The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Monday shared updates regarding the ongoing recovery operations of the capsized Philippine-flagged motor tanker (MT) Terranova, on the sunken motor tanker MTKR Jason Bradley and on the MV Mirola 1 which ran aground on July 31.
A PCG spokesman told reporters that regarding the motor tanker (MT) Terranova, the contracted salvor, Harbor Star, reported over 402,000 liters of collected oily waste from 19 to 25 August 2024.
The salvor Harbor Star said that the rate of oily waste flow during the 25 August 2024 operation was 13,614 liters per hour.
The siphoning operation from two MTKR Terranova tanks to MTKR Helen Marie temporarily stopped to change the receiving tank.
To remind, the Philippine-flagged motor tanker (MT) Terranova capsized and eventually submerged 3.6 nautical miles east off Lamao Point, Limay, Bataan, at around 1:10 a.m. on July 25, 2024.
The PCG on Monday also gave an update for the sunken motor tanker MTKR Jason Bradley in the vicinity waters of Barangay Cabcaben, Mariveles, Bataan, mentioning that the oil spill response team (OSRT) conducted coastal and maritime patrol in the vicinity waters of Sitio Bagong Sibol, Barangay Mt. View, Mariveles, Bataan.
The contracted salvor, FES Challenger, continued re-sealing and patching operations of the vessel’s manhole and air vents, the coast guard said.
The coast guard also reported that regarding the vessel Mirola 1 which ran aground on July 31, coast guard personnel laid 50 meters of spill boom around Mirola 1, while the joint oil spill response team monitored the contracted salvor, Morning Star’s operations.
On Monday the PCG said that “the oil spill response team (OSRT) monitored Morning Star’s seawater siphoning inside the vessel compartments.”
To remind, the PCG and PDRRMO-Bataan conducted drone aerial surveillance and shoreline assessment in the vicinity waters of Sitio Quiapo, Barangay Biaan, Mariveles, Bataan, where MV Mirola 1 ran aground.
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