[Regnum] A tanker carrying 1.4 million liters of fuel oil under the Philippine flag capsized and sank in Manila Bay. This was reported on July 25 by ABS-CBN News.
The Terra Nova tanker sank seven kilometers off the municipality of Limay in Bataan province with 17 crew members on board.
"We managed to rescue 16 of the 17 crew members, one person is missing," Philippine Transport Minister Jaime Bautista said at a briefing.
An oil slick was found in the waters of Manila Bay at the scene of the incident, and marine conservationists have been mobilized to contain it. Bautista said strong winds and high waves are complicating efforts to eliminate the consequences.
According to Coast Guard officials, an investigation is underway into the circumstances of the ship's sinking, to determine "whether there were any weather anomalies in the surrounding waters at the time the marine incident occurred."
Earlier, Regnum news agency reported on the sinking of the Norwegian fishing vessel Argos Georgia near the Falkland Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, as a result of which three Russians died and another is listed as missing.
On the evening of July 23, it became known that the fishing vessel Argos Georgia sank in the area of ​​the Falkland Islands. As a result of the emergency, several crew members, including Russian citizens, died.
The Spanish agency EFE reported on July 24 that the death toll from the sinking of a fishing vessel near the Falkland Islands had risen to eight people. It was noted that five more crew members of the vessel were missing.