A local court dismissed the charges filed against the Chinese crew of the MV Vienna Wood after the owner of the Hong Kong-flagged bulk carrier paid the families of the 14 Filipino fishermen, who presumably died in the sea collision in Occidental Mindoro province in June. Commodore Tito Alvin Andal, district commander of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Southern Tagalog, said the cargo vessel was allowed to leave the anchorage bay in this city on Saturday, where the carrier and its 20 crew members were held by Philippine authorities for more than two months. The ship was bound for Samarinda, Indonesia, based on its “next port of call,” Andal said on Monday.

Cinco, M. (2020, September 22).PH Court junks case vs foreign ship in Mindoro collision. Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A5.