Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Subject "marine accidents"

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    • 15 fishermen rescued in Pangasinan 

      Sotelo, Yolanda (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 14, 2020, on page A8)
      After being adrift at sea for three days, 15 fishermen were rescued in the waters off Agno town last weekend, the Coast Guard said. Their boat, the FB Aqua Princess, capsized when it encountered big waves on Oct. 7.

    • 38 Pinoys lost at sea 

      Pazzibugan, Dona Z. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 4, 2020, on page A14)
      Thirty-eight Filipino seafarers remained missing in chilly waters off southwestern Japan a day after their cargo ship capsized on Wednesday as Typhoon “Maysak” smashed into the Korean peninsula. The Panamanian-flagged Gulf ...

    • 55 rescued as ship sinks in Calapan 

      Virola, Madonna (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 1, 2013, on page A10)
      At least 55 passengers were rescued from a ship that took in seawater as it was about to dock here Thursday. A Philippine Ports Authority source, who talked on condition of anonymity until details of the incident are ...

    • 57 persons safe, but copra sinks in boat off Burias isle 

      Barrameda, Shiena M. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 5, 2015, on page A2)
      A motorized boat carrying 57 persons and 200 sacks of copra left a Masbate port without inspection by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and sank near Burias Island on Sunday morning, the PCG in Bicol said. Petty Officer ...

    • 7 dead as ferry catches fire near Quezon Port 

      Mallari, Delfin Jr; Jaucian, Michael; Bautista, Jane (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 24, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      Polillo Island residents Shirley Debelles, her husband Crisanto and their young grandchild were on their way to Real town in Quezon province on board the MV Mercraft 2 on Monday morning when disaster struck. The port of ...

    • 8 die in rough seas; thousands flee floods 

      Cinco, Maricar; Arguelles, Mar S.; Orejas, Tonette; Gascon, Melvin; Chiu, Patricia Denise M.; Semilla, Nestle; Burgos, Nestor P. Jr.; Franco, Joel; Gabieta, Joey; Gomez, Carla (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 4, 2019, on page A5)
      Eleven people died on Saturday after three passenger boats capsized in rough waters in the Visayas, while thousands fled their homes as monsoon rains triggered floods and caused rivers to swell in several provinces in ...

    • 9 drown after sinks in Indonesia 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 22, 2022, on page A9)
      At least nine bodies have been found after a ferry sank off the coast of an Indonesian island due to bad weather, a search and rescue official said Thursday. The KM Cahaya Arafah capsized in waters off Indonesia’s Ternate ...

    • Alert raised for coal contamination: Barge with 6,705MT of coal stuck in Antique waters at 'Seniang' height 

      Burgos, Nestor P. Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 4, 2015, on page A6)
      An alert has been raised over the possible contamination of the waters off Antique province by a cargo of more than 6,000 metric tons of coal in a barge that ran aground on Tuesday at the height of Tropical Depression ...

    • All-Pinoy crew in sinking ship 

      Calleja, Niña P. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 4, 2015, on page A3)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Saturday said the Philippine embassy in Hanoi was seeking more information about the sinking of a cargo ship manned by an all Filipino crew that sank off Vietnam. The ship, the ...

    • Another Pinoy seaman in accident 

      Avendaño, Christine O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 5, 2015, on page A2)
      Two Filipino seafarers died and 16 others were missing after their cargo ship sank in waters near Vietnam on Friday, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported on Sunday. The Norwegian cargo vessel Bulk Jupiter went ...

    • Bad weather stalls Tubbataha salvage operation anew 

      Esplanada, Jerry E. (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 

      Santos, Tina G. (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 ...

    • Bolinao asks vessel owners to stop spill 

      Cardinoza, Gabriel (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 14, 2013, on page A12)
      The town government of Bolinao, Pangasinan, has asked the owners of the sunken ship, MV Harita Bauxite, to immediately stop the vessel's oil from spilling into the West Philippine Sea to prevent further damaging coastal ...

    • Burmese ship eyed in oil spill 

      Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 2, 2013, on page A13)
      The Philippine coast guard on Friday said that the oil spill reportedly contaminated the shorelines of 11 coastal barangay from La Union up to Ilocos Norte might have come from the sunken Burmese cargo ship MV Arita Bauxite.

    • Coast Guard: HK boat crew didn’t do enough to save PH fishermen 

      Yee, Jovic; Ocampo, Karl R.; Adonis, Meg; Ramos, Marlon; Miranda, Romar; Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 1, 2020, on page A7)
      The Philippine Coast Guard on Tuesday said that due to a number of factors, the crew of a Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship was only able to do half of what they were expected to do after their vessel collided with a Filipino ...

    • Coat Guard, Marina officials relieved amid sea mishap probe 

      Burgos, Nestor P. Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 9, 2019, on page A2-4)
      Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade has relieved six officials of the Philippine Coast Guard and the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) pending results of a “comprehensive and very objective” investigation on the ...

    • Crane ship arrives at Tubbataha 

      Cabacungan, Gil; Burgonio, TJ (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 ...

    • Death toll in Quezon ferry fire climbs to 9 

      Mallari, Delfin Jr; Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 3, 2022, on page A7)
      The death toll from the fire that hit a ferry off the coast of Real, Quezon, on May 23 rose to nine after a mother and daughter who were injured during the incident died while being treated at a hospital in Metro Manila ...

    • DOJ: Gem-Ver fishermen seeking P12M compensation 

      Pazzibugan, Dona Z. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 18, 2020, on page A4)
      Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said his department had submitted to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) a report on the estimated P12 million being sought by the owner and crew members of the FB Gem-Ver, as ...

    • Guimaras villagers brace for oil spill 

      Burgos, Nestor P. Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 21, 2014, on page A11)
      Coastal villages on Guimaras Island are bracing for an oil spill after bunker fuel coming from a sunken cargo ship reached their shores on Monday. While a possible oil spill would be much smaller compared to the massive ...