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Monster

Jervis Manahan

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1739517798808Screen Shot 2025-02-14 at 3.22.24 PM.png" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">China Coast Guard 5901, known as the &quot;monster ship.&quot; <em>ABS-CBN/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — China&#x27;s so-called &quot;monster ship&quot; — the largest coast guard ship in the world — has moved away from the vicinity of the Bajo de Masinloc, the traditional fishing ground off  Zambales, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Friday. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/2/13/pcg-ship-drives-away-chinese-vessel-loitering-near-pangasinan-2005">PCG ship drives away Chinese vessel loitering near Pangasinan</a></div><p>In a press conference with the Philippine Navy and the National Security Council, PCG Commodore Jay Tarriela — coast guard spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea — said China Coast Guard ship 5901 was spotted 164 nautical miles off the coast of Cabra Island in Mindoro. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/2/7/pcg-continues-challenge-vs-chinese-vessels-in-west-ph-sea-0928">PCG continues challenge vs Chinese vessels in West PH Sea</a></div><p>&quot;Based on the track of the China Coast Guard, it&#x27;s moving southward, so there is a possibility that it will already depart the West Philippine Sea,&quot; Tarriela said.</p><p>&quot;There is a possibility na pumunta ito in other exclusive economic zone of other countries, so it&#x27;s because this is our first time to see China Coast Guard monster ship not just loitering within Bajo de Masinloc,&quot; he added. </p><p>(There is a possibility it will enter the exclusive economic zone of other countries)</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/2/12/ph-us-military-chiefs-discuss-modernization-expansion-of-joint-exercises-1415">PH, US military chiefs discuss modernization, expansion of joint exercises</a></div><p>Tarriela said two other Chinese vessels remain within the vicinity of Bajo de Masinloc, which the Philippines also calls Panatag or Scarborough Shoal.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/2/10/ph-navy-confirms-passage-of-chinese-research-ship-near-palawan-1834">PH Navy confirms passage of Chinese research ship near Palawan</a></div><p>Meanwhile, the Chinese fishery research vessel Lan Hai 101 is currently at a distance of 32.5 nautical miles from Taiwan.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wbWAz787NLI?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>However, the PCG said two other Chinese vessels remain within the vicinity of Bajo de Masinloc. </p>

However, the PCG said two other Chinese vessels remain within the vicinity of Bajo de Masinloc.

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China 'monster ship' moves away from Bajo de Masinloc, sails southward

Jervis Manahan,

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Published Feb 14, 2025 03:32 PM PHT

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