Manila Bay oil slick spreads
(UPDATES) AT least nine valves of the fuel tanks on board the oil tanker that sank off Limay, Bataan, have been leaking industrial fuel oil, leaving a trail of 12 to 14 kilometers and threatening Manila Bay with an “environmental catastrophe.”
On Sunday, divers of Harbor Star Shipping Services worked on sealing the valves in an effort to contain the oil that was seeping out of the tanks on board the MT Terra Nova.
The tanker was carrying 1.4 million liters and was headed to Iloilo when it sank off Lamao Point in Limay, Bataan, on July 25, killing one crew member and leaving the country facing the possibility of its worst oil spill ever.
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