Superferry 9 sunk in the waters off Zamboanga Del Norte. The ship owned by the WG &A shipping company and carrying more 900 passengers and crew tilted and sunk September 6, 2009.
Philippine Navy spokesman Lt. Col. Edgar Arevalo said the oil leak was noticed by navymen aboard a navy patrol gun boat that belongs to the search and rescue operations. Arevalo said the Commander Ramil Enriquez reported the information to his superiors at the Western Mindanao Naval Forces who immediately sent a plane to verify the information regarding the oil leak.
Admiral Wilfredo Tamayo commander of the Philippine Coast Guard said they have already sent experts and equipments to check on the site on the reported oil spill. Tamayo also said that the Superferry 9 was loaded with 180 tons of residual oil, 45 tons of special fuel oil and 35 tons of lube oil. Oil will leaked if the hull is weak and if the hull sustained cracks.
Tamayo also said there appears no indication that the incident was the result of terrorist attack. In 2004, Superferry 14 caught fire in the waters off Manila Bay and with casualty of over 100 dead that was later admitted by the authorities that it was caused by a bomb planted by Abbu Sayaff.
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