Super Shuttle ferries – forget them!
Tomorrow it will be a week ago that two Super Shuttle ferries stranded and half sunk on the northern shore of Camiguin. They heavily damaged the dive site of Balbagon. Today we checked the progress...
Tagged: USS Guardian
Tubbataha Reef – USS Guardian removal is delayed
The US Navy has decided to extend the deadline to complete salvaging operations on the American minesweeper USS Guardian that ran aground on the Tubbataha Reef last January. The US Navy is now eyeing to finish...
Tubbataha Reef – US are ready to disassemble wrecked minesweeper
As announced on February 11, the pipe-lay crane ship JASCON 25 has arrived at Tubbataha Reef. The JASCON 25, a dynamic positioning crane, does not need to anchor, so it is expected to be able to...
Tubbataha Reef – wreck removal already stalled
We reported yesterday that the wreck removal operation of USS Guardian at the Tubbataha Reef were starting. This morning we learned that the operation had to be suspended because of turbulent sea conditions. High waves...
Tubbataha Reef – wreck removal is starting
The removal of the USS Guardian wreck is starting now. The end of the operation is targeted for April 9. The target date can be achieved when weather remains fine. “SMIT Borneo”, a 110-meter...
Crane ship ready in Palawan for Tubbataha Reef rescue
The crane ship SMIT Borneo from Singapore arrived Sunday off the coast of Palawan. This heavy engine is here to help extricate the USS Guardian from Tubbataha Reef. The USS Guardian ran aground in...
Tubbataha – let’s hope they are right …
The USS Guardian may have hit mostly rubble and already dead corals and not areas with densely living populations living coral according to the Tubbataha Task Force. It seems that now the exact position...
At least 1000 squaremeters of Corals damaged in Tubbataha Reef
At least 1000 squaremeters of Corals are damaged in Tubbataha Reef the Philippine government informed Wednesday. Before leaving a port visit in Subic Bay, the USS Guardian canceled a scheduled fuel stop to Puerto Princesa...
Tubbataha Reef damage worse than expected
Damage to the fragile corals of the section of the Tubbataha Reef where the United States Navy minesweeper USS Guardian ran aground Thursday has worsened with two-thirds of the 68-meter long ship sitting on...
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