Browsing Manila Bulletin by Subject "merchant ships"

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    • 12 fishers, 2 others missing after colliding with cargo ship in Occidental Mindoro 

      Unite, Betheena Kae (Manila Bulletin, June 30, 2020, on page 1-7)
      A local fishing boat carrying 12 fishermen, including its captain, and two other individuals capsized off the waters of Tayamaan in Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro Sunday after it reportedly collided with a Hong Kong-registered ...

    • 18 PH seamen feared lost as ship sinks 

      Sabater-Namit, Madel (Manila Bulletin, January 4, 2015, on page 1-6)
      Eighteen Filipino seamen were feared dead when an ore carrier, the Bulk Jupiter, sank off the coast of Vietnam on Friday, January 2. The vessel left Kuantan, Malaysia en route to China and was reportedly loaded with 46,400 ...

    • 38 Filipino crew missing as cargo ship sinks in Japan; Pinoy sailor rescued 

      Mabasa, Roy C. (Manila Bulletin, September 4, 2020, on page 1-6)
      A Panamanian-registered freighter cargo ship carrying 43 crew, including 39 Filipinos and 5,800 cows, sank off the waters of Amami Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. But, the Department of Foreign ...

    • 4 rescued from cargo boat in Quezon 

      Estacio, Danny (Manila Bulletin, February 21, 2023, on page 6)
      A cargo boat loaded with empty Liquefied Petroleum Gas tanks sank after it was struck by strong waves in Lamon Bay in Barangay Cagbalugo here on Monday morning, Feb. 20. The Quezon Police Provincial Office (QPPO)-Public ...

    • 6 dead, 7 still missing in Surigao sea mishap 

      Noriega, Richa (Manila Bulletin, April 26, 2021, on page 5)
      Authorities have recovered two more bodies of missing crew members of a cargo vessel that ran aground near the shoreline of Surigao del Norte, bringing to six the total number of fatalities in the incident, the Philippine ...

    • Australia blames firms for slow response to Solomons oil spill 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, March 9, 2019, on page 5)
      Australia expressed alarm Friday at the slow response from firms linked to a grounded cargo ship that has for weeks been leaking oil into a World Heritage-listed coral atoll in the Solomon Islands. MV Solomon Trader ran ...

    • Avoiding oil spill first step in salvaging sunken ship 

      Newman, Minerva B. C. (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 ...

    • Biggest salmon producer wants to farm fish inside cargo ship 

      Mcferron, Whitney (Manila Bulletin, July 7, 2016, on page B14)
      The world’s biggest Atlantic salmon producer wants to start farming fish inside a ship rather than the sea. Building traditional fish farms on the open water in Norway has become almost impossible because of state rules ...

    • Compensation for damaged mangroves sought 

      Indino, Phoebe Jen (Manila Bulletin, August 23, 2013, on page 16)
      Over ₱6.5 million in compensation is being sought for the damage of mangrove plantations by oil spilled from passenger ship, M/V Thomas Aquinas, which sunk off the coast of Cordova last Friday evening. To recall, the ...

    • Endangered helmet shells, log seized 

      Antonio, Raymund F. (Manila Bulletin, June 23, 2013, on page 2)
      Endangered helmet shells, also known as "Budyong" from Jolo, Sulu, and illegally cut logs aboard a motor launch in Palawan were confiscated by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in separate maritime operations. PCG personnel ...

    • Fisherman dies after large vessel rams into his boat in Negros city 

      Masculino, Glazyl Y. (Manila Bulletin, September 10, 2020, on page 5)
      A fisherman died after his fishing boat capsized after being hit by an unidentified roll-on roll-off (ro-ro) cargo vessel in the waters off Sitio Pangayuhan 1, Barangay Washington, Escalante City, Negros Occidental, on ...

    • Guimaras’ marine life threatened anew 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, January 28, 2014, on page 13)
      It could very well be déjà vu, but the oil spill from last week’s sinking of cargo vessel M/V Sportivo in Iloilo Strait is now threatening mangroves and marine life in the island province of Guimaras. Engr. Raymund Moderes, ...

    • Mayor orders probe into marine damage caused by grounded ship 

      Iñigo, Leizle B.; Beleo, Erwin G. (Manila Bulletin, January 26, 2014, on page 15)
      A month after a cargo vessel ran aground in a coral reef in the coast of Barangay Lingsat, this city, authorities will begin an investigation into the likely environmental damage caused by the ship. San Fernando City Mayor ...

    • Mayor wants vessel manned by Chinese crew barred from docking in Guiuan 

      Marticio, Marie Tonette (Manila Bulletin, April 7, 2020, on page 5)
      Local officials in Homonhon Island off Guiuan town in Eastern Samar are opposing the mineral ore export permit issued by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau in Region 8 (MGB-8) to Techiron Resources Inc. (TRI), a mining ...

    • No oil spill from partially sunken cargo ship in Bacolod 

      Masculino, Glazyl (Manila Bulletin, May 11, 2019, on page 2)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Negros Occidental said it has not detected any oil spill in the waters of Banago port in Bacolod City after a cargo ship partially submerged last Sunday. Commander Ludovico Librilla Jr., ...

    • Oil spill 

      Antonio, Raymund F. (Manila Bulletin, January 23, 2014, on page 4)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said yesterday that the oil spill believed to have come from the sunken M/V Sportivo reached Jordan town in Guimaras. Commodore Athelo Ybañez, commander of the PCG Western Visayas district, ...

    • Oil spill hampering retrieval operations 

      Recuenco, Aaron B.; Antonio, Raymund F.; Medenilla, Samuel P. (Manila Bulletin, August 23, 2013, on page 1-13)
      The retrieval operations for the remaining passengers of the ill-fated M/V St. Thomas Aquinas off Talisay City in Cebu is getting more the sunken vessel is affecting the breathing apparatus of the divers. But Lt. Jim Alagao, ...

    • Possible coal, oil spill in Antique to be checked 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, January 7, 2015, on page 8)
      A team from the Environmental Management Bureau in Western Visayas ( EMB- 6), which is under the regional office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-6) has been sent to Antique to check on any ...

    • Vietnamese cargo ship grounded off Albay wrecked coral reef - PCG 

      Antonio, Raymund F. (Manila Bulletin, June 19, 2015, on page 9)
      The grounding of a Vietnamese cargo vessel last Monday has damaged 2,000 square meters of coral reef near Legazpi City Port in Albay, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said yesterday. PCG learned about the extent of the ...

    • Water clears in spill-hit areas 

      Indino, Phoebe Jen (Manila Bulletin, September 13, 2013, on page 15)
      The Water quality parts of coastal waters in Lapu- Lapu City and Cordova Town which have been affected by the oil spill from sunken ship M/V Thomas Aquinas has significantly improved, authorities said. To recall, water ...