What’s taking the authorities to move the barge full of coal from Agno waters? 

It is already one and a half months since LCT Fishner owned by Asian Shipping Corporation grounded off Macaboboni village in this town. But the barge is still there. Authorities – Philippine Coast Guard, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the local police – have been “visiting” the “accident site” and investigated what happened yet seemingly they are helpless. 

Of course, the owners of the barge may be losing money each day the barge is grounded, but is it doing to float and sail the barge away fast? 

I was informed that some 300 cubic meters of coals have been spilled from the barge and this could wreak havoc on the marine environment. What if the 4,564 metric tons of coal carried by the barge all spilled over to the sea? 

Is coal spill less disastrous than oil spill? 

Calling on environmental activists out there! 

(a story on the grounded barge was posted on this blog earlier)