Coast Guard: Sleepy helmsman marooned M/V Filipinas Cebu

ILOILO CITY – M/V Filipinas Cebu ran aground in Iloilo after the helmsman, who steers the ship, fell asleep, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said in its initial investigation.

M/V Filipinas Cebu grounded in Concepcion, Iloilo. (Fame Carton)

“According to the ship’s captain, the helmsman did not hear the order as he might be sleeping,” said Commander Paterno Belarmino Jr., PCG-Iloilo chief, Wednesday, August 10.

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