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Rescuers shift to retrieval ops for 14 Filipino fishermen in HK cargo ship collision

Rescuers shift to retrieval ops for 14 Filipino fishermen in HK cargo ship collision

ABS-CBN News

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Updated Jul 01, 2020 02:04 PM PHT

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MANILA - Authorities on Wednesday shifted to retrieval operations for 14 Filipino fishermen whose boat collided with a Hong Kong cargo ship in Occidental Mindoro over the weekend.

No survivors were found when cargo ship Vienna Wood returned to the location of its collision with Liberty 5 following damage assessment, the agency managing the cargo ship earlier said.


An overturned hull of what appeared to be a small vessel was spotted and reported to the Philippine Coast Guard, it added.

Philippine authorities continued their search and rescue operations for the missing fishermen until Tuesday.

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Fermin Soto, owner of Liberty-5, said the Coast Guard found that the ship's pilot house was severely damaged, adding this must have been where the cargo hit the small vessel.

The Liberty-5 was on its way to the Navotas fish port, while the Vienna Wood was bound for Australia from Subic, Zambales when the incident happened.

More details to follow.

--Report from Dennis Datu, ABS-CBN News

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