Mayor Annaliza Gonzales-Kwan of Guiuan, Eastern Samar has started looking into possible legal actions against the owner and crew of a Chinese vessel that ran aground off Sulangan Island last April 19. | via Joey Gabieta/PDI
Gonzales-Kwan said dive masters would be needed to refloat the vessel led by Capt. Shangjun Jiang and it would likely take weeks to do so due to the strong water current in the area.
Emir Mineral Resource Corp., which operates on Homonhon Island where the nickel ore was extracted, sought the services of SMIT Salvage Singapore which subsequently contracted its local partner, the Manila-based Malayan Towage and Salvage Corp., to refloat the ship.Gonzales-Kwan said she was informed that at least 14,000 MT of nickel ore inside the vessel have to be unloaded during the refloating process estimated to be completed on May 23.
This was not the first time that a Chinese vessel encountered a problem in the waters off Guiuan’s island village of Suluan.ADVERTISEMENT
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