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MANILA, Philippines — Despite the planned siphoning of oil and diesel from two sunken motor tankers, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) gave assurance that these activities would not further contaminate the waters of Manila Bay.
MANILA, Philippines — Bad weather caused the sinking of the motor tankers Terra Nova and Jason Bradley and motor vessel Mirola 1 in Bataan last month, according to initial information released by the Marine Casualty Investigation (MCI) Team.
UNITED States Coast Guard (USCG) personnel and experts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will join the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in conducting on-site assessments to find ways to minimize the impact of the oil spill off Bataan Eight personnel from the USCG and NOAA will provide technical assistance to those conducting oil spill response operations. MT Terra Nova, one of the three ships that figured in separate maritime incidents that caused the oil spill off Bataan, was carrying 1.4 million liters of diesel when it sank last July 25. Two days later, MTKR Jason Bradley capsized off the village of Cabcaben in Bataan's Mariveles town due to bad weather on July 27.
MANILA, Philippines — Eight marine environmental and weather experts from the United States have arrived in Bataan to provide technical assistance to the ongoing recovery operations for three recent maritime incidents.
It’s not an oil spill or slick, according to the Philippine Coast Guard, but merely a “very thin oil sheen” – a film that is normally dispersed using chemical agents. That sheen, however, can still be toxic to marine life. Over the weekend, another province moved to declare a state of calamity over the oil sheen that has been spotted in certain areas of Manila Bay after two vessels sank while another ran aground off Bataan between July 25 and 27.
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) continues to monitor the “very thin oil sheens” seen from two of the three vessels that sank and ran aground off Bataan.
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) will verify if the sunken motor tankers Terra Nova and Jason Bradley as well as grounded motor vessel Mirola 1 were engaged in oil smuggling activities.
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and Vietnamese Coast Guard (VCG) will hold joint exercises on search and rescue (SAR) as well as fire and explosion prevention training in Manila Bay today.