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Oil being siphoned from sunken cargo ship
The Coast Guard has started collecting fuel from the "Ocean Legacy" at Ormoc City, Leyte. At least 1,400 liters of oil mixed with water were drained from the ship. Traces of fuel were seen coming out of the air vent section. Workers had started removing the container vans aboard the ship to make it easier to refloat the wreck.
Oil leak contaned
The Philippine Coast Guard has stopped an oil leak from the "Ocean Legacy" in the port of Leyte on Dec 31. The commander of the Ormoc Coast Guard station ordered the placing of an oil boom around the "Ocean Legacy" to prevent fuel from the vessel from contaminating Ormoc Bay. The ship of the Oceanic Container Lines had listed past 7 a.m. on Dec. 29, about 30 minutes after it docked at the Ormoc port with about 110 container vans on board. The 29-member crew hwas saved. The cleanup operations also involved removing debris from the ship. The fuel that had leaked from the vessel came from its air vent. The Coast Guard, however, was still checking for other possible sources of leak of fuel from the vessel. Divers recovered at least 800 liters of fuel since the cleanup operation started. On Jan 1, 2013, all the fuel that had leaked from the vessel was expected to have been recovered. The "Ocean Legacy" could have carried at least 28,000 liters of bunker fuel when it left the port of Manila and could still be carrying at least 20,000 liters when it docked at the Ormoc City port.
"Ocean Legacy" capsized during cargo operations
The "Ocean Legacy" capsized at Leyte port in the morning of Dec 30, 2012, while unloading some containers. The incident began to unfold at 7:30 a.m. at Ormoc City Port while vessel was unloading the third container. It started tilting to port and capsized at about 9 a.m. due to high tide. An oil spill which occurred after the accident was contained by 5 p.m. No one was reported injured. Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/unclegal/8322509559/in/photostream/lightbox/
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