Tanker carrying US Navy fuel for Philippines storage cancels entry to Subic


SUBIC BAY FREEPORT: A commercial tanker that was supposed to transfer 39 million gallons of fuel from a United States military facility to a commercial storage here has cancelled its application for entry, an official of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) said on Thursday (Jan 11).

Armie Llamas, officer in charge of the SBMA’s office of the deputy administrator for corporate communications, said the tanker Yosemite Trader had canceled its request for a port call, based on information coming from the agency’s seaport department.

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