The siphoning operation on the sunken motor tanker Terranova in Bataan has been suspended for five days already due to bad weather, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Friday.
According to the PCG, strong current and inclement weather were still observed in ground zero.
The PCG first suspended the siphoning operation on September 2 due to Tropical Cyclone Enteng.
It said that the material retrieved from the MTKR Terranova was oily waste, not pure industrial fuel.
A total of 1,254,889 liters of oily waste have been collected from MTRK Terranova from August 19 to September 1:
- August 19 – 2,350 liters
- August 20 – 36,100 liters
- August 21 – 42,026 liters
- August 22 – 81,136 liters
- August 23 – 17,103 liters
- August 24 – 121,724 liters
- August 25 – 101,603 liters
- August 26 – 104,202 liters
- August 27 – 67,871 liters
- August 28 – 32,187 liters
- August 29 – 97,011 liters
- August 30 – unloading of oily waste
- August 31 – 129,292 liters
- September 1 – 222,292 liters
The motor tanker was carrying 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel oil when it sank off Limay town in Bataan.
One crew member died and 16 others were rescued after MTKR Terranova capsized and sank 3.6 nautical miles east off Lamao Point in Limay on July 25.
Aside from MTKR Terranova, the PCG also responded to the sunken MTKR Jason Bradley and grounded MV Mirola 1 in Bataan. — VBL, GMA Integrated News
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