Representatives from various government agencies hold a meeting after the aerial and maritime surveys over Manila Bay on Aug. 3, 2024 to determine the extent of the oil spill from the sunken motor tanker (MTKR) Terranova. (Photo: Office of Civil Defense) Authorities conducted aerial and maritime...
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel prepare to deploy oil spill boom on Aug. 1, 2024 to contain oil sheen monitored in the coastal waters of Mariveles, Bataan where MTKR Jason Bradley sank. (Photo: PCG) The draining of 5,500 liters of diesel oil from motor tanker (MTKR) “Jason Bradley”...
MTKR Terranova sinks off Limay, Bataan on July 25, 2024 while carrying 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel oil. (Photo: Philippine Coast Guard) Maritime experts from the United States will arrive in the country to help the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in curbing the oil spill from the sunken...
MT Terranova sinks off Limay, Bataan on July 25, 2024 while carrying 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel oil. (Photo: Philippine Coast Guard) The oil spill originating from the sunken motor tanker (MT) Terranova off Limay town’s coast in Bataan was already “under control” as all leaking...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is extending its investment interest to other nuclear technologies like small modular reactors (SMR) and conventional nuclear fleets – and that could include the planned repowering of the idled Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) if the...
(University of the Philippines-Marine Science Institute Facebook page) The University of the Philippines-Marine Science Institute (UP-MSI) warned that oil spill trajectory models forecast the slick from the sunken tanker Terra Nova in Bataan could arrive in Metro Manila by Tuesday, July 30. The...
Philippine Coast Guard Auuxiliary (PCGA) members prepare improvised oil spill booms to contain the leak from the sunken motor tanker MT Terranova. The tanker sank off Limay, Bataan on July 25. The underwater leaks discovered by divers from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and a maritime service...
Oil sheen from the leaked working fuel of sunken MT Terranova is observed by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) during an inspection off Limay, Bataan on Oct. 25, 2024. (Photo: PCG) The anticipated draining of 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel oil (IFO) from the sunken motor tanker (MT) Terranova...
Oil sheen from the leaked working fuel of sunken MT Terranova is observed by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). (Photo: PCG) In a bid to avert a potential environmental disaster, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is containing an oil spill from the sunken motor tanker (MT) Terranova through siphoning...
President Marcos has tasked government agencies to assess the oil spill impact from a sunken motor tanker off the coast of Limay, Bataan on Thursday, July 25. MT Terra Nova (Photo courtesy of Philipine Coast Guard) During a situation briefing on Thursday morning, Marcos particularly ordered...
MT Terra Nova (Photo courtesy of Philipine Coast Guard) A Philippine-flagged motor tanker loaded with 1.4 million liters (1.4 metric tons) of industrial fuel oil (IFO) capsized and eventually sank off Limay, Bataan on Thursday, July 25. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) identified the vessel of...
The government is planning to update nuclear agreements with at least five countries in accordance with the nuclear renaissance pathway, as fleshed out in the newly crafted 2024-2050 Philippine Nuclear Energy Program. The updating of multilateral and bilateral nuclear covenants, according to...
