Mauritius Oil Leak
At least 1 000 tonnes of oil is estimated to have leaked from the ship onto the waters surrounding mauritius.
Mauritius oil leak. More than 1 000 tonnes of oil is feared to have leaked from a ship which ran aground in the honeymoon resort of mauritius. The operator of a japanese bulk carrier which ran aground off mauritius in the indian ocean yesterday apologized for a major oil spill which officials and environmentalists say is creating an ecological disaster as police prepared to board the ship. We are in an.
The mv wakashio ran aground on a coral reef off the indian ocean island. The mv wakashio operated by mitsui osk lines struck the reef on mauritius southeast coast on july 25. Mauritius is facing a state of environmental emergency after a wrecked ship began breaking up spilling oil into the indian ocean.
Volunteers in mauritius are scrambling to create cordons to keep oil leaking from an offshore vessel away from the island. The mv wakashio hit a coral reef off the island nation on july 25 and has. Grounded mauritius ship operator apologizes for oil leak back to video we apologize profusely and deeply for the great trouble we have caused akihiko ono executive vice president of mitsui osk lines said at a new conference in tokyo.
Warned that the bulk carrier was leaking tonnes of diesel. An oil tanker is leaking fuel after the ship ran aground off the mauritius coastline causing the local government to declare a state of environmental emergency. A government environmental outlook released nearly a decade ago said mauritius had a national oil spill contingency plan but the equipment on hand was adequate to deal with oil spills.