The cargo oil leaked which resulted to a massive spillage in Oriental Mindoro, Antique, Palawan, and Batangas.Īs of May 4, the PCG said that it has collected 6,070 sacks or approximately 151,750 kilos of oil-contaminated debris in Oriental Mindoro.About the Book "Three years ago an event destroyed the small city of Poughkeepsie, forever changing reality within its borders. 28 while carrying 800,000 liters of industrial fuel oil.
MT Princess Empress sank off Naujan town on Feb. “Rest assured that the PCG’s marine environmental frontliners will remain steadfast in its shoreline clean-up, re-survey, and continuous monitoring for possible new sightings of oil while awaiting and after the actual siphoning operations,” Tuvilla said.
This translates to a 74.82 percent clean-up rate in Naujan.Ĭommodore Geronimo Tuvilla, commander of IMT-Oriental Mindoro, extended appreciation to the joint workforce operating in Oriental Mindoro’s clean-up for their “diligent efforts” in mitigating the impact of the incident to the maritime environment.Īmong the workers involved in the clean-up are PCG marine science technicians, and counterparts from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Harbor Start Shipping Services Inc., and other volunteers. In Naujan town, where motor tanker (MT) Princess Empress sank, the PCG said that some 5.3 km of affected shoreline were already cleared. Tiguihan, Zone 1, and Zone 2 – remain to be 100 percent “acceptably clean” in Pola. The clean-up percentage reflected an “acceptably clean” shoreline in Pola compared to the previous impact of the spill, the PCG said.
Authorities are optimistic that the on-going clean-up operations in areas affected by the massive oil spill in Oriental Mindoro will yield more positive results as 85.41 percent of shoreline in Pola town was already cleared, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Friday, May 5.īased on its “Shoreline Clean-up Accomplishment Report” dated May 4, the PCG said that its Incident Management Team (IMT) in Oriental Mindoro has already covered 29.13 km (85.41 percent) of total length cleaned from 11 oil spill-impacted barangays in Pola, which is one of the heavily affected towns by the spill.
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