Abandoned ship source of Misamis Oriental oil spill –Coast Guard

An abandoned ship that sank last weekend was the source of an oil spill in Misamis Oriental's Jasaan town, the Philippine Coast Guard said on Tuesday.

The Racal Shipping Corporation's MV Tower One was anchored 200 meters away from the coast of Barangay Luz Banzon when it started to list and eventually sank.

Based on the latest update from Coast Guard, at least 21 drums of an “oily water mixture” and 30 sacks of “oily debris” were recovered from the Jasaan coast.

The Racal Shipping Corporation meanwhile promised the local government that they would pay for the damage caused by the oil spill from its 37-year-old ship.

Cleanup operations were continuing as of this posting. — DVM, GMA News