Motor tanker (MT) Princess Empress was finally located by remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Hakuyo on Tuesday, March 21, three weeks since it capsized off Naujan, Oriental Mindoro, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said. PCG communications officer Diane Gumatay said MT Princess Empress was located exactly 7.7 nautical miles away from Balingawan Point in Naujan, where it sank on Feb. 28 while carrying 800,000 liters of industrial fuel oil. “Natagpuan na ng remotely operated vehicle Hakuyo ang lumubog na MT Princess Empress sa katubigan ng Oriental Mindoro (Remotely operated vehicle Hakuyo has already located the ill-fated MT Princess Empress off Oriental Mindoro),” the PCG said in a statement.

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