A further 42 ferry passengers are unaccounted for.
The Coast Guard made the decision to suspend Rolito Gilo of the11,500-dwt Sulpicio Express Siete (built 1981) and Reynan Bermejo of the 11,400-gtro-ro St Thomas of Aquinas (built 1973) pending the outcome by the SpecialBoard of Marine Inquiry’s (SBMI) investigation which began today.
A verdict is expected in two weeks.
The ro-ro sank following the 16 August collision with the bulkerless than two kilometres from the port city of Cebu.
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