Coast Guard: Capsized dredger sinks, spills oil off Bataan waters
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2023-05-08
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Dantes, Charles
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Philippine Manila Standard Publishing, Inc.
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The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Sunday that the capsized MV Hong Hai 189 has sunk in waters off Mariveles, Bataan, and released about 30 to 50 liters of oil and other mixed substances. The MV Hong Hai, a Sierra Leone-registered dredger, sank 400 yards away from Sisiman Lighthouse in Mariveles at around 5:21 a.m. on Saturday, after colliding with the MT Petite Soeur, a a Marshall Island-flagged chemical and oil product tanker in the waters off Corregidor Island.
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Dantes, C. (2023, May 8). Coast Guard: Capsized dredger sinks, spills oil off Bataan waters. Manila Standard, pp. A1, A2.