Philippine Coast Guard says oil leaking from sunken tanker
MANILA, Philippines – Some of the 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel oil inside a sunken Philippine tanker has started to leak into Manila Bay, the coast guard said Saturday, calling for a suspension of fishing in the waterway. The MT Terra Nova sank in bad weather in the busy waterway early Thursday, killing one crew member and leaving the country potentially facing its worst oil spill disaster. The oil slick has more than tripled in size from Thursday and is now estimated to stretch between 12-14 kilometers (7.5-8.7 miles) across the bay, which thousands of fishermen and tourism operators […]…
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