At least seven Chinese crew members of a foreign aggregate carrier were detained by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in San Felipe town in this province on Thursday for illegal entry after they failed to present proper documents during an inspection. In an interview, Commander Euphraim Jayson Diciano, head of the PCG station in Zambales, said the Hyperline 988, a vessel registered in Sierra Leone and owned by Hyperline Corp. Philippines, was being held in the vicinity waters off Barangay Sindol. There were no permits or even a crew list presented during the inspection, Diciano said. The PCG also found at least 21 “deficiencies” in the vessel’s documentation, 13 of which were grounds for detention like the absence of statutory certificates and garbage and oil record books.

Aglibot, J. R., & De Villa, K. (2024, May 18). Foreign vessel, Sino crew held in Zambales for illegal entry. Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A2.