MANILA, Philippines — The sunken oil tanker that caused a massive oil spill has now been found off Oriental Mindoro, the province’s Governor Humerlito Dolor said on Tuesday.
“Sa wakas, natagpuan na ang MT Princess Empress! (At last, the MT Princess Empress has been found),” Dolor said in a Facebook post.
Dolor added that the vessel was found by a remote-operating vehicle of a Japanese vessel.
An oil spill occurred when the vessel carrying 800,000 liters of industrial fuel oil sank on February 28 off the coast of Naujan, Oriental Mindoro, as a result of engine trouble caused by rough sea conditions.
The spillage reached as far as Verde Island in Batangas, and Taytay town in Palawan.
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