Browsing Aquatic News Index by Subject "salvaging"
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2nd salvage ship arrives at reef today
(Manila Standard,February 16, 2013 , on page A2)The United States has sent salvage ship Jascon-25 to Tubataha Reef to cut to pieces and remove the USS Guardian, a minesweeper, that ran aground in the protected marine sanctuary, coast guard officials said on Friday. Coast ... -
Avoiding oil spill first step in salvaging sunken ship
(Manila Bulletin,June 29, 2019 , on page 5)The salvage company that will refloat the cargo ship that sank at a private port here will concentrate first on recovering any fuel oil left in the vessel to prevent it from contaminating the surrounding waters. The M/V ... -
Bad weather stalls Tubbataha salvage operation anew
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 6, 2013 , on page A7)Bad weather has forced a US Navy-contracted salvage team to suspend the dismantling of the USS Guardian, the minesweeper that has been grounded since Jan. 17 at the Tubbataha Reefs in the Sulu Sea, the Philippine Coast ... -
Bigger crane ship in Tubbataha today
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,February 16, 2013 , on page A4)The second, bigger crane ship that would help remove portions of the USS Guardian, which remains stuck in Tubbataha Reefs in Palawan, is expected to arrive at the site on Saturday, according to the Philippine Coast Guard ... -
Bunker oil reaches Guimaras mangrove
(The Daily Guardian,January 24, 2014 , on page 1-11)Bunker oil believed to be leaking from a sunken cargo ship in Iloilo-Guimaras Strait were found in a mangrove area in Jordan, Guimaras. A report from Task Force Sportivo said portions of the mangrove area in Brgy. Hoskyn, ... -
Coast Guard confirms oil spill from ferry
(The Philippine Star,August 19, 2013 , on page 10)While many passengers have yet to be retrieved from the M/V St. Thomas Aquinas, another growing concern is the oil spill which the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has confirmed to have spread after the ship sank at Lawis Ledge ... -
Coast Guard wants sunken cargo vessel removed from Boracay waters
(Panay News,November 26, 2018 , on page 11)The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) – Caticlan office has urged the owner of LCT Bato Twin to immediately salvage the ill-fated cargo vessel. It sank on Nov. 4 near Boracay Island and remains a potential threat to traversing ... -
Crane ship arrives at Tubbataha
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,February 4, 2013 , on page A2)One of the two lift cranes commissioned by the US Navy has arrived at the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park to begin the removal of a grounded US minesweeper, according to the Philippine Coast Guard. The SMIT Borneo of SMIT ... -
'Crising stalls Tubbataha salvage
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,February 20, 2013 , on page A8)The salvage operation for the US Navy minesweeper USS Guardian, which has been stuck in the Tubbataha Reefs off Palawan for over a month, suffered another setback after tropical depression “Crising” struck parts of Mindanao ... -
Environmental groups undergo seminar on reef monitoring
(The Philippine Star,March 3, 2013 , on page 8)Environmental groups underwent a workshop on coral reef monitoring processes as part of the preparation for assessment of the full extent of damage brought by the grounding of the US Navy warship in Tubbataha Reef. Seven ... -
Estancia Oil Spill Cleanup Inadequate
(Manila Bulletin,January 9, 2014 , on page 9)Ybañez stressed that he was not really satisfied with Kuan Yu's performance during a January 6 briefing of multi-sectoral agency overseeing the oil spill response efforts. The combined force of strong winds and big waves ... -
Guimaras oil spill victims demand P1.8M
(Panay News,April 1, 2014 , on page 1-14)Fisherfolk here affected by the oil spill were demanding a total of P1.8 million from Seen Sam Shipping, Inc., owner of the sunken M/V Sportivo. The claimants were from barangays Sawang, Dagsaan, Zaldivar, Magsaysay, Santo ... -
Militants remind SC justices about Tubbataha case
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,February 23, 2014 , on page A14)Activists gathered outside the Supreme Court compound here on Tuesday to remind the justices about a writ of kalikasan petition against the United States and the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) for the 2013 destruction of ... -
Miriam: US must pay Tubbataha
(Manila Bulletin,February 14, 2013 , on page 3)The United States government is responsible for the destruction of parts of the Tubbataha Reef near Palawan and is therefore obligated to make reparations for such destruction. Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago, an international ... -
'No whitewash'
(Panay News,September 7, 2006 , on page 1-12)President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declared that the oil spill here had been contained, and assured residents yesterday that there will be no whitewash in the investigation. "It will take more than an oil slick to sink this ... -
PCG coordinates with Singapore to probe boat ramming incident
(Manila Bulletin,October 8, 2023 , on page 4)The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) deployed a team to Singapore to investigate a tanker vessel tagged in a deadly ramming incident near Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough or Panatag Shoal) in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) last ... -
PCG orders salvage of sunken ship
(Panay News,January 21, 2014 , on page 1-14)The Philippine Coast Guard- Western Visayas (PCG-WV) has ordered the company of the cargo ship that sank between the waters of Iloilo and Guimaras on Sunday to refloat it. Coast Guard divers yesterday saw patches of soil ... -
Rare shark spotted in PH waters
(Manila Bulletin,December 21, 2017 , on page 11)Marine scientists onboard a research vessel owned by billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen has spotted a large bluntnose sixgill shark lurking around one of the wartime battleship wreckage in Ormoc Bay early this ... -
Rare shark, giant grouper sighted in Ormoc Bay
(The Philippine Star,January 21, 2018 , on page 14)As it continues with the exploration for sunken warships in Ormoc Bay, RV Petrel – the research vessel owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen – has reported sighting a rare blunt-nosed sixgill shark and a giant grouper, ... -
Removal of US navy ship gets under way
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,February 25, 2013 , on page A8)Noting the “very good” weather at Tubbataha Reef in the Sulu Sea, the commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) yesterday said preliminary work before the actual dismantling of the USS Guardian was under way. Rear ...