THE SUNKEN MT Terra Nova off Bataan. — PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD FACEBOOK PAGE

Oily waste collected from the sunken MT Terranova on August 19 to 25 summed up to 402,042 liters, according to the contracted salvor. 

A month after the motor tanker sank in Limay, Bataan, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) shared the breakdown report of Harbor Star on siphoned oil. Oily waste flow rate on Sunday was 13,614 liters per hour, it added. 

  • 19 Aug – 2,350 liters 
  • 20 Aug – 36,100 liters 
  • 21 Aug – 42,026 liters 
  • 22 Aug – 81,136 liters 
  • 23 Aug – 17,103 liters 
  • 24 Aug – 121,724 liters 
  • 25 Aug – 101,603 liters 

TOTAL: 402,042 liters 

Despite installing another booster pump to improve the siphoning efficiency on Terranova’s eight tankers last Thursday, the Harbor Star still failed to reach its target of 200,000 liters of siphoned oil daily. 

Further, the salvor aims to siphon the 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel oil cargo in 13 days.  

According to PCG, the siphoning operation of MT Terranova tanks to MTKR Helen Marie is currently on hold to change the receiving tank. – Almira Louise S. Martinez

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