Manila braces for oil spill as tanker sinks

A tanker carrying industrial fuel oil has capsized and eventually sank 3.6 nautical miles off Lamao Point in the Philippines due to rough seas on Thursday. The incident which involved the Philippine-flagged TerraNova tanker, carrying 1,494 tonnes (around 1.4 million litres) of industrial fuel oil, has led to a large oil spill, according to a …

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