Philippines recovers oil from sunken tanker, avoids disaster
Manila (AFP) Sept 12, 2024
The Philippine government said it had completed on Thursday the recovery of fuel cargo from a sunken oil tanker on Manila Bay, avoiding an "environmental catastrophe". The Philippine-flagged MT Terranova went down with 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel oil on July 25 in rough seas churned by Typhoon Gaemi, killing one crew member. The coast guard had warned that if the fuel had leake
The Philippine government said it had completed on Thursday the recovery of fuel cargo from a sunken oil tanker on Manila Bay, avoiding an "environmental catastrophe". The Philippine-flagged MT Terranova went down with 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel oil on July 25 in rough seas churned by Typhoon Gaemi, killing one crew member. The coast guard had warned that if the fuel had leake