Oil sample analysis by a French outfit, Cedre, shows that the industrial fuel oil MT Princess Empress was carrying came from the tank of SL Harbor Bulk Terminal operated by a San Miguel subsidiary.
” is needed to assess its compounds and toxicity, according to Hernando Bacosa, an environmental scientist with the Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology. This is also important for the long-term rehabilitation of the areas damaged by the oil spill.
This latest information disclosed by the PCG, however, is more important than the revelation that MT Princess Empress left the SL Harbor Terminal. It confirms that the ship was not transiting the port but that the IFO it was carrying came from the tanks of SL Harbor Bulk Terminal Corporation. The PCG said Cedre used Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry in “Scan and SIM modes to examine different compounds.”
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