MANILA, July 27 — Divers will attempt today to inspect the hull of a Philippine tanker carrying 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel oil that sank off Manila as authorities race...
Divers will attempt today to inspect the hull of a Philippine tanker carrying 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel oil that sank off Manila as authorities race to avert an ecological catastrophe, the coast guard said. — AFP picMANILA, July 27 — Divers will attempt today to inspect the hull of a Philippine tanker carrying 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel oil that sank off Manila as authorities race to avert an ecological catastrophe, the coast guard said.
If the inspection by divers from the coast guard and a private contractor is successful, the salvor is under instructions “to start the syphoning tomorrow if possible”, Balilo added.The coast guard has warned that if the entire cargo leaked it would be an “environmental catastrophe” and be the worst oil spill in the Philippine history.
Oil containment booms have been deployed for what Balilo earlier described as “the worst case scenario” of the cargo leaking out.
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