MT Princess Empress mustn’t have sailed into sea because it doesn’t have a Certificate of Public Convenience (CPC) but, the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) on Thursday insisted.
According to Sandra Aguinaldo’s report on “24 Oras,” MARINA’s assertion got here after the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) launched a duplicate of the CPC, noting that the maritime physique validated it.
“It’s true that the company has a valid company certificate of public convenience. However, as confirmed by our administrator during the Senate inquiry, this particular tanker vessel, MT Princess Empress, has not yet been added to the company CPC,” MARINA spokesperson Sharon de Chavez-Aledo stated.
On Wednesday, PCG confirmed the CPC, which the proprietor, RDC Reield Marine Services, submitted.
“So that is the certificates of Certificate of Public Convenience that was submitted to us, to Coast Guard Station Manila final February 27, noong dumaan ‘yung Motor Vehicle Princess Empress. We relied on the CPC para payagan ‘yung barko na maglayag,” PCG spokesperson Rear Admiral Armando Balilo stated.
One doc confirmed that MARINA gave the certificates to the RDC, which additionally included MARINA’s resolution to permit the modification so as to add the ship to the corporate’s fleet.
Although it has a stamp that could be a licensed true copy of MARINA, it doesn’t comprise a signature.
The PCG had stated it’s checking the validity of the doc.
“Ito po ay tinitingnan ng DOTR. We appeal to everyone na magtulungan po tayo para po maresolba po itong krisis na meron diyan po sa Mindoro,” Assistant Secretary Julius Yano of the DOTR maritime sector stated.
Meanwhile, RDC stated in an announcement that the remotely operated underwater car (ROV) is coming to the Philippines from Japan to conduct a visible survey of the sunken ship.
The ROV is anticipated to reach on Monday, March 20, 2023, to start out operations. It can be deployed to substantiate the placement of the vessel, which is considered at a depth of 400 meters in an space roughly 15 kilometers northeast of Mindoro.
The MT Princess Empress sank on February 28, carrying 800,000 liters of commercial gas. Oil spills had been reported in a number of areas in Mindoro, prompting the coastal city of Pola to declare a state of calamity.
According to the PCG, the motor tanker sank 400 meters into the ocean, which was too deep for divers to achieve.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) stated greater than 2,000 hectares of coral reefs, mangroves, and seagrass could possibly be affected.
Meanwhile, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has positioned an oil spill growth to comprise the leak whereas the clean-up operations are ongoing.—Sherylin Untalan/LDF, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
