00:00The siphoning of the sunken tanker MTKR Terranova has been extended until September 13 to make
00:06sure all eight cargo oil tanks are empty of oily waste, according to the Philippine Coast Guard
00:11or PCG. Before this extension, the PCG had given the contractor Harbor Star Shipping Services
00:18Incorporated two weeks to remove the remaining 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel oil from
00:24the capsized motor tanker. The siphoning began on August 19 and by September 10,
00:30they had removed more than 1.3 million liters of oily waste. Lieutenant Commander Michael John,
00:36Commander of Coast Guard Station Bataan, stressed the PCG will not declare the siphoning operation
00:43complete until all oily waste has been removed from the tanker's tanks, pipelines, and compartments.
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