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Philippines Races to Contain Oil Spill After Tanker Capsizes

Philippines Races to Contain Oil Spill After Tanker Capsizes

Above: Coast guard personnel deploy a boom to contain the oil spill from the sunken MT Princess Empress on March 08, 2023 in Pola, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. Image copyright: ***Please Replace*** Ezra Acayan/Stringer/Getty Images News via Getty Images

The Facts

  • Authorities in the Philippines are working to remove 1.4M liters of industrial oil from a capsized oil tanker in Manilla Bay as fuel from the ship's engine has already spilled out. The Coast Guard has set a goal of offloading the oil and containing the spill within seven days.

  • The 213-feet long MT Terra Nova was sunk by monsoon conditions worsened by Typhoon Gaemi while sailing to the Philippine city of Iloilo. 16 out of 17 sailors were rescued, and the ship was found to be meeting the conditions for sailing in inclement weather.


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