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PCG monitors Chinese research vessel off Batanes
Tempo
|April 8, 2025
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) revealed Monday, April 7, that it has been monitoring a Chinese research vessel off Batanes which it suspected of surveying the northern island close to Taiwan for five days already.
Commodore Jay Tarriela, PCG spokesperson for West Philippine Sea (WPS), said research vessel 'Zhong Shan Da Xue' waters using a dark vessel detection program from the Canadian government. It measures an overall length of 114 meters and a tonnage of 2,300 tons.
The research vessel departed Guangdong province on March 31 and entered the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) up north around 9 p.m. on April 2.
As of 7 a.m. on April 7, the research vessel was located at approximately 103.86 nautical miles from Itbayat, Batanes.
This story is from the April 8, 2025 edition of Tempo.
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