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PCG containing another oil spill as dredger involved in Corregidor collision sinks
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PCG containing another oil spill as dredger involved in Corregidor collision sinks
PCG containing another oil spill as dredger involved in Corregidor collision sinks
Published May 6, 2023 07:45 am
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has put in place measures to contain yet another oil spill that resulted from the sinking of Sierra Leone-flagged dredger MV Hong Hai 189 off Bataan on Friday morning, May 5, one week since it capsized after colliding with another foreign-flagged vessel.
(Photo: PCG) The PCG said that MV Hong Hai 189 eventually sank approximately 400 yards from Sisiman Lighthouse in Mariveles town at 5:12 a.m. “The sunken vessel released approximately 30 to 50 liters of fuel and other mixed substances,” the PCG said on Saturday, May 6. Personnel from the PCG Station Bataan and Marine Environmental Protection Unit (MEPU) installed oil spill booms and absorbent bags to contain the spill. The PCG said no additional traces of oil spill were observed in the vicinity waters of Mariveles. “They continue to monitor the situation for further measures,” the PCG said. It can be recalled that [MV Hong Hai collided with Marshall Island-flagged oil tanker MT Petite Soeur off Corregidor Island last April 28.](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/30/pcg-death-toll-from-foreign-vessels-collision-off-corregidor-island-rises-to-3) Three crew members of the dredger died due to the collision, 15 were rescued, while two others remained missing. The leakage from the sunken dredger is being contained by the PCG even as clean-up operations are ongoing in Oriental Mindoro due to an earlier oil spill caused by the sinking of motor tanker (MT) Princess Empress.
(Photo: PCG) The PCG said that MV Hong Hai 189 eventually sank approximately 400 yards from Sisiman Lighthouse in Mariveles town at 5:12 a.m. “The sunken vessel released approximately 30 to 50 liters of fuel and other mixed substances,” the PCG said on Saturday, May 6. Personnel from the PCG Station Bataan and Marine Environmental Protection Unit (MEPU) installed oil spill booms and absorbent bags to contain the spill. The PCG said no additional traces of oil spill were observed in the vicinity waters of Mariveles. “They continue to monitor the situation for further measures,” the PCG said. It can be recalled that [MV Hong Hai collided with Marshall Island-flagged oil tanker MT Petite Soeur off Corregidor Island last April 28.](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/30/pcg-death-toll-from-foreign-vessels-collision-off-corregidor-island-rises-to-3) Three crew members of the dredger died due to the collision, 15 were rescued, while two others remained missing. The leakage from the sunken dredger is being contained by the PCG even as clean-up operations are ongoing in Oriental Mindoro due to an earlier oil spill caused by the sinking of motor tanker (MT) Princess Empress.