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Too early to celebrate: Japanese ROV can’t plug, siphon oil from MT Princess Empress
A Japanese remotely-operated vehicle (ROV), Hakuyo, has located the sunken M/T Princess Empress approximately 7.7 nautical miles from Balingawan Point in Naujan town.
Images from the ROV revealed cracks on the ship's surface, but the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) chief stated that the ROV Hakuyo is not capable of plugging or siphoning the oil.
The PCG indicated that another vessel from Singapore may need to be contracted by the shipowner to address the oil leak.
As of March 22, the oil spill has reached two barangays in Batangas City, in addition to affecting 69 barangays in Oriental Mindoro and Palawan, and three in Antique.
A total of 163,508 individuals or 34,555 families in Mimaropa and Western Visayas have been affected by the oil spill.
Cleanup operations have collected 6,803 liters of oily water mixture, 1,898 sacks of contaminated debris, and 164 drums of waste.
The NDRRMC has reported that P28.3 million worth of humanitarian assistance has been provided to affected families.
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A remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) named 'Hakuyo' from Japan will be deployed to aid in the oil spill cleanup in Oriental Mindoro.
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The sunken tanker MT Princess Empress, which caused an oil spill in Oriental Mindoro, has been located off the coast of Naujan using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) from a Japanese vessel.
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The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) corrected its earlier report, stating the sunken MT Princess Empress was carrying 900,000 liters of industrial fuel oil, not 800,000.
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Senators discovered that the oil tanker MT Princess Empress, which caused a major oil spill in Oriental Mindoro, may have been operating with a falsified permit.
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The Philippine government, through Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla, has warned that it will undertake its own cleanup operations for the oil spill caused by the sinking of the MT Princess Empress if the vessel owner fails to act.
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