THE MV St. Thomas Aquinas was on the right nautical lane and altered course due to shallow waters, the vessel’s captain said in his testimony to the Special Board of Marine Inquiry (SBMI) last Aug. 23.
Seven persons, including two children of prominent persons here, were killed in a vehicular accident involving a passenger bus and a private van outside the city proper Monday afternoon.
A Special Board of Marine Inquiry (SBMI) will start its investigation today into the collision of two vessels that resulted in the sinking of MV St Thomas Aquinas which left at least 75 people dead and 45 missing.
Rescuers scour the waters for more than 200 people missing after a passenger ferry collided with a cargo ship and sank almost instantly off Cebu province in thick darkness, with 31 already confirmed dead.
Five years ago, Sulpicio Lines Inc. changed its name following the 2008 sinking of its biggest passenger vessel in Romblon for a fresh start.
A man, carrying his young daughter, cried in happiness on seeing his wife alive at the relief operations here Saturday morning.
Maritime authorities on Saturday suspended the operations of two shipping lines whose vessels collided off Talisay City in Cebu.
MV St. Thomas Aquinas, the passenger ferry that sank off Cebu after colliding with a cargo vessel, was carrying 20 tons of diesel oil when it went down, Commander Weniel Azcuna, Philippine Coast Guard operations officer in Central Visayas, said Saturday.
Signs of oil spill were seen in Cebu waters where a ship carrying 20 tons of diesel oil sank after it collided with a cargo vessel Friday night, the Philippine Coast Guard said.
Rescue operations for at least 200 passengers and crew who remained missing after the ferry they were on collided with a cargo vessel off Cebu has been suspended due to rough waters, officials said Saturday.
The sinking of a ferry following a collision with a cargo ship is the latest of many deadly accidents to have plagued the Philippines’ sea transport industry.
At least 15 people were injured in a six-vehicle collision yesterday afternoon in Cebu City.
Eleven people were injured after two jeepneys collided at an intersection on Friday. The drivers of both vehicles will be charged with reckless imprudence resulting in multiple physical injuries over the accident at the corner of Tandang Sora and Commonwealth Avenues in Quezon City.
