More than one million liters of oily waste have been siphoned out from the sunken motor tanker Terra Nova as of Aug. 31, according to the Philippine Coast Guard. The PCG said that on Saturday alone, salvor firm Harbor Star collected a total of 129,292 liters of oily material from the tanker that capsized in the waters off Bataan. It was the largest haul of oily waste since the siphoning operations started on Aug. 19.

Sadongdong, M. (2024, September 5). 150, 000 liters of oily waste still to be siphoned out of sunken 'Terranova'. Manila Bulletin, p. 2.