PH, China Coast Guards engage in historic maritime drill 0 SHARES Share it! The two Coast Guard forces took their communication building to the waters off Manila early Wednesday for a maritime exercise, the first in the history of both nations. During the drill, a search and rescue operation scenario was carried out where the CCG responded to a blazing vessel while both vessels were in the same area. As part of the drill scenario, PCG received a distress report that a vessel’s cargo hold caught fire while transiting the waters off Manila. Eventually, the troubled vessel was declared fire out, with no casualties recorded, ending the drill.

Source: Manila Bulletin January 15, 2020 08:03 UTC