Executives of the company that ran the tanker have been accused of felonies related to the M/T Princess Empress’s oil spill last year. In February 2023, the vessel capsized off the coast of Naujan, Oriental Mindoro, resulting in a giant spill that covered the whole eastern side of the island.
Per the National Bureau of Investigation (abbreviated as the NBI) of the Philippines, the tanker was reconstructed from the remnants of a demolished vessel, not a new build, as RDC Reield Marine, the...