Vessel runs aground in Bohol coast | Inquirer News

Vessel runs aground in Bohol coast

By: - Reporter / @nestleCDN
/ 12:10 PM December 23, 2022

Fishermen help in the rescue operations to transfer passengers and crew members of passenger vessel FastCat to the port after the ship ran aground off the coast of Tubigon, Bohol on Friday, December 23. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Coast Guard)

Fishermen help in the rescue operations to transfer passengers and crew of passenger vessel FastCat to the port after the ship ran aground Friday, Dec. 23, off the coast of Tubigon, Bohol. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Coast Guard)

CEBU CITY — A passenger vessel ran aground past 5 a.m. Friday off the coast of Tubigon in Bohol.

Rescue operations are ongoing to transfer the passengers and crew members of FastCat to the port as of 11 a.m., according to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG).

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“40-50 percent of the pax onboard (were) safely transferred to port,” said Lieutenant Junior Grade Stephen Pagcaliwagan, the public information officer and operations officer of PCG-Central Visayas.

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He said the FastCat vessel was on its way to Tubigon, Bohol, from Cebu City, when it hit a shallow part of the sea.

The vessel, he said, had 289 passengers, 47 crew, and 35 rolling cargoes.

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Pagcaliwagan said there were no signs of an oil spill in the area where the vessel ran aground.

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