(UPDATES) THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Wednesday a private salvaging company has begun retrieving 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel from the sunken tanker MT Terranova off Manila Bay that for weeks has threatened to cause an environmental disaster.

The private company Harbor Star Shipping Services Inc. is transferring the cargo, an operation the government earlier said could take one week to complete.

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