Officials from the Philippine Coast Guard, Harbor Star Shipping Services Inc., local government of Bataan, Office of Civil Defense, and Bataan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) conduct a final inspection on Sept. 12, 2024 at the ground zero in Limay, Bataan where...
All questions surrounding the sunken and capsized vessels that caused massive oil spill in Bataan and nearby cities will be investigated, President Marcos said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. leads the distribution of assistance to fishermen affected by the oil spill in Navotas on Sept....
MTKR Terranova (File photo courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) The siphoning operation for sunken tanker MTKR Terranova has been extended until Friday, Sept 13, to ensure that the eight cargo oil tanks onboard are no longer carrying oily waste, a ranking official of Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)...
Authorities perform oil sampling procedure onboard barge "Auriga" on Aug. 20, 2024 at the ground zero where MTKR Terranova sank off the coast of Limay in Bataan ahead of the full-blown siphoning procedure. (Photo: PCG) After five days of suspension due to Tropical Storm “Enteng”, the siphoning...
Philippine Coast Guard vessel BRP Sindangan fires water to disperse the oil sheen that occurred at the ground zero where MTKR Terranova sank off Limay, Bataan amid the siphoning operations on Aug. 23, 2024. (Photo: PCG) About 150,000 liters of oily waste remain onboard the sunken tanker MTKR...
(Photo: PCG) Nearing the two-week deadline imposed to collect the remainder of 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel oil (IFO) onboard sunken tanker MTKR Terranova, the process hit a snag after authorities decided to stop the siphoning, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) bared on Saturday, Aug. 31....
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessel BRP Sindangan fires water to disperse the oil sheen that occurred at the ground zero where MTKR Terranova sank off Limay, Bataan amid the siphoning operations on Aug. 23, 2024. (Photo: PCG) A total of 300,000 liters of oily waste have been collected from sunken...
Philippine Coast Guard vessel BRP Sindangan fires water to disperse the oil sheen that occurred at the ground zero where MTKR Terranova sank off Limay, Bataan amid the siphoning operations on Aug. 23, 2024. (Photo: PCG) One of the booster pumps used to drain oil from the sunken tanker MTKR...
Authorities perform oil sampling procedure onboard barge "Auriga" on Aug. 20, 2024 at the ground zero where MTKR Terranova sank off the coast of Limay in Bataan ahead of the full-blown siphoning procedure. (Photo: PCG) More than 161,000 liters of industrial fuel oil (IFO) mixed with seawater have...
Authorities perform oil sampling procedure onboard barge "Auriga" on Aug. 20, 2024 at the ground zero where MTKR Terranova sank off the coast of Limay in Bataan ahead of the full-blown siphoning procedure. This is where the extracted oil and seawater during the initial siphoning are transferred....
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel conduct oil sampling, sea surface surveillance and monitoring at the ground zero where MTKR Terranova sank off Limay, Bataan after the discovery of thick oil on Aug. 19, 2024. (Photo: PCG) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rang its alarm bells when it...
Lt. Cdr. Michael John Encina, commander of Coast Guard Station Bataan, says an oil pumping machine will arrive from Singapore on Aug. 16, 2024 to hasten the oil recovery operations for sunken tanker MTKR Terranova. (Courtesy of PCG/Zoom) An oil pumping machine from Singapore was scheduled to arrive...
