MT TERRA NOVA

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Fuel recovery completed

The Philippine government announced that it had completed the recovery of the fuel cargo from the 'Terranova' on Sep 12, thus avoiding an environmental catastrophe. Most of the 1,400 tons of oil have been pumped out. The salvors have recovered 96 % of the oil waste. Authorities decided after a meeting on (Sep 12 to announce the end of siphoning operations by Sep 13. Some 1.38 million liters of oil waste were recovered between Aug 19 and Sep 10, The mixture of oil and water was transported to a treatment facility near Manila. As a precaution, local governments have nevertheless imposed fishing bans affecting tens of thousands of fishermen in the bay. Report with photo: https://lemarin.ouest-france.fr/sciences-environnement/aux-philippines-la-maree-noire-a-ete-evitee-apres-le-naufrage-du-petrolier-terranova-b213349c-7111-11ef-9636-7dbb9f35abc5

Two days still needed for siphoning

Nearly 1.3 million liters of oil was collected from the siphoning of the MT 'Terranova' off Limay, Bataan, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Sep 8, based on the report by the contracted salvor,Harbor Star Shipping Services Inc., which said that a total of 1,296,069 liters of oil had been collected from Aug 19 to Sep 7, after an additional 52,355 liters were collected on Sep 7. The siphoning was halted for five days, from Sept. 2 to Sept. 6, due to the effects brought by Tropical Storm Enteng (international name: Yagi). The rate of oily waste flow during the operation on Sep 7 was 8,690 liters per hour. Up to 200,000 liters of oil waste remained to be extracted from the wreck. The salvor needs at least two more days to complete the oil siphoning Report with photo: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1981225/manila-bay-salvage-work-nearly-done#ixzz8lKNMuTsZ

Oil recovery delayed due to storm Enteng

The tropical storm Enteng prompted the second-day postponement in recovering 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel oil (IFO) from the 'Terra Nova' in Manila Bay, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Sep 2. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has ordered the temporary suspension of the siphoning operation in Limay, Bataan, to avoid possible oil leaks that may be caused by strong current and heavy weather conditions on Sep 3. Harbor Star, the contracted salvor, vowed to transfer over 402,000 liters of recovered oily waste to a designated treatment facility in Marilao, Bulacan on Sep 3 .Recovery efforts for the IFO were in full swing until Sep 1, when 222,332 liters of oily mixture were recovered, bringing the total recovered oily mixture to 1,254,889.58 liters from Aug 19 to Sep 1.