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ENORMOUS VOLUME OF OIL. This Philippine Coast Guard handout photo taken on July 25, 2024 shows part of the MT Terra Nova oil tanker after it sank off Manila Bay. The Philippine-flagged tanker is carrying an ‘enormous’ 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel oil. PCG / AFPThe Philippine Navy on Thursday said it has sent one of its frigates and two newly activated tugboats to assist in the ongoing search and rescue operations for a motor tanker that capsized and sank off the coast of Limay, Bataan.
Navy spokesperson John Pierce Alcos said that the naval service particularly deployed its guided missile frigate, BRP Jose Rizal which is capable of surface, sub-surface, air, and electronic warfare, and has electronic sensors, long-range missiles, acoustic guided torpedoes, and embarked anti-submarine helicopter.
BRP Jose Rizal is the same warship that sailed on a sovereignty patrol last 9 July in commemoration of the seventh anniversary of the renaming of Benham Rise to Philippine Rise, highlighting the country’s claims of the maritime area. “The Philippine Navy remains resolute in keeping our seas safe by always being ready to respond to all maritime challenges,” Alcos stressed.
The Philippine Coast Guard confirmed a motor tanker Terra Nova, carrying 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel, “capsized and eventually submerged” within the Bataan coast.Navy holds donation drive for Carina, habagat victims
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