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MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines postponed on Sunday the removal of fuel from a tanker that sank in Manila Bay, with fears of an environmental catastrophe growing as leaking oil reached shore for the first time.
The cargo of industrial fuel oil on a tanker that sank in stormy weather in Manila Bay has started to leak in small amounts, the Philippine coast guard said Saturday.
MANILA, Philippines — Actress Julia Barretto is one proud girlfriend of Gerald Anderson after his heroics during the onslaught of Typhoon "Carina."
A VESSEL of the Vietnam Coast Guard is due to arrive today in Manila for a four-day visit which will be capped by an at-sea exercise in Manila Bay, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said yesterday.
MANILA: The cargo of industrial fuel oil on a tanker that sank in stormy weather in Manila Bay has started to leak in small amounts, the Philippine coast guard said Saturday. Authorities were scrambling to start a delicate undersea operation to siphon off the highly toxic shipment from the sunken vessel, which has remained intact, to avert a major environmental crisis.
MANILA: Some of the 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel oil inside a sunken Philippine tanker has started to leak into Manila Bay, the coast guard said Saturday, calling for a suspension of fishing in the waterway. The MT Terra Nova sank in bad weather in the busy waterway early Thursday, killing one crew member and leaving the country potentially facing its worst oil spill disaster.
MANILA, Philippines (Updated 4:38 p.m.) — Some of the 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel oil inside a sunken Philippine tanker has started to leak into Manila Bay, the coast guard said Saturday, as they raced to avoid an environmental catastrophe.
MANILA, Philippines — Divers will attempt Saturday to inspect the hull of a Philippine tanker carrying 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel oil that sank off Manila as authorities race to avert an ecological catastrophe, the coast guard said.