Authorities in the Philippines are working to remove 1.4M liters of industrial oil from a capsized oil tanker in Manila Bay as fuel from the ship's engine has already begun to spill out. The Coast Guard has set a goal of offloading the oil and containing the spill within seven days.
The 213-foot-long MT Terra Nova was sunk by monsoon conditions worsened by Typhoon Gaemi while sailing to the Philippine city of Iloilo. Sixteen out of 17 sailors were rescued, and the ship was found to be meeting the conditions for sailing in inclement weather.