A publicly listed Philippines salvor has been appointed to tackle what could be one of the country’s worst oil spills, following the sinking of a tanker.
Harbor Star Shipping Services has mobilised tugs and salvage equipment to “minimise the possible environmental damage resulting from the oil spill”, it said in a statement to the Philippines stock exchange.
The 1,415-dwt Terranova (built 2002), was carrying about 1,494 metric tonnes (11,000 barrels) of industrial fuel when it sank off the coastal town of Limay, in Bataan province, early on Thursday.
