'Ay, yung barko, we are one of the clients of that vessel, I don't want to name the other companies..,' says SMC's CEO in a chance interview in Bataan.
BATAAN, Philippines – A month after the sinking of MT Princess Empress, San Miguel Corporation president and CEO Ramon Ang finally made a statement on reports that one of the conglomerate’s subsidiaries was the charterer of the oil tanker that sank off Naujan, Oriental Mindoro on February 28.
In a chance interview in Limay, Bataan, Ang, the Philippines’ 9th richest person, neither confirmed nor denied a Rappler story that one of the conglomerate’s subsidiaries,, we are one of the clients of that vessel, I don’t want to name the other companies. There are several companies that that company is supposed to deliver oil to, not only us,” said when asked if an SMC subsidiary was the charterer.
Ang was referring to RDC Reield Marine Services , the shipping company that owns MT Princess Empress which is 400 meters deep in the sea off Naujan, Oriental Mindoro. There were no follow-up questions related to this to Ang, who entertained questions for around four minutes only. The Maritime Industry Authority and the Philippine Coast Guard have only disclosed that MT Princess Empress left the private port, SL Harbor Terminal, located in Limay, Bataan, but not the company that chartered the vessel. It was bound for Iloilo but encountered big waves and strong winds in the morning and sank later that day, causing an environmental disaster in parts of southern Luzon.
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