A Chinese Coast Guard vessel sighted from the civilian convoy of the Atin Ito coalition, May 15, 2024. Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN News

A Chinese Coast Guard vessel sighted from the civilian convoy of the Atin Ito coalition, May 15, 2024.

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<img src="https://news-image-api.abs-cbn.com/Prod/editorImage/1715777447778GNnYigxa8AAFm1l.jpg" style="width: 960px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="A Chinese Coast Guard vessel sighted from the civilian convoy of the Atin Ito coalition, May 15, 2024. Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN News">A Chinese Coast Guard vessel sighted from the civilian convoy of the Atin Ito coalition, May 15, 2024. Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN NewsMANILA &mdash; Two vessels from the China Coast Guard shadowed the Atin Ito Civilian Convoy late afternoon on Wednesday.The first one, identified as CCG vessel 4109, was seen around 5:30pm, going to the opposite direction.Based on organizers&#39; monitoring, the ship was moving slowly so mission was asked to proceed.By 6:15 p.m., another ship identified as CCG vessel 4108 moved close to FBCA Paty, one of the main civilian vessels of Atin Ito.The Philippine Coast Guard vessel moved closer to the Atin Ito convoy.Atin Ito organizers also reported receiving radio challenges in the FBCA Bing Bing, another main civilian boat.The mission is still proceeding to the Scarborough Shoal as of this time.<a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/15/coast-guard-plane-spots-chinese-ships-near-scarborough-1736">Coast Guard plane spots Chinese ships near Scarborough</a><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/15/atin-to-says-3-major-goals-of-civilian-mission-achieved-so-far-1712">Atin &#39;To says 3 major goals of civilian mission achieved so far</a>RELATED VIDEOS:<iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XsITiqyQXZw?&wmode=opaque&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_jhy6BGqJ8s?&wmode=opaque&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe>

By 6:15 p.m., another ship identified as CCG vessel 4108 moved close to FBCA Paty, one of the main civilian vessels of Atin Ito.The Philippine Coast Guard vessel moved closer to the Atin Ito convoy.Atin Ito organizers also reported receiving radio challenges in the FBCA Bing Bing, another main civilian boat.The mission is still proceeding to the Scarborough Shoal as of this time.<a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/15/coast-guard-plane-spots-chinese-ships-near-scarborough-1736">Coast Guard plane spots Chinese ships near Scarborough</a><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/15/atin-to-says-3-major-goals-of-civilian-mission-achieved-so-far-1712">Atin &#39;To says 3 major goals of civilian mission achieved so far</a>RELATED VIDEOS:<iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XsITiqyQXZw?&wmode=opaque&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_jhy6BGqJ8s?&wmode=opaque&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe>

The first one, identified as CCG vessel 4109, was seen around 5:30pm, going to the opposite direction.Based on organizers&#39; monitoring, the ship was moving slowly so mission was asked to proceed.

<img src="https://news-image-api.abs-cbn.com/Prod/editorImage/1715777447778GNnYigxa8AAFm1l.jpg" style="width: 960px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="A Chinese Coast Guard vessel sighted from the civilian convoy of the Atin Ito coalition, May 15, 2024. Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN News">A Chinese Coast Guard vessel sighted from the civilian convoy of the Atin Ito coalition, May 15, 2024. Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN NewsMANILA &mdash; Two vessels from the China Coast Guard shadowed the Atin Ito Civilian Convoy late afternoon on Wednesday.

Two vessels from the China Coast Guard shadowed the Atin Ito Civilian Convoy late afternoon on Wednesday.

Two vessels from the China Coast Guard shadowed the Atin Ito Civilian Convoy late afternoon on Wednesday.

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2 Chinese Coast Guard vessels shadow Atin Ito convoy, but mission proceeds

2 Chinese Coast Guard vessels shadow Atin Ito convoy, but mission proceeds