Race on to contain Bataan oil spill

by Franco Jose C. Baroña - Janine Alexis Miguel - Agence France-Presse

Jul 27, 2024 12:29 am

(UPDATES) THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Friday raced to remove 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel oil from a sunken tanker and prevent an 'environmental catastrophe' in Manila Bay.

One crew member died when the MT Terra Nova sank in rough seas nearly 7 kilometers off Limay town in Bataan early Thursday after setting out for Iloilo City.

STOPPING THE SPILL Coast guard personnel arrange an oil spill containment boom to be on standby for deployment at a port in Limay, Bataan, on July 25, 2024. A Philippine-flagged tanker carrying 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel oil sank off Manila on July 25, authorities said, as they raced to contain a spill. PHOTO BY AFP

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