The oil spill resulting from the sinking of the MT Princess Empress in the waters of Oriental Mindoro threatens hundreds of hectares of coral reefs, mangroves and more, the DENR said. | JMangaluzINQ
“The potential for the oil to reach northern Palawan was also discussed,” said the DENR.
The predicted damage came from the agency’s impact map, which is based on the boat’s last known location.“The MT Princess Empress must be immediately located to project future flow of oil and potentially impacted areas. The National Mapping and Resource Information Authority, an attached agency under the DENR, will deploy two ships for multibeam survey in order to locate the sunken vessel,” said the agency.
The oil tanker submerged in the waters off Oriental Mindoro on Wednesday. It carried with it 800,000 liters of fuel.
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