.

The Yosemite Trader was scheduled to transfer the fuel from a US military facility at Red Hill, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to a commercial storage facility in this former American Naval base on Thursday morning, according to the US Embassy in Manila.

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