MANILA, Philippines — A cargo vessel collided with a foreign dredging ship some 100 meters from Baseco beach in Manila early Thursday, the Philippine Coast Guard said, with both ships carrying substantial amounts of fuel onboard.
The collision between MV Palawan Pearl and the Cyprus-flagged vessel BKM 104 took place just outside the South Harbor Anchorage area, past 2 a.m.
The MV Palawan Pearl, which had 3,000 liters of diesel oil, remained half-submerged as of posting time. The PCG said it had laid an oil spill boom after it observed an “oil sheen” around the ship.
The vessel also contained a drum of diesel oil, 60 liters of engine oil and 5 liters of bilge oil,…
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