SOLAR 1

SOLAR 1

11 August 2006 Philippines registered tanker Solar 1(988GT)Laden with cargo of 2081 tones of industrial fuelSank cause by heavy weather at Guimaras Straits ( 10 nautical miles south of Guimaras Island, Philipines)

IMPACTUnknown but substantial oil release from vesselSunken wreck continued to release oilIt was found that, the entire cargo had been spilled at the time of incident

CLAIMS FOR COMPENSION32 466 claims had been receivedPayments totalling PHP 987 million had been made - mainly in the fisheries sector