Underwater ROV Operations for Mindoro oil spill 'completed'—PCG

📆 4/17/2023 12:38 PM
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The remote operated vehicles tasked to mitigate the oil leak from the submerged MT Princess Empress off Oriental Mindoro have completed their underwater operations, the Philippine Coast Guard said Monday.

In a press statement, the PCG said ROV Hakuyo — deployed by the Japanese Dynamic Positioning Vessel Shin Nichi Maru — departed Calapan town on April 5, 2023, while ROV MR2 Hydros which was deployed by DPV Pacific Valkyrie left the operations area on April 7, 2023.

ROV MR2 Hydros, for its part, helped the Japanese ROV in the bagging operations by conducting an underwater survey, cutting off obstructive railings, and attaching magnetic number markings on the affected tanks. A survey of the ROV MR2 Hydros on April 6 also found one of the bags containing the oil leaking in the 4th Pressure Relief Valve #2 portside was already saturated, the agency added.

MT Princess Empress sank on February 28 while carrying 900,000 liters of industrial fuel. All 20 people on board were rescued.

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