Commander Jansen Benjamin, public information officer of the Philippine Coast Guard District-Western Visayas does not discount the possibility of the oil spill reaching other areas.
ILOILO CITY, Philippines – The Philippine Coast Guard -Western Visayas sent personnel and oil spill mitigation assets on Friday afternoon, March 3 to Antique province after oil spill patches reached Semirara Island in Caluya town.
The oil tanker was transporting 800,000 liters of industrial fuel oil to Iloilo when it sank in Balingawan Point off the coast of Naujan, Oriental Mindoro onBenjamin said the PCG deployed 15 officers under the its Marine Environmental Protection Unit to Libertad town, the nearest jump off to Semirara.
“If weather permits, the team will load the equipment on their floating assets from Libertad town to Semirara island,” Benjamin added.Benjamin’s announcement comes just 24 hours after he told Rappler the chances of the oil spill affecting part of Samar island wasThe officer said the personnel were trained to combat the spill. They will also resort to mechanical recovery and use an oil skimmer.
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