A tanker carrying close to 1.5 million litres of industrial fuel has capsized and sank off the Philippine capital on Thursday, causing an oil spill, officials say.
【澳纽网编译】官员们说，一艘载有近150万升工业燃料的油轮周四在菲律宾首都倾覆并沉没，造成漏油。

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Sixteen crew members of the Philippine-flagged MT Terra Nova have been rescued while one remains missing, Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista said.
交通部长Jaime Bautista说，悬挂菲律宾国旗的MT Terra Nova的16名机组人员已获救，另有一人失踪。

Bautista said an oil spill has been detected but strong winds and high waves were hampering the authorities’ response.
Bautista说，已经检测到漏油事件，但强风和大浪阻碍了当局的反应。

The incident comes a day after Typhoon Gaemi intensified seasonal monsoon rains, submerging large swathes of Metro Manila and its suburbs in deep floods.
该事件发生在台风Gaemi加剧季节性季风降雨的第二天，马尼拉大都会及其郊区的大片地区被洪水淹没。

Gaemi has made landfall in Taiwan, leaving three people killed and wounding hundreds more.
“盖米”在台湾登陆，造成三人死亡，数百人受伤。

The MT Terra Nova was heading for the central Philippine city of Iloilo when it sank, leaving an oil spill stretching for several kilometres, authorities said.
当局说，MT Terra Nova在沉没时正驶向菲律宾中部城市伊洛伊洛，留下绵延数公里的漏油事件。

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It “capsized and eventually submerged”, the coast guard said in a report, adding they were investigating whether bad weather was a factor.
海岸警卫队在一份报告中说，它“倾覆并最终被淹没”，并补充说他们正在调查恶劣天气是否是一个因素。

Philippine coast guard spokesperson Rear Admiral Armando Balilo told a briefing that the agency was “racing against time” to contain the spill.
菲律宾海岸警卫队发言人阿曼多·巴利洛（Armando Balilo）海军少将在一次简报会上表示，该机构正在“与时间赛跑”以控制泄漏。

He added that if all the oil in the tanker leaked, it would be the biggest spill in Philippine history.
他补充说，如果油轮中的所有石油都泄漏，这将是菲律宾历史上最大的泄漏事件。

“There is a big danger that Manila will be affected, even the shoreline of Manila, if the fuel will leak, because it is within Manila Bay,” he said.
“如果燃料泄漏，马尼拉将受到影响，甚至马尼拉的海岸线也会受到影响，因为它位于马尼拉湾内，”他说。

Manila Bay, where the tanker capsized, hosts busy shipping lanes and its shores are home to shopping malls, casino resorts and fishing communities.
油轮倾覆的马尼拉湾拥有繁忙的航道，其海岸是购物中心、赌场度假村和渔业社区的所在地。

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In March 2023, an oil tanker carrying 800,000 litres of industrial fuel sank off the coast of Oriental Mindoro province.
2023 年 3 月，一艘载有 800,000 升工业燃料的油轮在东民都洛省海岸沉没。

That oil reached the shores of several nearby fishing villages, coating beaches in black sludge.
这些石油到达了附近几个渔村的海岸，在海滩上涂上了黑色的污泥。

Residents in coastal villages reported experiencing cramps, vomiting and dizziness, and clean-up workers deployed to the affected village of Pola also reported feeling ill.
沿海村庄的居民报告说感到抽筋、呕吐和头晕，部署到受影响的波拉村的清洁工人也报告说感到不适。

Almost two decades earlier, an oil tanker carrying around two million litres of oil sank in heavy seas off the Guimaras island province. However only one of its 10 compartments leaked oil.
大约二十年前，一艘载有约200万升石油的油轮在吉马拉斯岛省附近的汹涌海浪中沉没。然而，它的 10 个隔间中只有一个漏油。

This story was originally published by BBC News.
本文最初发表于BBC新闻。

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