Bitumen from a grounded Chinese vessel is washing up on Philippine shores after it broke up in rough seas.
The 8,700–dwt Chang Da 12 (built 1974) went aground off Pangasinan in December, killing two crewmen.
Now its 6,000-tonne cargo is being released into the sea after it was pounded by big waves.
But the coast guard said the bitumen would not harm the environment.
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